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Deadline near for USF-Pacers twin bill tickets

  The University of Saint Francis men's basketball team will become the first Fort Wayne based institution of higher education to have its basketball team play at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sat., Jan. 3, 2004, when the Cougars take on Tri-State University.
   All you need is a ticket to the Indiana Pacers game against the New Orleans Hornets later the same day. That's right. It's a Cougars-Pacers doubleheader.
  With the purchase of any ticket to the Pacers-New Orleans Hornets game that night, you also get admission to the USF-Tri-State University men's game which starts at 3:30 p.m. The first-place Pacers-Hornets game has an 8 p.m. tipoff.
  Tickets to the Pacers-Hornets game must be purchased by Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004 to be eligible for a $3 discount on select tickets and a 10% discount coupon good for the Home Court Gift Shop. To place your order for game tickets to see USF play for the first time ever in one of the finest basketball venues in the country, on-line, go to www.Consecofieldhouse.com/group, or call 317-917-2824 and speak to Tammy Bush. The group code for ordering tickets is TSSF. Ticket prices are $17, $29, and $44.
  There will be a bus available for fans attending from the Fort Wayne area. The bus will leave the Hutzell Athletic Center at 11:30 a.m. and return after the games. The cost for the bus trip is $15 per individual. Space is limited. Contact USF Alumni Director Ed Schaab at 260-434-3266 as soon as possible.
   The Cougars (9-7) return to action on Tuesday (Dec. 30) when they return to Illinois to play NCAA Division I member Northern Illinois. USF went 1-2 in the St. Xavier Midwest Tournament in Chicago the weekend before Christmas. The Huskies present a starting that includes 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman James Hughes, 6-6 sophomore Todd Peterson, 6-6 senior Marcus Smallwood, 6-4 P.J. Smith, 6-3 freshman Mike McKinney and 5-10 sophomore Anthony Maestranzi.
   Smallwood, a 211-pound forward, is averaging 14.6 points a game for NIU. He also leads the Huskies in rebounding with 10.9 a game. Smith, a 197-pound guard, is averaging 10.6 yards a game. Maestranzi leads the team in assists with 4.5 a game while averaging 8.5 points a game.
  The Huskies are 4-6 overall, 0-1 in Mid-American Conference play, and are out to end a three-game losing streak. The Huskies have lost five of their last six games including a 65-57 loss at Iowa in early December. It's the last non-conference game of the season for NIU before jumping back into MAC play. NIU is 4-0 in DeKalb, Ill., to far this season.
   This will be the second NCAA I member USF has faced this season. The Cougars lost at IUPUI earlier this season.

 

-- GO USF --
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