Saint Martin’s Saints make television debut Jan. 11

January 6, 2011

Lacey, Washington – The Saint Martin’s University’s men’s basketball team will take on the Western Oregon University Wolves Jan. 11 in the university’s first televised game, being televised on FOX Sports Northwest. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. at the university’s Marcus Pavilion, 5300 Pacific Ave. S.E. Viewers are advised to check local listings for the correct channel.

“It’s a big occasion for us. We’re hoping Saints fans will come out and pack the pavilion for the event,” said Bob Grisham, the university’s athletics director.

FSN will televise eight GNAC regular-season games along with the GNAC Men’s Conference championship game on Friday, Mar. 4, at 5 p.m. Pacific time. The winner of that game qualifies for the NCAA Division II West Regionals that begin Friday, Mar. 11.

The televised series, featuring seven men’s games and one women’s game during the regular season, began with the Jan. 5 contest between the Montana State University Billings’ men playing the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Saint Martin’s University is an independent four-year, Catholic, coeducational university located on a 380-acre wooded campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and is the only one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares students for successful lives through its 21 majors and six graduate programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education and engineering. Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 students from many ethnic and religious backgrounds to its main campus, and 650 more to its five extension campuses located at Fort Lewis Army Post, McChord Air Force Base, Olympic College, Centralia College, and Tacoma Community College.

For more information:

Nykki Schele
Sports Information Director
360-438-4328
nschele@stmartin.edu
www.stmartin.edu