ASU-USCA To Have National Audience
NCAA, CSTV to produce broadband broadcast of Saturday's PBC doubleheader

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State’s Peach Belt Conference doubleheader at USC Aiken on Saturday, Jan. 6, has been selected by the NCAA for live broadband streaming through CSTV. The women’s game begins at 5:30 p.m. with the men’s contest to follow at 7:30 p.m. Fans can log onto www.NCAAsports.com/DII  for the live broadcast.

NCAA Division II recently partnered with CSTV on a three-year, regular-season television and broadband package agreement that will showcase Division II football and men’s and women’s basketball games live. On January 6, six games will be broadcast live with two of them occurring at USC Aiken. The doubleheader is the only one in the Peach Belt Conference scheduled for 2006-07 (Armstrong Atlantic State and Columbus State will have their February 24 contest aired on CSTV television).

Both the ASU men’s and women’s squads are off to excellent starts to the 2006-07 season. The Lady Jaguars posted an 8-2 record during their non-conference schedule, the, best start for the program since the 2003-04 season that ended with a trip to the Elite Eight.

The ASU men’s squad, in its third year under head coach Dip Metress, posted an 8-3 record in non-conference play. The Jags are off to their best since the 2000-01 season, when they went 21-10 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Junior forward Tyrekus “AJ” Bowman continues to lead the Peach Belt Conference in scoring at 21.3 ppg. while the Jags lead the PBC in scoring at 80.1 ppg.

Brad Muller, former radio voice of Georgia College & State University Athletics, will provide the play-by-play on Saturday while Ken Gerlinger, Director of Media Relations at the Peach Belt Conference, will serve as color analyst.