Thursday, February 10, 2005

MORAVIAN BASKETBALL DOUBLEHEADER VERSUS MESSIAH COLLEGE TO BE BROADCAST ON THE INTERNET

BETHLEHEM, PA --- D3hoops.com and Power N’ Grace Sports have selected the Moravian College versus Messiah College Commonwealth Conference doubleheader on Saturday, February 12th as one of their Internet broadcasts of the week. The women’s game tips off at 2:00 p.m. followed by the men’s contest.

Gordon Mann of D3hoops.com and Power N’ Grace Sports will handle the play-by-play duties, and the broadcast will begin at 1:50 p.m.

To listen to the broadcast, click on the link below. There is a brief registration process but the broadcasts are free to listen to. http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=gordonmann.

The women’s contest will go along way to determining the top spot in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament. Both teams are 9-1 in Commonwealth action this season and both squads can clinch a berth in the tournament with a victory. Messiah is ranked as high as fifth in the country and sports a 19-2 overall record while Moravian received votes in the national polls and has an 18-3 overall record this winter. The Falcons have won 12 straight games in the series including two postseason games, one of which was the 2003 Commonwealth Conference Championship game. Messiah has an 18-6 lead in the series and is 6-5 in Johnston Hall. Moravian’s last win in the series was on February 17, 1999 with a 59-42 victory at home.

The men’s game also has bearing on the Commonwealth Conference Tournament. Heading into the contest, Messiah is in second place in the Commonwealth at 7-3 and the Falcons sport a 17-4 overall record while Moravian is sixth in the conference at 5-5 but just one game out of the final playoff spot. The Greyhounds are 7-14 overall. Moravian leads the all-time series 14-8 but the Falcons won both meetings last season.

The schools will also face each other on Thursday, February 17th in a doubleheader in Grantham tipping off with the women’s game at 6:00 p.m. That doubleheader was originally scheduled for January 24th but was postponed due to snow.