GDT Bot Posted November 10 Posted November 10 SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information Game 2 Avila at Saint Louis Date // Time Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 // 3 p.m. Location St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena) Chaifetz Arena Tickets | Parking | Clear Bag Policy Radio KMOX 1120AM | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.) TV FanDuel Sports Network (Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson, Tamar Sher) Stream ESPN+ | International Streaming | FanDuel Sports Network App Live Stats StatBroadcast Game Notes Saint Louis SETTING THE SCENE Saint Louis is set for its Chaifetz Arena season debut, hosting the Avila Eagles on Sunday afternoon. Game time is 3 p.m. Sunday's game begins a stretch where the Billikens will play five of their next six at Chaifetz Arena. Loyola Marymount comes to town next Saturday night (Nov. 16) for a 7 p.m. tipoff. Sunday's game is the first of nine home games that will be televised on FanDuel Sports Network. Tom Ackerman (play-by-play), Troy Robertson (analyst) and Tamar Sher (reporter) will call the action. KMOX 1120 AM is the home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Ramsey is in his 39th season calling SLU games, while Austin is in year No. 34. At noon on Sunday, the Billiken women's soccer team faces UMass for the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship crown next door at Hermann Stadium. Basketball fans in the mood for a soccer-basketball doubleheader can purchase soccer tickets here. BILLIKEN NOTABLES The Billikens are coming off an 85-78 season-opening loss to Santa Clara Nov. 4 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Isaiah Swope led the Billikens with 24 points, which included 19 points in the second half. Gibson Jimerson scored 16 points against Santa Clara. He is the NCAA's active leader in 3-pointers made, as he has drilled a school-record 315 treys in his Billiken career. He is fifth all-time at SLU in scoring (1,841 points), 132 points away from surpassing Anthony Bonner's (1986-90) career points record of 1,972. Kalu Anya led the Billikens with 11 rebounds against Santa Clara in his SLU debut. Robbie Avila (ankle) and Kobe Johnson (shoulder) have been ruled out of Sunday's game due to injury. Head coach Josh Schertz is in his first season at SLU after spending the last three years at Indiana State. He also spent 13 seasons at Lincoln Memorial (Harrogate, Tenn.), where he led the Railsplitters to 10 NCAA Division II national tournaments. Schertz's His .787 winning percentage entering the season ranked in the top 10 among active coaches across all three NCAA divisions. ABOUT THE EAGLES Avila University plays in the NAIA and is located in Kansas City, Mo. The Eagles have already played four games this year. They are 1-2 in NAIA action. Avila also played Houston Christian last Monday, falling 86-59. Avila's games against non-NAIA schools officially count as exhibition games for the Eagles. It is an official game for SLU. Xavier Kahube (19.0 ppg), Joe Kearney (12.3 ppg) and Brionne Williams (10.3 ppg) all score in double figures for the Eagles. Jehoiada Goins was the Eagles' leading scorer against Houston Christian with 12 points. Avila is in year No. 2 under head coach Tyler Bredehoeft. Quote
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted November 10 Posted November 10 6 hours ago, GDT Bot said: (play-by-play), Troy Robertson (analyst) and Tamar Sher (reporter) will call the action. This is such a weird, abnormal team. I'm so used to Scott Highmark and either Scott Warmann, Dan McLaughlin, or Pat Parris. Quote
Lord Elrond Posted November 10 Posted November 10 15 minutes ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: This is such a weird, abnormal team. I'm so used to Scott Highmark and either Scott Warmann, Dan McLaughlin, or Pat Parris. Get used to it, the article in the Post-Dispatch announcing the Billiken games on Fanduel said those two were the broadcast team for all the Billiken games on Fanduel this year. They are still in bankruptcy, after all. Our little friend @GDT Bot got it right when he created this thread. @SluSignGuy has not disclosed what @GDT Bot does in his spare time when not creating GDT threads, I’m guessing either grading students papers or getting paid by students to write them… CenHudDude and BrettJollyComedyHour 2 Quote
GoSluBills Posted November 10 Posted November 10 1 hour ago, BrettJollyComedyHour said: This is such a weird, abnormal team. I'm so used to Scott Highmark and either Scott Warmann, Dan McLaughlin, or Pat Parris. Troy has done games before and he's very good as well. I can't remember Ackerman doing SLU games but he's done Cardinal games so I'm sure he'll do well. Quote
willie Posted November 10 Posted November 10 3 hours ago, GoSluBills said: Troy has done games before and he's very good as well. I can't remember Ackerman doing SLU games but he's done Cardinal games so I'm sure he'll do well. Ackerman has been doing SLU women’s games. As sports director of KMOX he gives us a lot of free pub. Quote
HoosierPal Posted November 10 Posted November 10 5 minutes ago, willie said: Ackerman has been doing SLU women’s games. As sports director of KMOX he gives us a lot of free pub. Ackerman has announced Valley games. Quote
SluSignGuy Posted November 10 Posted November 10 6 minutes ago, willie said: Ackerman has been doing SLU women’s games. As sports director of KMOX he gives us a lot of free pub. Also often hosts the coaches show. Quote
SluSignGuy Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Looks like there will be a real good crowd for a NAIA team Quote
slu72 Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Always sad to see the empty seats in the lower bowl. Quote
JettFlight5 Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Jimerson just got decked. Didn’t look like intent but ouch. Quote
SluSignGuy Posted November 10 Posted November 10 8 minutes ago, slu72 said: Always sad to see the empty seats in the lower bowl. Thought it would fill up more. But there are people in the upper corners Quote
SluSignGuy Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Defense is not this teams strong suit. We struggle handling switches a lot Quote
ARon Posted November 10 Posted November 10 23 minutes ago, slu72 said: Always sad to see the empty seats in the lower bowl. Hype is hype but we have a ways to go before this team earns big crowds, especially against NAIA schools. Quote
SLU_Nick Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Without Avila, we are without a plan, completely listless. Hopefully we wake up soon Quote
SluSignGuy Posted November 10 Posted November 10 From the lineups, this seems to be exhibition number 3 Quote
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Just now, ARon said: Hype is hype but we have a ways to go before this team earns big crowds, especially against NAIA schools. Yeah I was promised the world and I'm being given Moldova. Quote
SLU_Nick Posted November 10 Posted November 10 Just now, ARon said: Hype is hype but we have a ways to go before this team earns big crowds, especially against NAIA schools. Especially on an NFL Sunday. It feels like we are going live and die by the 3 this year. Quote
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