CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Coming off of an 18-13 regular season, the Campbellsville University men's basketball team will return to the court to tip off the 2020-21 season this Wednesday night as they play host to Kentucky Christian University at 7 p.m. ET in the Powell Athletic Center.
Basketball is the first sport at CU in the NAIA to attempt to operate as normal in the fall of 2020 with Campbellsville establishing strong protocols that include no fans in attendance for the remainder of 2020 in the Powell Athletic Center.
COVID-19 policy at Campbellsville has been updated so that no fans or outside spectators will be allowed inside of the Powell Athletic Center for the game. Only the teams' players, coaches, and gameday staff will be permitted into the building for the game.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
- Matt Payton, the voice of Tiger basketball, will be on the call for the broadcast as he will be joined by CU's second all-time leading scorer and Campbellsville Hall of Famer Benji Kelly.
- WLCU-TV and radio will cover the game locally on Comcast Channel 10 and 88.7 FM The Tiger.
- Fans can watch online at www.campbellsvilletigers.com/watch and also on their streaming apps - Roku, Amazon FireStick, and Apple TV - by searching CU Sports Network.
RETURNING DEPTH
- Campbellsville has a good mix of experience with returning players from seniors to sophomores that will return for 2020-21 after quality playing time in 2019-20.
- Seniors Jacob King, Alston Davis, Lenorris Mincey, and Taiveyhon Mason played in every game last season and started double digit games last season with Mason being the only player on the team to start all 31 games.
- Mason is the only returner to receive postseason conference honors as a Second-Team All-MSC selection following his team-leading 13.5 points per game scoring average in 2019-20.
- Junior Sam Weining also played in all 31 games with sophomores Devaunte Robinson and Max Reyes also seeing team in over half of the total games last season.
REINFORCEMENTS HAVE ARRIVED
- Joining the eight retuning players on the 2020-21 roster are seven newcomers either as transfers or freshmen for the Tigers.
- Transfers Taj Price, Ross Ryan, Jay'von Jackson, and Hassan Ceesay bring a variety of different skillsets and level of experience to the CU lineup as Price enters as a graduate transfer, Ryan and Jackson comes in as juniors, and Ceesay transfers from Stony Brook as a sophomore.
- A trio of freshmen also come to Campbellsville to add size, length, and more depth for CU as Brayden Sebastian comes in from Garrard County High School, Lincoln Bush hails from George Rogers Clark High School, and Ben Carroll starred at Greenwood High School.
- Sebastian looks to be the only freshman that will be available for the Tigers in 2020-21 as head coach Brent Vernon sees Bush and Carroll redshirting their first season to add strength.
LOOKING AHEAD
- Campbellsville will stay home at the Powell Athletic Center this weekend when they host the annual Lou Cunningham Classic on Friday and Saturday. The Tigers will face off against Simmons College of Kentucky and Union College with University of the Cumberlands also facing those teams.
