The Canisius College men’s and women’s basketball programs will open the 2010-11 season Friday, Nov. 12, when the two teams play host to a basketball doubleheader in the Koessler Athletic Center. The women’s team will get things started at 6 p.m., when the Golden Griffins play host to Kent State, with the men’s team hosting long-time rival St. Bonaventure at 8:30 p.m.
Group tickets for the season-opening twinbill are on sale now through the Canisius College Ticket Office. Group tickets (minimum 15 tickets) can be purchased by calling (716) 888-2885 during normal business hours, and there are currently seats available in both the reserved and general admission sections. All group tickets purchased by Sept. 1 will come with a voucher valid for one free ticket to a future home men’s or women’s basketball game. For example, if a group leader purchases 20 tickets to the season opening doubleheader, that individual will be entitled to 20 vouchers for future home dates. The list of available home dates will be announced later this summer when the full schedules are released. Additionally, fans interested in purchasing season tickets for the combined men’s and women’s home slates for the 2010-11 campaign can do so by calling the ticket office or by going online to GoGriffs.com.
This will mark the first home opening doubleheader since the 2006-07 campaign for the Canisius basketball programs. The Canisius women’s team went 12-19 overall and 6-12 in MAAC play last season and head coach Terry Zeh will bring back two starters and eight letterwinners to this year’s roster. The meeting with the Golden Flashes will be the third in school history and the first since Nov. 27, 1989.
The Canisius men’s team went 15-17 overall and 8-10 in league play last year, with the 15 wins standing as the most for the Blue and Gold since the 2000-01 season. Head coach Tom Parrotta will return four starters and eight letterwinners to this year’s team, which is looking to build off its first home winning season since 2003-04. The meeting with the Bonnies will mark the 159th all-time contest between the two schools, but this will be just the fourth time since 1968 that the two long-time foes have played on the Koessler Athletic Center court.
Both the men’s and women’s non-conference schedules will be announced later this summer when game dates and times are officially agreed upon. The entire 2010-11 schedules will be made public as soon as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announces the league slate.
