ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's basketball team faces its second Battle 4 Atlantis mainland game contest against Syracuse on Saturday night, Nov. 21, in the Carrier Dome at 7 p.m.
The game will broadcast on
ESPN3 and on
ESPN College Extra on certain cable networks. You can listen to the game live on WSML 104.5 FM/1200 AM with
Taylor Durham and Ryan Meizinger on the call on the Elon IMG Sports Network. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
ELON AT SYRACUSEThe game between Elon and Syracuse is part of the Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Games. The Orange will participate in the main Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas, Thanksgiving week Nov. 25-27, 2015 at Imperial Arena. Elon will host a Battle 4 Atlantis mainland tournament, Nov. 26-27 at Alumni Gym, hosting Mount St. Mary's, Furman, and Texas A&M Corpus-Christi.
Saturday marks the first time that Elon and Syracuse have faced off against each other. The Phoenix will take on the Orange, only one of four current ACC members they have not faced. The other three schools Elon hasn't matched up against besides Syracuse are Pittsburgh, Boston College and Louisville.
LAST TIME OUTElon defeated the Belmont Abbey Crusaders 84-57 on Wednesday night in its home opener at Alumni Gym.
Tanner Samson scored a game-high 18 points and
Tyler Seibring chipped in a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Steven Santa Ana (17),
Dainan Swoope (11) and
Dmitri Thompson (10) also scored in double figures for the Phoenix.
SAMSON 1,000 POINT MILESTONE Samson is currently 18 points away from becoming Elon's 39th 1,000-point scorer with 982 after scoring 18 points in an 84-57 home opening victory over Belmont Abbey on Wednesday. He began the season with 942 career points.
ELON VS ACCThe Phoenix have an all-time record of 34-124 record against current ACC members. Syracuse is one of four schools from the conference Elon has not faced. The other three are Pittsburgh, Boston College and Louisville. The Phoenix takes on Duke on Dec. 28 this season.
ELON ON THE BIG STAGEElon will appear on a total of eight television games this season, including three occasions in Alumni Gym. American Sports Network (ASN) will carry Elon's home conference games against Drexel (Jan. 2), Hofstra (Jan. 9), and Towson (Feb. 6). ASN televised the Elon's season opener game at Charlotte on Friday (Nov. 13).
ESPN3 will broadcast Elon's game Saturday night at Syracuse, the second time the Phoenix will be on ESPN3 this season. Elon's road game at Michigan on Nov. 16 was also broadcast live on ESPN3. Elon will wrap up its appearances on the ESPN family of networks on Dec. 28 in Cameron Indoor Stadium against Duke University, a game that will be carried on ESPNU.
UP NEXTElon hosts the Battle 4 Atlantis mainland tournament at Alumni Gym during the Thanksgiving holiday, Nov. 26-27, in Alumni Gym. The Phoenix take on Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 26 at 2 p.m., then will face either Texas A&M Corpus-Christi or Furman on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m.
