ELLENSBURG (Feb. 4) -- The men's basketball match-up between rivals Central Washington University and Western Washington University, originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27 in Bellingham, has been moved to Sunday, Feb. 28 to accommodate a live television broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN) Northwest. Tip-off between the Wildcats and Vikings will be at 7 p.m. at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus.
The game pitting the two longtime foes against one another will be the second and final regular-season meeting of the year, and is the 240th all-time men's basketball game played since the inception of the head-to-head series in 1908. Central has a 151-88 all-time record in men's basketball against Western.
Overall, Central has lost its last three head-to-head meetings with Western, including an 84-70 defeat on Jan. 23 before a near-capacity crowd of 2,417 at Nicholson Pavilion.
Handling play-by-play responsibilities for the FSN Northwest telecast will be Brad Adam, with Francis Williams providing color commentary and Jen Mueller as the sideline reporter.
FSN Northwest will also telecast its post-game show from Carver Gym in Bellingham.
FSN Northwest is the cable home of the Seattle Mariners, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Storm, Portland Beavers, Portland Timbers, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, Oregon State Beavers and Gonzaga Bulldogs. The network delivers more than 350 live events each year -- all of which are also available in high definition on FSN HD -- to more than 3.4 million cable and satellite homes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
FSN Northwest is based in Bellevue, and is a subsidiary of DIRECTV Sports Networks, which also operates the regional sports networks FSN Pittsburgh and FSN Rocky Mountain (and sub-region FSN Utah). The three networks combined reach more than 8.5 million viewers across 17 states and own exclusive programming and distribution partnerships with more than 25 teams and conferences. DIRECTV Sports Networks is a controlled subsidiary of DIRECTV, the world's most popular television service.
