The Falcons Face Barton On Friday And Mount Olive On Saturday
RALEIGH, NC (Nov 17) – This weekend on Nov. 18-19, Saint Augustine's University will head to Mount Olive, N.C. to compete in the Pickle Classic men's basketball tournament hosted by the University of Mount Olive.
The Falcons will play Barton College on Friday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. and Mount Olive on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The site is Kornegay Arena on the Mount Olive campus.
Tickets are $10 for one day and $15 the entire session. Children ages four and under are admitted free.
If you can't make the Pickle Classic, follow the Falcons via live stats and livestream. The live stats link is http://www.umotrojans.com/sports/mbkb/tournament/boxscores/20161118_deah.xml for Friday's game and http://www.umotrojans.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/boxscores/20161119_umon.xml for Saturday's game. The livestream link is http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mount-olive-college-athletics.
Four teams are competing in the Pickle Classic including the Falcons (1-1 overall). The others are host Mount Olive (0-2), Barton (0-2) and Georgian Court University (0-3). The team with the best record in the round-robin format will be declared the Pickle Classic champion.
The Falcons made their first and only Pickle Classic appearance in 2013, losing to both Mount Olive and Barton. With forward Quincy January (Jr./Atlanta, GA) leading the way, the Falcons are looking for much better results this year. The high-flying forward leads the team in points per game (18.0) and rebounds per game (9.0). Guard Anthony Gaskins (Sr./Greenville, NC) and Kasey Bryant (Jr./Raleigh, NC) average 13.5 points and 12 points, respectively, for the Falcons. Gaskins is 64 points away from reaching the 1,000-point career mark.
