March 7, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, La. (UCFAthletics.com) - The UCF women's basketball team's semifinal game on Saturday afternoon in the Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship will be televised by CBS College Sports. The fifth-seeded Knights, appearing in the semifinals of the C-USA tournament for the first time after wins over Rice and Houston, will meet top-seeded SMU at Fogelman Arena at 3 p.m. Eastern.
CBS College Sports Network is channel 106 on Bright House Networks in the Orlando area, as well as channel 613 on DirecTV and channel 152 on Dish Network/Echostar.
Ann Schatz will serve as the play-by-play announcer for the contest while Tammy Blackburn will handle the color analyst duties.
UCF is 3-1 this season in four televised games, including a 78-68 victory over SMU in Orlando on Feb. 7. In that contest, sophomore Chelsie Wiley (Riviera Beach, Fla.) scored a game-high 26 points while fellow sophomore Emma Cannon (Rochester, N.Y.) added 14 points and 20 rebounds.
The Knights moved into the semifinals with a 79-66 victory over fourth-seeded Houston on Friday. Wiley scored 26 points in the win while Cannon had her 30th career double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds. In Saturday's game, Cannon needs just one rebound to break the single-season school record of 345 boards.
Fans can also listen to a live audio internet broadcast of the semifinals on Saturday, with coverage set to begin at approximately 2:30 p.m. Eastern. The voice of the team, Scott Adams, will be on the call, and the broadcast can be accessed free of charge through Stretch Audio Internet at http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/multimedia/ucf-wbb-stretch-sched.html.
Conference USA will also offer live online streaming video of the semifinals in the C-USA Women's Basketball Championship. The game will be available on a pay-per-view basis for a one-time payment of $7.95.
Current Annual subscribers to Knights All-Access will receive all of UCF's C-USA tournament pay-per-views for FREE as part of their Annual package. Those subscribers can just log in with their normal account and begin watching the games. Please note that monthly subscribers will have to purchase the pay-per-views.
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