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Reigning Red tips off basketball season, Friday, October 14th

APSU Sports Information: Basketball

Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University officially tips off basketball season at 8:00pm, Friday night, when Wendy’s of Clarksville presents “Reigning Red,” following the Lady Govs Ohio Valley Conference volleyball match, in the Dunn Center.

For the fourth consecutive year, Wendy’s is set to host the Governors Club and Austin Peay basketball season-ticket holders for an informal meet-and-greet with the Govs and Lady Govs, beginning at 6:30pm, on the third level.

APSU Basketball. (Austin Peay Sports Information)
APSU Basketball. (Austin Peay Sports Information)

All Austin Peay fans are invited to join the free event which marks the beginning of the 2011-12 basketball season, beginning at 8:00pm on the floor. Along with scrimmages by both teams, fans also are invited to take part in a number of contests and giveaways throughout the night.

The Govs are returning four starters from a team that won more than 20 games last season, highlighted by first-team All-OVC pick TyShwan Edmondson. Redshirt junior Anthony Campbell also is set to make his return from last season’s knee injury. Already this offseason, Edmondson and Campbell, along with senior center John Fraley have been named preseason All-OVC by the online publication College Sports Madness.

Austin Peay women’s basketball team also returns four starters which happened to be the team’s four leading scorers in 2010-11. Second-team All-OVC selection Whitney Hanley, along with senior Jasmine Rayner, junior Meghan Bussabarger and sophomore Nicole Olzewski are set to lead a squad that also consists of five newcomers.

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