Exhibition game against Fort Meade
10/29/2009 5:53:43 PM
The Panthers basketball team will host an exhibition game against Fort Meade Army Base of Maryland on Saturday, October 31st inside Barco-Stevens Hall at 7:00 pm. VUU lost the CIAA Championship game to JCSU and was preseason picked to finished number one in the Eastern Division by the conference.
Virginia Union University finished the 2008-09 season 21-7 overall, Eastern Division Champs at 16-4. The Panthers will have 5 returning student-athletes from last season. Head coach Willard Coker and his coaching staff signed nine new panthers to provide more depth to the squad this year.
Virginia Union University will participate in a second exhibition versus Virginia Commonwealth University on Thursday, November 5th at the Siegel Center before opening up the regular season away against Shaw University on Monday, November 16th at 7:30 pm.
Admission to the exhibition versus Fort Meade of Maryland is free to the public, doors open at 6:30 pm.