Matchups Set for Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off

DEKALB, In poor health. – The Northern Illinois College males’s basketball workforce will meet Sam Houston State on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Suncoast Credit score Union Area in Fort Myers, Fla., because the matchups for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off have been set. 

NIU and Sam Houston are joined within the Palms Division by Lengthy Island College and South Dakota. The Huskies and Bearkats will meet within the opening recreation on Nov. 22, at 11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. native) with LIU and South Dakota squaring off within the second recreation. The next day, Nov. 23, the comfort recreation will happen at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. native), adopted by the championship recreation at 12:30 p.m. CT (1:30 p.m. native). 

“We’re very excited to take part within the Fort Myers Tip-Off,” mentioned NIU head coach Rashon Burno. “I do know it is going to be an important expertise for our workforce to play two high quality opponents at a impartial web site in a event setting. It’s also an important alternative for our followers to journey to an excellent location, benefit from the heat climate and see some high-level basketball.”

The Seashore Division of the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off options Georgia Tech, Marquette, Mississippi State and Utah. Every Seashore Division workforce will host a Palms Division college on Thursday, Nov. 17, earlier than all eight colleges head to Fort Myers. NIU will journey to Georgia Tech for the primary assembly in program historical past towards the Yellow Jackets in that crossover matchup. 

Official fan journey packages for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off are actually accessible for Huskie followers trying to spend Thanksgiving Week in sunny Fort Myers. Journey packages embody tickets to every Palms Division recreation, resort lodging and parking at Suncoast Credit score Union Area. For full journey bundle data, go online to www.fortmyerstipoff.com/journey. 

At the moment, the one option to assure tickets for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off is to buy an official fan journey bundle. Ticket-only packages, primarily based on availability, will change into accessible this fall. To obtain the most recent e-mail alerts relating to event information, ticket data and extra, go to our web site at www.fortmyerstipoff.com.