Friday, January 07, 2011

MACON, Ga. - The ninth season Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) broadcasting Atlantic Sun Conference actions kicks off Friday with Campbell hosting Kennesaw State at 7 p.m.

Markeith Cummings leads the Owls in scoring at 16.0 points per game, a year after pacing the squad as a freshman. Among sophomore in the nation, he stands poised to become the fifth to reach 800 points. He owns the fourth-highest scoring average among second-year players.

Despite leading the Atlantic Sun in 3-point FG percentage at 39.3 percent, the Camels rank ninth in makes per game at less than five per game. Lorne Merthie boosts the team average, hitting on better than 47 percent. He has made 35 of the team’s 64 3-point tries. No other player in the conference has made a higher percentage of his team 3-point field goals than Merthie.

All 11 member schools will be featured at least once during the seven scheduled weeks of broadcasts. Matt Stewart and Sonny Smith return as the voices for the broadcasts. For those outside the CSS markets, catch all the action on ESPN3.com or on ESPN Full Court.

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The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun stands for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for our student-athletes. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts five of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

CSS is a 24-hour sports channel carrying a full slate of college sports programming and can only be found on cable. With over 40 live football games including the SEC, Sun Belt, Conference USA, and Gulf South Conferences, the channel offers a comprehensive sports lineup throughout the year. The channel also offers more than 175 men's and women's live college basketball games and over 60 live baseball games, as well as a comprehensive mix of sports news and in-depth sports analysis geared toward fans in the south.

For more information on CSS, or to find out how you can get CSS on your cable system, log on to www.css-sports.com.