For immediate release: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016

First Basketball Day in Indiana Set for Saturday

Fans encouraged to attend games, join live broadcast in Downtown Indy

FOX Sports Indiana to televise five games across high school, college, NBA

What: Basketball Day in Indiana is a new event that celebrates Indiana’s game. It consists of five games – three marquee high school matchups, Butler hosting Cincinnati, and the Pacers vs. Portland – plus a live broadcast from Downtown Indianapolis. FOX Sports Indiana will televise the five games as part of 13 continuous hours of live basketball coverage.

Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (three games), Hinkle Fieldhouse, Southport High School, Georgia Street in Downtown Indianapolis (live broadcast), …and on TV on FOX Sports Indiana

Who: All basketball fans are invited to participate. Basketball Day in Indiana is presented by the Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, FOX Sports Indiana and the IHSAA. The high school games feature Carmel, Center Grove, Lapel, New Castle, North Central and New Albany. FOX Sports Indiana’s Pacers announcers Chris Denari and Quinn Buckner will broadcast the North Central-New Albany game in addition to the Pacers game.

When: Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET

8 a.m. The Wigwam (taped TV special) 8:30 a.m. The Milan Miracle (taped TV special) 9 a.m. Basketball Day in Indiana Live tip-off show (from Georgia Street) 10 a.m. Girls Basketball: Carmel vs. Center Grove (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Lapel vs. New Castle (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) 2 p.m. Boys Basketball: North Central vs. New Albany (Southport High School) 4 p.m. Basketball Day in Indiana Live show (Georgia Street) 4:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball: Cincinnati at Butler (Hinkle Fieldhouse) 6:30 p.m. Pacers Live pregame (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) 7 p.m. Portland Trail Blazers at Indiana Pacers (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) 9:30 p.m. Pacers Live postgame (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) 10 p.m.: Basketball Day in Indiana Live wrap-up show (Georgia Street)

How: Basketball fans can participate by attending the games, joining the live broadcast on Georgia Street where they can also shoot free throws for prizes, watching on FOX Sports Indiana or posting on social media with #BasketballDayIndiana. Note: Admission is free for the 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. high school games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Info: FOXSportsIndiana.com, Pacers.com, #BasketballDayIndiana

Media contacts: FOX Sports Indiana: Geoff Goldman, 314/206-7020, [email protected] Indiana Pacers/Indiana Fever: Bill Benner, 317/917-2781, [email protected] IHSAA: Jason Wille, (317) 846-6601, [email protected] FOX Sports Indiana Channel Numbers FOX Sports Indiana Video Provider channel numbers AT&T U-verse SD: 749 | HD: 1749 Auburn Essential Services SD: 80 | HD: 1080 Bright House/Spectrum-Indianapolis SD: 47 or 411 | HD: 1411 Cinergy-Metronet SD: 28, 29 or 30 | HD: 828, 829 or 830 Clay County/Endeavor -- Indianapolis SD: 31 | HD: 731 Clay County/Endeavor – Terre Haute SD: 26 | HD: 726 Comcast-Fort Wayne SD: 8 | HD: 1652 Comcast-Indianapolis, Kokomo, SD: 44 | HD:1673 Shelbyville, Lafayette Daviess-Martin – Indianapolis SD: 29 | HD 529 Daviess-Martin – Terre Haute SD: 28 | HD 528 DirecTV High School Games, Butler Game and Shows SD and HD: 671

Pacers Game and Shows SD and HD: 671-4 Dish High School Games, Butler Game and Shows SD and HD: 418 and 412-08

Pacers Game and Shows SD and HD: 448 and 412-36 Frontier FIOS SD: 77 or 1526 | HD: 577 or 1526 Ligonier/LigTel SD: 26 | HD: 326 Mediacom-Auburn SD: 33 | HD: 732 Mulberry Cooperative-Clinton SD: 29 | HD: 729 New Wave Communications- SD: 26 | HD: 210 Greencastle/Vincennes, Knox, Pike New Wave Communications-Paragon SD: 44 New Wave Communications- SD: 98 Morgantown, Morgan Co., Centeron NineStar Connect SD: 31 | HD: 931 Perry Spencer Communications SD: 39 | HD: 924 Smithville Tel. Co. SD: 53 | HD: 653 TDS SD: 600 | HD: 1600 Time Warner-Evansville, Newburgh SD: 47 | HD: 929 Time Warner-Terre Haute SD: 36 Tri-County/SDS-Clinton SD: 16 or 77 WOW-Evansville SD: 31 | HD: 828

*Note: The Basketball Day in Indiana high school games will also be televised live nationally on FOX College Sports Atlantic.