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Hempstead, NY – The Hofstra men’s basketball group will appear to continue its postseason run on Saturday when it hosts Cincinnati in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. 

Tip-off from the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complicated is scheduled for two p.m. 

Tickets are out there by going to HofstraTickets.com, calling (516) HOF-TIXX, or by stopping by the Hofstra Athletics Ticket Workplace in the lobby of the Mack Sports Complicated. 

Hofstra students will be admitted no cost of charge by stopping by the Hofstra Athletics Ticket Workplace. Hofstra students need to choose up their tickets in-individual at the Mack Sports Complicated Ticket Workplace.

The game will air on ESPN+ and WRHU (88.7 FM) will have an audio-only broadcast out there as nicely. Hyperlinks to each, as nicely as the reside statistics, can be discovered on this web page and on the men’s basketball schedule web page at GoHofstra.com.

The Pride is 25-9 this season. Hofstra is coming off an 88-86 overtime victory more than Rutgers on Tuesday in the very first round. The victory was Hofstra’s very first in the NIT considering the fact that 2006, when the Pride defeated Nebraska and Saint Joseph’s. Tyler Thomas starred for Hofstra in the win more than Rutgers with 25 points, like the game-winner in overtime, whilst Nelson Boachie-Yiadom had ten points and eight rebounds, along with the tying basket at the finish of regulation. 

This is Hofstra’s seventh all-time look in the NIT. 

Cincinnati will bring a 22-12 record to Hempstead this weekend. The Bearcats defeated Virginia Tech, 81-72, on Wednesday in the very first round. David DeJulius led the way with 21 points, six rebounds, and seven assists. 

Saturday’s game will be the very first-ever involving Hofstra and Cincinnati in men’s basketball.