Gonzaga to face USC in college basketball exhibition at Acrisure Arena

Acrisure Arena is quickly becoming a hot-spot for basketball fans as another opportunity to see two of the best college teams in the country battle it out has been added to this month’s calendar.

Top teams Gonzaga and USC will face off in an exhibition game at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26 as both teams prepare for the regular season, which starts in November.

Tickets for the game go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday (Oct. 11). Tickets start as low as $25 with some of the money going to charity as proceeds will help support Eisenhower Health’s growing Cardiovascular Institute in the Coachella Valley.

It’s another layer in the vast basketball landscape already created at Acrisure as the arena just finished hosting two Los Angeles Lakers preseason games and is poised to host the Acrisure Classic college basketball tournament, which is a four-day men’s and women’s college basketball extravaganza over Thanksgiving week.

Graham Ike #13 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs gestures during the first half against the Purdue Boilermakers in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on March 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

John Page, vice president of Acrisure Arena and OVG360 Facilities, said they are happy to keep building their portfolio when it comes to sporting events and jumped at the chance to host another game. He said he’s not expecting a jam-packed arena for a college basketball exhibition game, but he knows there is interest in both teams.

“Attendance. I’d love to see 5,000 people, but who knows? It can be hard to predict,” Page said. “Snowbirds will be starting to come back to the desert. It’s a low ticket price. Some people have Gonzaga ranked as a top-five team in the country, and we know we have many USC fans and many fans from the Northwest out here. We evaluated it and felt like there was not much risk.”

USC will also be part of the Acrisure Series, a 21-team, 19-game tournament at Acrisure Arena from Nov. 26-29. The Trojans will play Saint Mary’s on Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving) and…

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Author : The Desert Sun

Publish date : 2024-10-07 13:02:56

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