Ferris State Basketball Squads Head To Upper Peninsula To Face LSSU This Weekend

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's basketball squads will play their final Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) games prior to the holiday break on Saturday (Dec. 14) as FSU travels to Lake Superior State for a GLIAC North doubleheader in Sault Ste. Marie.

The women's game will tipoff first inside Bud Cooper Gymnasium starting at 1 p.m. (ET) with the men's contest slated for a 3 p.m. (ET) start.

There will be no local radio coverage of the twinbill due to FSU Football in the national semifinals, but fans can follow the action online with links available on the respective team schedule pages at FerrisStateBulldogs.com.

The Bulldog women's team is off to a 5-3 start this year and battled nationally sixth-ranked Ashland to the finish in its most recent action this past Saturday at FSU's Jim Wink Arena. The Bulldogs will play their first league road outing versus LSSU, which is 4-3 overall and 1-1 in league play to date after beating Wayne State this past weekend.

On the flip side, the Ferris State men's squad is 12-1 overall and off to a 2-0 start in the GLIAC after a dominating win over then 10th-ranked Ashland on Saturday evening. The Bulldogs climbed to 17th in the country this week in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) D2 National Poll and are also ranked 11th in the D2 Sports Information Director's of America National listing. LSSU is 5-3 on the season and also 2-0 in league action.

Following Saturday's trip to the Upper Peninsula, the Bulldog women's team heads to Florida to face Southeastern (Fla.) on Thursday, Dec. 19, before facing William Carey on Friday, Dec. 20, in Lakeland, Fla. The Bulldog men's team will host Lambton (Ontario) on Dec. 21 at Wink Arena in the final action before the NCAA mandated holiday break.

After this weekend's league doubleheader, the Bulldogs resume GLIAC play at home on Thursday, Jan. 2, with a West Michigan showdown versus rival Grand Valley State in Big Rapids starting at 5:30 p.m. (ET) for the men and 7:30 p.m. (ET) for the women.