CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University's basketball team hosts North Florida in the Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals at 7 p.m., Tuesday, on Gary Mathews Court at F&M Bank Arena. The game is the Governors' first postseason appearance as a member of the ASUN Conference and will be the first-ever postseason game hosted at F&M Bank Arena.
Tickets for the Governors' quarterfinals game against the Ospreys are available to the public through Ticketmaster.com and found at the link attached to this release.
Austin Peay (17-14, 10-6 ASUN) enters its inaugural ASUN postseason as the No. 4 seed after winning seven of its final eight games and hosts No. 5 North Florida, whom the Governors defeated 95-91 in double overtime, Feb. 8.
APSU has made 42 postseason appearances in the program's 61-year Division I tenure and is 45-36 in conference tournaments with five tournament championships to date.
Under the leadership of first-year head coach and Austin Peay alum, Corey Gipson, the Govs are the most improved team in the league this season with APSU's eight-win improvement tied for the fourth-best in program history and tied for the most by a first-year head coach.
Collectively, the Governors boast the ASUN's best three-point defense, with the 31.3% mark currently standing as the program record and surpassing the 2010-11 record of 31.8%. Austin Peay also leads the ASUN with 9.0 turnovers per game, the seventh-fewest nationally, and a +2.5 turnover margin, which ranks 44th in college basketball.
Austin Peay additionally ranks second in the league with 71.5 points per game allowed and with its 37.1 three-point percentage.
North Florida (16-15, 9-7 ASUN) split its final six games of the season, but earned an upset win against No. 2 Stetson, Friday, to secure the No. 5 seed in the tournament.
The Ospreys lead the NCAA with 12.0 three-pointers made and 33.6 attempted per game, while the Osprey's Chaz Lanier is second in the ASUN with 19.7 points per game and leads the league with 105 three-pointers at a conference-best 44.1% clip.
A full tournament bracket is attached to this release above.
For news and updates ahead of and throughout the Governors' inaugural ASUN postseason, follow the Govs on X and Instagram (@GovsMBB) or on Facebook (Austin Peay Men's Basketball) and make sure to check back at LetsGoPeay.com.
