Vegas, Baby! Bears Hope to Put Out Flames in Sin City

GAME DAY NOTES: at Las Vegas Classic

DETAILS
Dates: Monday, Dec. 20, 2008
           Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Tips: 3 p.m. (MT) - Mon.
         12:30 p.m./3 p.m. (MT) Tues.
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
    Venue: Orleans Arena
    Capacity: 9,500
Promotions: none
Television: Online - B2TV.com
Radio: 1310 KFKA (Greeley)
Talent: Troy Coverdale
Live stats: none
Web stream: 1310KFKA.com

SOME STORY LINES

• Northern Colorado will look to end a two-game losing streak when it continues play Monday, Dec. 22, in the Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Classic. The Bears will first face Liberty and then USC-Upstate or Southern on Tuesday, Dec. 23.

• Northern Colorado will enter all kinds of uncharted territory in the two games. The Bears have never played a contest in Las Vegas or in the state of Nevada. And they’ve never faced the Flames, Spartans or Jaguars.

• Northern Colorado hasn’t won its final game before Christmas since winning 86-82 in a double-overtime game against Texas State on Dec. 22, 2004. The Bears are 13-20 all-time in such games since the 1975-76 season.

• The Bears finished 7-6 in nonconference games last year, but they are in need of a spark to have similar success this season. Northern Colorado, at 3-7, has five non-Big Sky games remaining, including the two games this week.