Lake Norman Christian basketball games featuring Mikey Williams will be streamed online
Lake Norman Christian School, which features 5-star recruit Mikey Williams, will have at least 15 of its boys basketball games live streamed on the internet. Most of those streamed games will be played at the Rock Hill Sports & Events Center.
The first game to be streamed is Tuesday against Phoenix Montessori Academy. That game will tipoff at 7:30 p.m. The broadcasts will include play-by-play and color commentary.
Interest in Lake Norman Christian incresed this fall when Williams announced he was moving from California to Charlotte and enrolling in the Huntersville private school. Williams is a top-five national recruit in the class of 2023 and has more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram.
Williams and his teammates played as a club team during a nationally televised tournament last month, and will play at Oak Hill (VA) Thursday at 7 p.m. That game will air live on ESPN2.
With the new streaming deal, several more Lake Norman Christian games will now be available to a national audience.
The upcoming broadcasts were organized by Rico Grier, co-founder of Best of Both Worlds Basketball Events, which puts on amateur basketball tournaments nationwide.
Grier played at Pfeiffer from 2001-05 and finished his career with 2,013 points, fourth-most in school history. He led Pfieffer to the NCAA Division II Elite 8 in 200 and played professionally in Europe. He was named an All-American in 2005 and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2019.
Grier partnered with SUVTV, to broadcast the Lake Norman Christian games.
“From training to events, we’re always striving to help players and teams take their skill and overall development to the next level,” Grier said. “The Storm broadcast slate we’ll partner with SUVtv on is an extension of that goal, given some of the high level basketball that will be featured in the lineup.”
SUVTV is also streaming games from YPSI Prep and national power Milton (GA) High this season. YPSI features Emoni Bates, the nation’s top ranked junior. YPSI, based in Michigan, is a new school started by Bates’ father, EJ, who will also coach the team.
The games can be purchased individually for $10 per game, Grier said; a season pass will also be available. Games can be seen on theSUVtv.com website as well as its app on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV and Android TV.
Below are dates for the streamed games that are scheduled so far:
- Tuesday Nov. 17 vs Phoenix Montessori @Rock Hill SC
- Tuesday Dec. 1 vs Covenant Classical @Rock Hill SC
- Friday Dec. 4 vs Sunrise Christian @Rock Hill SC
- Saturday Dec. 5 vs Northwestern @Rock Hill SC
- Tuesday Dec. 8 vs York Prep @Rock Hill SC
- Thursday Jan. 7 vs University Christian School @Rock Hill SC
- Saturday Jan. 9 vs Ypsi Prep : location TBD
- Tuesday Feb. 9 vs Gospel Light Christian @ Rock Hill SC
- Tuesday Feb. 16 vs Mountain Island Day @ Rock Hill SC
This story was originally published November 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM.
