Seattle Hoops Back on the DI Scene

The Seattle Redhawks, moving up to the DI level from DII, beat Louisiana Tech 61-46 on Thursday.

Forward Austen Powers scored 16 on 6 of 9 shooting.

From an October 21st article in the Seattle Times-

After a 29-year absence, Seattle U. takes its first significant steps to becoming a full-fledged Division I athletic program this season. The basketball team plays a hybrid schedule filled with Division I and II opponents this season including a Jan. 1 date with Loyola Marymount — the same team against which it played its last game in Division I in 1980 — at the Key during the first year of a five-year reclassification period.

If all requirements are met, SU becomes a full Division I member at the start of the 2012-13 season.