DAYTON, Ohio – Flyer fans will get their first look at the University of Dayton men's and women's basketball teams on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the annual Red & Blue Game from UD Arena.

The annual intrasquad scrimmage for both programs will take place in the afternoon with the doors opening at 1 p.m. ET.

Admission is free and open to the public. Parking is only available in the A and B lots at UD Arena. A full food and drink menu will be available at the UD Arena concession stands.

Following the Red & Blue Game, Dayton Football will be in action at next door Welcome Stadium hosting the San Diego Toreros with the kickoff at 6 p.m. ET. Adult single-game tickets are $10 for general admission seating. UD Faculty/staff tickets are Buy One Get One free, while fans 18 and under are only $5. All UD students are admitted free with a valid student ID card.

RED & BLUE GAME TIMELINE

• 1 p.m. – Doors Open
• 2 p.m. – Women's Basketball begins scrimmage
• 3 p.m. – Men's Basketball begins scrimmage
• 4:15 p.m. – Red-Blue Scrimmage concludes
• 4:30 p.m. – Autographs on North Concourse for with men's and women's basketball players
• 6 p.m. – Kickoff of Flyer Football game between Dayton and San Diego

Autographs will last approximately 45 minutes. Posters for both men's and women's basketball teams will be available to fans for free.

During the event, there will also be a premium seating showings by appointment only. Please contact Linda Couvion at (937) 229-4868 or via e-mail at lcouvion1@udayton.edu.

All football tickets can be purchased online, by visiting the University of Dayton Ticket Office or calling (937) 229-4433.

The UD Ticket Office will also be open during the Red & Blue Game for fans to purchase season tickets, ticket packages and single-game tickets for men's and women's basketball. Seats open for season ticket sales will be physically marked in UD Arena.

Flyer women's basketball returns four starters and eight letterwinners from last year's 28-3 team that was ranked 16th in the final coaches' poll and 18th nationally by AP.  Among the returnees are sophomore All-Atlantic 10 performers Andrea Hoover and Ally Malott, along with A-10 All-Rookie selections Amber Deane and Kelly Austria.

UD men's basketball went 17-14 in 2012-13, but return starters at four positions and 11 letterwinners. Coach Archie Miller's squad will add Ohio State transfer Jordan Sibert along with a highly-touted recruiting class of Kyle Davis, Kendall Pollard and Dayshon "Scoochie" Smith for 2013-14.