IRVING, Texas – Appalachian State University men's basketball's Dec. 18 contest at Charlotte will be televised on the American Sports Network, Conference USA announced on Tuesday.

Complete programming information, including a listing of channels on which the game can be seen, will be released once details are finalized.

American Sports Network is a programming initiative of Sinclair Networks Group, LLC ("SNG"), a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. SNG plans to produce over 211 college events during the 2014-2015 academic year featuring distinguished NCAA Division I conferences including Conference USA, the Colonial Athletic Association, Big South Conference, Southern Conference, the Patriot League and the Western Athletic Conference. In addition to its college initiative, SNG produces local high school sports under the "Thursday Night Lights" and "Friday Night Rivals" brands, and recently secured rights to the 2014 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is the largest and one of the most diversified television broadcasting companies with 164 television stations and affiliations with all the major networks.  Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.2 percent of U.S. television households, including pending transactions.

A complete listing of Sinclair affiliates can be found HERE.

The Mountaineers open the regular season at Ohio on Nov. 15 and play host to Hampton in the first home game of the year on Nov. 24. Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking HERE.