The amazing Aces do a lot of traveling

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Lucas Harstad of the Alexandria Aces showed his ball handling skills at halftime of the Florida Gators basketball game two weekends ago. Contributed photo.
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The Alexandria Aces provided halftime entertainment during the Timberwolves game at the Target Center in Minneapolis last Friday. Contributed photo.

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The Alexandria Aces are headed east.

The local basketball performance team, coached by Larry Novotny, will be making halftime appearances in some high powered venues as they will open tomorrow, Saturday, at the University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball game with No. 12 ranked Marquette at noon.

Later that evening, the No. 2 ranked UConn women will host St. John’s, and Alexandria will be there to entertain the crowds as well.

Here’s the rest of their East Coast tour performances:

AP TOP 25 MEN’S TEAMS

2. Syracuse, 8. North Carolina, 12. Marquette,

AP TOP 25 WOMEN’S TEAMS

2. Connecticut.

ALEXANDRIA ACES PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Sat., Feb. 18 Marquette at UConn men, noon, ESPN

Sat., Feb. 18 St. John’s at UConn women, 7 p.m. CPTV

Sun., Feb. 19 Syracuse at Rutgers men, 1 p.m., ESPN

Tues., Feb. 21 Miami at Maryland men, 8 p.m., ACC

Wed., Feb. 22 Lehigh at Navy men, 7 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 24 Boston College at Virginia women, 6:30 p.m., RSN

Sat. Feb. 25 North Carolina at Virginia men, 4 p.m., ESPN

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