HICKORY, N.C. — The Catawba Valley Community College men's basketball program has been selected by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for its Game of the Week to be televised on ESPN+ on Feb. 14.

The Red Hawks will host conference opponent Patrick & Henry Community College Patriots from Martinsville, Va. at the Tarlton Complex for the first ever nationally-televised match up of a Catawba Valley Community College athletic event.

"We are humbled to be selected for the NJCAA Game of the Week on ESPN+, which can be seen everywhere around the world through their streaming platform," said Nick Schroeder, Executive Director of Student Life & Athletics. "This is a wonderful opportunity to highlight how amazing Catawba Valley Community College is and how special our student athletes are."

The NJCAA and ESPN reached a multi-year media rights agreement earlier this year that includes nationally-televised championship games for NJCAA Division I football, Division I men's basketball and Division I women's basketball.

The men's basketball game between Catawba Valley Community College and Patrick & Henry Community College is one of 24 men's basketball games being streamed on ESPN+ this year. There were also 13 NJCAA football games, five NJCAA women's basketball games, 20 NJCAA baseball games and 20 NJCAA softball games streamed exclusively on ESPN+ as part of the agreement between the two organizations earlier this year.

The Red Hawk men's basketball team is currently 14-6 overall on the season with a 9-4 mark in Region 10 games.

The CVCC-PHCC men's basketball game will be a part of a doubleheader on Feb. 14, which will also feature the Red Hawk women's basketball team taking on the Louisburg Hurricanes at 4 p.m.

Admission to the contest is $5 per person. CVCC students, faculty and staff are admitted free with ID.