FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          January 31, 2008

THIRD ANNUAL ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAMES SLATED FOR FEBRUARY 15

Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Alumni Association will be holding the Annual Alumni Basketball game on Friday, Feb. 15, in Percefull Fieldhouse.

The event will begin at 5 p.m. at the fieldhouse. Registration for participants will open, and the Rowdy Rangers support group will begin serving free hotdogs to the first 300 spectators. Admission to the games is free.

The women’s game will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the men’s game at 7:30. Former and current Ranger cheerleaders and band members are invited to join in the fun. Each participant will receive a free 2008 alumni basketball T-shirt and a goody bag.

The teams will have time to practice before the games, and each game will have two 20-minute running halves and a halftime. Northwestern alumni Bennie Buckland, Mike Baxter and Bill Heydman will provide commentary throughout the evening.

This year’s events also will have a new twist between the games, with a free throw contest for players age 55 and older or alumni not participating in the games. “Future Rangers” will be brought onto the court and recognized during halftime of the men’s game.

The alumni basketball event has been planned by a committee consisting of Lizabeth Richey, Bob Battisti, Ryan Hintergardt, Milburn Barton, Andrew Brown, Becky McCray, Jennifer Tyree, Bill Bixler, Johnny Jones and Courtney Harzman.

Former basketball players, musicians and cheerleaders may pre-register with Richey by calling (580) 327-8594 or by e-mailing her at lrrichey@nwosu.edu or register Friday prior to the games. The event’s brochure can be viewed online under news and events at Northwestern’s athletic web site at www.nwosu.edu/athletic.

The four Sports Hall of Fame inductees, Brian Clothier, Jeff Ellison, Mike Perkins and Willie Tennyson, will be honored at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, and at halftime of the men’s basketball game that afternoon. Tipoff for the game with Wayland Baptist University is at 4 p.m. The women’s team will play WBU at 2 p.m.

 -NW-

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