SU HONORS BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS
Brandon Willis 02/20/09

Baton Rouge, LA -- The Southern University Jaguar basketball teams will participate in the “Pink Zone” versus Alabama State University on Saturday, February 21st.

The WBCA Pine Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.

The WBCA began the WBCA Pink Zone™, formerly known as "Think Pink", in 2007 as an initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in women's basketball, on campuses and in communities. In 2007, more than 120 schools unified for this effort and helped make the inaugural year a success. In 2008, over 1,200 teams and organizations participated, reaching over 830,000 fans and raising over $930,000 for breast cancer awareness and research.

Survivors of breast cancer will be remembered and everyone who wears pink will be charged $1.00 for admission.

The event is scheduled for women’s action to begin at 2:00 pm with the men to follow.