February 02, 2008
The second-annual ?Beat the Hell Outta Breast Cancer? game will be held on Sunday, Feb. 17 when the defending Big 12 Champion Texas A&M women?™s basketball team hosts Texas Tech at 3 p.m. at Reed Arena. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Texas A&M?™s goal for the ?BTHO Breast Cancer? game, which is sponsored by the College Station Medical Center, is raising $35,000 that will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which is the world?™s largest and most progressive grass roots network of breast cancer survivors and activists.
A special reserved pink ticket can be purchased for the game. The cost is $10, which includes an $8 contribution to the Komen Foundation and a $2 ticket. Seating will be the best available seat at their preferred seating level. The other standard ticket prices for the ?BTHO Breast Cancer? game is $11 for courtside, $9 for mezzanine and $5 for gallery. Tickets may be purchased online at www.12thManFoundation.com or by via telephone at: 1-888-99-AGGIE.
Head Coach Gary Blair?™s Aggies will wear their specially-made pink game uniforms against the Lady Raiders, and will sport the popular pink ?BTHO Breast Cancer? T-shirts during pre-game warm-ups.
The ?BTHO Breast Cancer? T-shirts may be purchased for $5 at a variety of locations. The cost of the T-shirts was underwritten by Chevron so that all of the proceeds from T-shirt sales will go directly to the Komen Foundation. T-shirts can be purchased at Reed Arena at both the men?™s and women?™s basketball games, online at www.AggieAthletics.com and at several other locations on campus.
A ?BTHO Breast Cancer? 5K Fun Run sponsored by Chevron will be held in conjunction with the game starting and finishing at the intersection of Olsen Boulevard and John Kimbrough Boulevard adjacent to Reed Arena on Sunday morning prior to tipoff. Texas A&M students may enter the Fun Run for $20, while the cost for the general public is $30. All registered runners will receive a game ticket and official ?BTHO Breast Cancer? T-shirt.
In addition, Chevron will donate gas cards to the top three male and female finishers in each age group division (12 years-and- under, 13-18 and 19-and-over). First-place winners will receive $1,000 gas cards, second-place finishers receive $500 gas cards and third place receives $250 gas cards.
Check-in for the Fun Run begins at 8:30 a.m., and at 9:30 a.m. the Texas A&M strength and conditioning staff will lead a pre-race stretch. Coach Blair will address the racers at 10 a.m. and the Fun Run starts at 10:15 a.m. After the race, live music will entertain the racers until the awards ceremony at 11:30 a.m. The Fun Run winners will be recognized again at halftime of the game.
At the game, 5,000 pink commemorative ?BTHO Breast Cancer? towels sponsored by The Med will be distributed. The winner of the always-exciting halftime contest, hosted by Candy 95, will receive a $500 gas card from Chevron.
Individual donations can be given online or at Reed Arena on gameday. For more information on the ?BTHO Breast Cancer? game and its surrounding festivities, please visit the event?™s special website on www.AggieAthletics.com.