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Michael D. Chason
Director of Public Relations
ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway
Tifton, GA 31793-2601
Phone 229-391-5055
Fax 229-391-5056
mchason@abac.edu

 

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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      OCTOBER 12, 2006

MOONLIGHT MANIA TIPS OFF ABAC HOOPS SEASON OCTOBER 26

TIFTON—Basketball season will tip off a little early at Abraham Baldwin College when the annual Moonlight Mania celebration takes place on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at Gressette Gym.  

ABAC basketball coaches Julie Conner and Todd Sheppard and the Office of Student Life and Housing are sponsoring the seventh annual faculty/staff versus students’ basketball game, and fans will also get their first look at this year’s ABAC basketball teams. 

“The purpose of Moonlight Mania is to showcase the ABAC teams before the basketball season gets underway,” Sheppard said.

Any ABAC faculty or staff member is welcome to play in the game. Any ABAC student, except members of the Fillies’ and Stallions’ squads, is welcome to play on the student team. Anyone interested in playing should contact Sheppard at (229) 391-4937 or Conner at (229) 391-4933.  There is no charge to attend or play. 

The evening will also include Couch Potato Basketball, where students shoot baskets while sitting on a chair.  The student who hits the most shots takes home the furniture.  The Cash Crawl features a blindfolded student scrambling around the gym floor picking up as many dollar bills as he can round up.  The ABAC Ambassadors will be on hand for the Half Court for $100 where a spectator gets to shoot one shot from half court to win $100.  

The ABAC Cheerleaders and the Stallion mascot will also be there to hype up the crowd. The 2006 - 07 Stallions and Fillies will be introduced, and the teams will engage in intra-squad scrimmages for 15 minutes each.

The first Fillies and Stallions home game will be played on Nov. 1 beginning at 5:30 p.m. when the Fillies take on Gordon, and the Stallions host Enterprise-Ozark.

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