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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 13, 2005

MOONLIGHT MANIA CELEBRATION OCTOBER 27 AT ABAC

TIFTON—Basketball season will get an early start at Abraham Baldwin College on Oct. 27 when the annual Moonlight Mania celebration takes place at 7 p.m. at Gressette Gym.   Basketball coaches Julie Conner and Todd Sheppard and the Office of Student Life and Housing are sponsoring the sixth 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 kick off the basketball season at ABAC for the men’s and women’s teams and to get everyone excited about the upcoming season,” 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.  There is no charge to attend or play. 

The evening will also include the famous Recliner Shootout where students shoot baskets while sitting in a recliner, and the student who hits the most shots takes home the chair.  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 Stallion mascot will also be there to hype up the crowd. The 2005 - 06 Stallions and Fillies will be introduced, and the teams will engage in intra-squad scrimmages for 15 minutes each.

In addition to Moonlight Mania, the Division of Agriculture and Forest Resources will sponsor a tailgate party on the evening of the first home basketball games at 5 p.m. on Nov. 1.  The Fillies and Stallions host the Brewton Parker junior varsity teams beginning at 5:30 p.m. that evening.

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