SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- In conjunction with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, the Southern Conference has designated Saturday, February 9 as “Think Pink” day at all women’s basketball games played in the Conference that day. The initiative is part of the national effort to raise awareness of breast cancer treatment, prevention and research.
At each of the five SoCon women’s basketball games that day, players, coaches, managers and scorer’s table personnel will wear pink ribbons. Ladies’ compacts -- featuring the words “Think Pink,” and bearing the Conference’s 25th anniversary of women’s championships logo, will be distributed to the first 150 females in attendance at each site.
“We are fully supportive of the WBCA’s efforts to shine a greater light on the importance of breast cancer awareness and prevention,” said John Iamarino, commissioner of the Southern Conference. “Our basketball teams can be ambassadors to help deliver this message to our local communities.”
The five SoCon women’s basketball games scheduled for February 9 are Davidson at Appalachian State, Chattanooga at Elon, College of Charleston at Furman, Western Carolina at UNC Greensboro, and Georgia Southern at Wofford. Davidson, a road team on February 9, has announced that it will organize a “Think Pink” for its community on Friday, February 15 when it hosts UNC Greensboro. In addition, The Citadel’s men’s basketball team also plans to wear pink ribbons in support of the “Think Pink” initiative.
Host institutions will also be sponsoring additional promotions such as encouraging fans to wear pink apparel to the games, providing literature on breast cancer awareness and working with local chapters of the American Cancer Society and the Susan Komen Foundation.
The Southern Conference is in its 87th year of providing quality competition for young men and women. The Conference consists of 11 institutions located in four states. The 2007-08 year marks the 25th anniversary of women’s championship sports in the Conference. More than 3,000 student-athletes compete in the 19 championship sports sponsored by the SoCon.