Feb. 5, 2009

Facts About Breast Cancer Donate To The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund

Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham women's basketball team will be joining schools across the nation in support of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone initiative. The team has designated the February 14th match-up against St. Bonaventure and the February 18th game versus Saint Joseph's as their "Pink Zone" games.

The Pink Zone is a global, unified effort for the WBCA nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.

A donation of five dollars is suggested with all donations from both games to be given to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. Kay Yow, North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, is a past president and founding member of the WBCA and was a galvanizing voice for the Association. After battling three different stints with breast cancer, Yow passed away on January 24, 2009.

"I knew Coach Yow for over 30 years and coached against her when I was at East Carolina," notes Fordham women's basketball head coach Cathy Andruzzi. "She was a first class coach and a first class person. I am proud that the women's basketball community, through the WBCA's Pink Zone initiative, has come together over the last several years to raise awareness about and funds for breast cancer research."

To learn more or to donate to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer fund, click here.

All fans that wear pink to the game will be admitted FREE! If you don't own a pink shirt, be one of the first 250 people to enter the gate to either game and receive a FREE pink t-shirts, rally towel and pom-pom!

The February 14th game against St. Bonaventure is slated for a 1:00 PM tip-off as the February 18th match-up versus Saint Joseph's will begin at 7:00 PM. To purchase tickets to either game, contact the Fordham Athletic Ticket Office by calling 718-817-4300.