OLD WESTBURY, NY (www.oldwestburypanthers.com) - For the second consecutive season, the SUNY College at Old Westbury women's basketball team is proud to help in the fight against breast cancer when the Panthers host Sage in a 2 p.m. contest at Clark Athletic Center on February 20 as part of the WBCA's Pink Zone. 

The events planned for the day include a breast cancer awareness walk, a pre-game reception in the Panther Pride Room and recognition to all breast cancer survivors in attendance during half time. The breast cancer awareness walk will start at 12:30 p.m. One in nine women are affected by breast cancer and all participants will be asked to walk anywhere from one to nine laps around the court.

Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness. The Panthers and Gators along with Old Westbury Gameday Staff will wear pink shooting shirts during pregame warm ups.

All across the country, women's basketball teams are joining together to help fight against cancer as part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association' s Pink Zone initiative, which is aimed at raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. For more information on the WBCA's Pink Zone visit www.wbca.org/pinkzone.asp.

Before or after the game, fans that feel compelled have the opportunity to donate to the following organizations:
-The Kay Yow/WBCA Caner Fund (www.wbca.org/kayyowwbcacancerfund.asp)
-1in9 (www.1in9.org)

MISSION STATEMENT
The WBCA Pink Zone® initiative is a global, unified effort for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.

HISTORY
The WBCA began the WBCA Pink Zone®, formerly known as "Think Pink", in 2007 as an initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in women's basketball, on campuses and in communities. Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, served as the catalyst for the initiative after her third reoccurrence of breast cancer in 2006. In 2007, more than 120 schools unified for this effort and helped make the inaugural year a success. In 2008, over 1,200 teams and organizations participated, reaching over 830,000 fans and raising over $930,000 for breast cancer awareness and research. The 2009 campaign raised over $1.3 million, reached over 912,000 fans, unified more than 1,600 participating teams and organizations, and saw 56+ schools break attendance records at their event. The WBCA's charity of choice is the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®, in partnership with The V Foundation. The WBCA strongly encourages all donations from Pink Zone games to be given to this Fund.

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