LEBANON, Ill. – McKendree University Athletics has announced that they will hold an Alumni Day for former men's and women's basketball players as the Bearcats home Great Lakes Valley Conference basketball doubleheader at the Harry M. Statham Sports Center on Saturday, Feb. 19 against Maryville University.
The women's game with Maryville is scheduled to tip-off at 1 p.m., with the men's game scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Along with being Alumni Day on Feb. 13, the Bearcats will also be honoring their senior men's and women's basketball players prior. to the beginning of each game for Senior Day and the women's program will also have its annual "Pink Out" Game for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Alumni of both the men's and women's basketball programs will receive free admission to the game and will have special seating in the Statham Sports Center and all alumni and their families are invited to come into the hospitality room during halftime of both games. The Hall of Fame Room, which is located in the lobby of the Melvin Price Convocation Center, serves as the hospitality room for home basketball games during the 2021-22 season.
All of the alumni in attendance at the game will be recognized on the court during the halftime of each game.
For more information and to RSVP for the Feb. 19 Men's and Women's Basketball Alumni Day event, please e-mail McKendree Interim Assistant AD/SWA
Paula Buscher at
pjbuscher@mckendree.edu.