Riverhawk Basketball Team Night
News Release 07-087-D For more information: Release date: 01/14/08 Bentley Gilbert For immediate release (541) 440-7747 http://www.umpqua.edu/
Roseburg— Umpqua Community College Riverhawk’s invite local basketball teams of all ages, their coaches, and their families to attend “Team Night at UCC” on Saturday, January 19. At Team Night each team member wearing a uniform or team shirt will be admitted free, receive a drink, popcorn, souvenir, and meet members of the Riverhawk teams. The Riverhawks will be playing against Chemeketa Community College Storm The women start play at 4 p.m., men at 6 p.m.
Both UCC Riverhawks basketball teams won their league games last Saturday, January 5, against teams from Mount Hood Community College, and both teams are 3-0 in league play.
“I want to get us in a position where we can compete for the Championship,” women’s Coach Dave Stricklin says on his website. Last year the men’s time competed in post-season play.
“We have been fortunate to recruit young men who have been able to play the style of basketball that we are preaching here,” said men’s Coach Donell Morgan, who, himself, is a former UCC basketball player.
“I want to help out player be better college players than they were in high school,” said Coach Stricklin. “I want to help find scholarships for our players who want to move on to four-year universities. (Close to 100 so far.)”
For more information, call 440-4628.
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