Guilford Men’s Basketball Game To Benefit V Foundation

Greensboro, NC -- Guilford College's men's basketball team hosts nationally ranked Hampden-Sydney next Wednesday, February 4th in a contest that will benefit the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The college will give all gate receipts from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) contest, plus other donations received that night, to the V Foundation, named for the late Jim Valvano, a former North Carolina State men's basketball coach.

Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. in the Ragan-Brown Field House on Guilford's campus. Tickets cost $4 for adults, $2 for youth. Guilford students will be admitted free with school identification, but faculty and staff members will be asked to contribute to the Foundation.

Guilford takes a 10-7 overall record (6-4 ODAC) into this weekend's games at Virginia Wesleyan (1/31) and fourth-ranked Randolph-Macon (2/1). Coach Tom Palombo's Quakers have their best record after 17 games since 1982-83 and are a half game behind Virginia Wesleyan for third place in the ODAC standings. Hampden-Sydney (15-2, 8-2 ODAC) is ranked eighth in this week's D3hoops.com NCAA Division III poll and one game behind Randolph-Macon in the league standings. This year's preseason league favorites, the Tigers have reached the NCAA playoffs seven years in a row, highlighted by Final Four appearances in 1999 and 2003.

ESPN and Valvano established The V Foundation in 1993 at the inaugural ESPY Awards. Valvano, who won an NCAA title at NC State in 1983 and later joined ESPN as an analyst, passed away April 28, 1993 at the age of 47 after a 10-month battle with cancer. Since its founding in 1993, The V Foundation has raised more than $32 million for cancer research and funded 190 research grants nationwide.

For additional information on The V Foundation for Cancer Research, call 1-800-4JimmyV or visit our website www.jimmyv.org.