The 10th annual Bishop Classic/Hoops for Hope women’s basketball tournament to raise money for breast cancer awareness, education, and research will be held Dec. 29 and Dec. 30, 2016, at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware.
The event will tip off at 6 p.m. Dec. 29, when the Battling Bishops take on the Gophers from Goucher College in Baltimore. It will continue at 8 p.m., when the Hornets from Kalamazoo College in Michigan take on the Yellowjackets from the University of Rochester in New York.
On Dec. 30, the tournament will feature hold its Hoops for Hope consolation game at 1 p.m., followed by the Hoops for Hope championship game at 3 p.m.
Admission to all Hoops for Hope tournament games is free, but monetary contributions will be accepted to benefit the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®, which supports scientific research for women’s cancers. The fund operates in partnership with the V Foundation for Cancer Research. To date, the Ohio Wesleyan annual tournament has raised more than $5,000 for cancer research.
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