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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Marquette, Texas Win on Second Night of AT&T Wireless Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Princeton, NJ (November 15, 2002) – College basketball’s premier preseason event came to a conclusion Friday night and fans across the country were not disappointed. Marquette and Texas left Madison Square Garden victorious as the 2002 AT&T Wireless Coaches vs. Cancer Classic concluded in New York on Friday night. In the first game, preseason All-America Dwayne Wade led the Marquette Golden Eagles to a victory over the Villanova Wildcats 73-61. Villanova’s highly ranked freshmen class made their collective debut and Allan Ray and Jason Fraser lived up to expectations with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Game 2 featured some of the most athletic basketball players in the country. Texas entered the game ranked No 4 in the country, the highest ranking in school history. The Longhorns were led by guard T.J. Ford, the 2002 USBWA National Freshman of the Year, as they defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 77-71. Damien Wilkins made his debut with the Bulldogs a memorable one, finishing with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Last year, the Arizona Wildcats, then unranked, upset then No. 5 Florida on the first night and then eventual National Champion Maryland in the championship game of the tournament. Other past champions include Kansas (2000), Stanford (1999) and Temple (1998). The Coaches vs. Cancer ® program, created by the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity of our country's basketball coaches to raise awareness and in turn, reduce cancer risk through education programs while raising funds for the American Cancer Society. Since 1995, Gazelle, producer of the AT&T Wireless Classic, has raised over $2 million for Coaches vs. Cancer ®. Tickets are now available through the Madison Square Garden Box Office, by calling TicketMaster at (212) 307-7171 or by logging on to the AT&T Wireless Classic page of Ticketmaster.com. For more information about the AT&T Wireless Classic, please contact Tim O'Donnell at (609) 921-1300 or todonnell@gazellegroup.com. Members of the media can also visit the Media Page for event history and records, logos and photos. |
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