Quinnipiac Women's Basketball Set to Participate in Inaugural Play4Kay Shootout in Las Vegas

Quinnipiac Women's Basketball Set to Participate in Inaugural Play4Kay Shootout in Las Vegas

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EDISON, NJ – Quinnipiac University’s Women’s Basketball team will participate in the inaugural Play4Kay Shootout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The three-game tournament will take place December 19-21. Quinnipiac will face New Mexico State in its first game of the tournament on Monday, December 19 at 3:00 p.m. (PST), 6:00 p.m. (EST).

Play4Kay Shootout Participants:

  • No. 25 Oregon State (7-1) – Completed a 32-5 season and made a run to the 2016 Final Four
  • Long Beach State (7-4) – Returned all five starters from a team that went 24-9 last season
  • New Mexico State (7-3) – Defending WAC champions and finished last season 26-5 with a 2016 NCAA Tournament berth
  • Oklahoma State (8-0) – Finished last season 21-10 with a 2016 NCAA Tournament appearance
  • Quinnipiac (2-0 MAAC, 7-2 overall) – Won the 2016 MAAC regular season title with a record of (17-3 MAAC, 25-9 overall)
  • Santa Clara (4-4) – Returned all five starters from a 23-9 campaign last season
  • No. 21 South Florida (8-0) – Advanced to the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament after a 24-10 season
  • UNLV (8-1) – Returned the bulk of its team following last season’s 18-win campaign

The Bobcats will take on either UNLV or No. 25 Oregon State on Tuesday, December 20 pending the results from the first day of competition. Quinnipiac will meet either No. 21 South Florida, Long Beach State, Oklahoma State or Santa Clara in the third and final game of the tournament on Wednesday, December 21. The Bobcats have never previously faced any of the seven other teams taking part in the Play4Kay Shootout.

The tournament promotes the Play4Kay initiative, a grassroots fundraising campaign for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Play4Kay’s primary fundraising support comes from women’s basketball teams across the country that dedicate games throughout the season to raise funds and awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The charity was founded in 2007 from the vision of the organization’s namesake Kay Yow, a former N.C. State head women’s basketball coach who endured three bouts with breast cancer.

Despite the disease, she coached for 38 years, recording more than 700 wins, making 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 trips to the Sweet 16 and a Final Four berth in 1998. In 1988, she coached the United States to an Olympic gold medal. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 before succumbing to the disease on January 24, 2009. The Kay Yow Cancer Fund has since raised more than $5.28 million for women’s cancer research and to assist the underserved. For her achievements on and off the court, Coach Yow is enshrined in both the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

For more information about the Play4Kay Shootout visit www.play4kayhoops.com.

See the links below to watch, listen, and follow the action from the Play4Kay Shootout:

Live stream: https://goo.gl/WcsHPi

Radio coverage: https://goo.gl/gNRBC5

Live stats feed: https://goo.gl/61B0Kb