POTSDAM, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's basketball team will once again don pink jerseys for its annual Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Play 4Kay game. This year the event will take place during this Friday's Bears' contest against Oswego State at 5:30 p.m.
 
The Play 4Kay game, which many other college basketball teams will take part in across the nation, will help raise money and awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund from Feb. 12-22. The Fund, which partners with the V Foundation, is committed to raising money for scientific research in order to fight women's cancers.
 
The athletic department will sell a limited number of pink t-shirts for a $10 donation at the main gym entrance. All proceeds from the game's ticket and t-shirts sales will go to the Kay Yow Fund. Both games will also feature a 50/50 raffle and fans can enter a halftime shootout with prizes for a $1 donation.
 
The late Kay Yow, former NC State University head women's basketball coach, served as the catalyst for Play 4Kay after her third recurrence with breast cancer in 2006. Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and passed away on January 24, 2009. Overall, the Play 4Kay initiative has raised over $5.18 million to date.
 
To learn more about Play 4Kay or to donate toward the cause, visit http://www.play4kay.org.