JACKSON – Millsaps College has set a date for its third annual NCAA® Take A Kid to the Game® day for Friday, Feb. 13 where they will host Trinity University at 6 and 8 p.m. in The Hangar Dome.
Area youth of all ages are invited to attend this special event free of charge and will have the opportunity to experience the college game-day atmosphere and some exciting action as they watch the host Majors compete for a win over the visiting Tigers.
Tickets for this special game, as well as all home men's and women's basketball games, are free of charge. Large groups are encouraged to come.
The event will begin at 5:15 just inside the basketball gym, where kids will be able to shoot hoops, bounce around in a space jump, get their faces painted and enjoy free ice cream courtesy of Bop's. Also, all throughout the game, door prizes will be drawn and give-a-ways will be thrown out in the crowd.
Millsaps College is hosting one of more than 700 games that will be played across the nation as part of the Take A Kid to the Game (TAKG) program in its 12th season. The project is a grass roots initiative that attracts the nation's youth and encourages adults to take kids to area college basketball games.
“We are thrilled to invite area youth to our campus and have them help as we cheer on the Majors
to victory. It is our hope that adults in the community will bring their children out to experience a collegiate athletic event at Millsaps College,” said athletic director Tim Wise. “Each year the crowds have gotten larger, and we're expecting another big crowd to take part in the event this year.”
For more information, contact sports information director Kevin Maloney by phone at (601) 974-1394 or email at mazauka@millsaps.edu. NCAA Basketball® is a national sponsor of the Take A Kid to the Game program. To learn about other NCAA Basketball initiatives, please visit www.ncaa.org for more information.
TAKG is a grassroots marketing campaign created by IMG College to encourage alumni and fans to take their kids out to stadiums and arenas to experience intercollegiate athletics.
