In most cases, weekends are usually filled with the utmost fun that one can have.
That will be no different this weekend as the men's basketball program at Shawnee State, along with the men's and women's soccer programs and the women's basketball program, will be participating in contests throughout at SSU as the Bears go to battle in several exciting matchups over the course of the weekend
Men's Basketball -- Sean Elliott Memorial Classic sponsored by Jimmy John's, Friday and Saturday
The men's basketball program at Shawnee State will be hosting a quartet of contests that truly go beyond basketball as DeLano Thomas' program plays host to the Sean Elliott Memorial Classic sponsored by Jimmy John's.
Four contests will be held throughout the weekend, with the Bears, along with Berkeley College (N.Y.), Midway (Ky.), and West Virginia Tech getting two guaranteed games apiece. All four games will feature video presentation by Stretch Internet at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/shawneest/, with the SSU contests featuring live play-by-play commentary.
The bouts, which will be held on Friday (5 p.m. and 7 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m. and 3 p.m.) are being held in memory of former Shawnee State men's basketball standout Sean Elliott, who embodied some of the best qualities that SSU had to offer with his passion for the game and his drive to become a better individual on a day-to-day basis. Elliott passed away at the age of 27 on June 15, 2015.
A full schedule of events are listed at the link below. The SSU Athletic Department, along with the SSU Office of Development and the SSU Men's Basketball program, would like to thank Jimmy John's, along with Holiday Inn-Downtown Portsmouth, Larry Moore's Sporting Goods, and Papa John's for their steadfast support of the Sean Elliott Memorial Classic.
http://www.ssubears.com/SIDHelp/tournament/34/12/91.php
Men's and Women's Soccer vs. Cumberlands (Ky.), 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Senior Night, Friday
While the Sean Elliott Memorial Classic sponsored by Jimmy John's will be going on, the men's and women's soccer programs will be playing their own pair of bouts at Shawnee Turf as Ron Goodson's and Natasha Ademakinwa's groups play their regular season finales on Friday evening against Cumberlands (Ky.).
In addition to the contests being the regular season finale for both programs, both schools will be holding their Senior Night festivities on Friday. Nine vital seniors to both programs will be honored, with Olivia Ball, Destiny Chester, Jill Kelly, and Clarissa McKinney being honored after the women's game and Chris Jones, Hunter Miles, Cole Peterson, Jacob Perry, and Bryce Romanello being honored following the men's contest.
Women's Basketball at Appalachian Wireless Classic, Friday and Saturday; Volleyball at Life (Ga.), Saturday, Noon
In addition to the home bouts that will be held at Shawnee State, the women's basketball program will travel to play in the Appalachian Wireless Classic at the East Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, Ky., where the Bears will take on Bluefield (Va.) and Milligan (Tenn.). SSU plays the Rams at 2 p.m. on Friday before facing Milligan at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, while the volleyball program plays Life in a Mid-South Conference bout at Noon.
For all of the latest updates and recaps on each of these contests, visit www.ssubears.com or visit the Twitter and Facebook pages at https://twitter.com/SSUBears and https://www.facebook.com/SSUBears.
