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More info on the upcoming Alumni game
Posted on: June 22, 2017 at 14:41:31 CT
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Tickets for the game, which Bowers is hosting on July 22 at Mizzou Arena, along with Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll, will be on sale for a $5 donation from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia at 1200 N. Seventh St. In addition, tickets will be available during another presale at a to-be-determined date in July and at the door on game day.
Twenty-six former basketball and football players will participate in the game, including hoops standouts Kareem Rush and Melvin Booker.
Bowers said he'll release details about the rest of the attendees incrementally — on Tuesdays and Thursdays — and added that the full list "won't disappoint." Updates can be found on his social media accounts, @LBowers_21 on Twitter and laurence.bowers on Instagram.
Carroll said he and Bowers have worked together to contact alumni, but that he feels his celebrity as an NBA player helped attract alumni who might've been hesitant.
"Me being in the NBA, I’m probably a little bit more influential that any of the other guys," Carroll said. "If I can cut out the time in my schedule to come back and play the game, then I feel like other guys will come back too."
Carroll said he's reached out to NFL players Jeremy Maclin and Sean Weatherspoon, though he couldn't confirm their participation.
Proceeds from the event will be donated evenly to three charities: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia, Granny's House and The Carroll Family Foundation.
Tickets for the game, which Bowers is hosting on July 22 at Mizzou Arena, along with Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll, will be on sale for a $5 donation from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia at 1200 N. Seventh St. In addition, tickets will be available during another presale at a to-be-determined date in July and at the door on game day.
Twenty-six former basketball and football players will participate in the game, including hoops standouts Kareem Rush and Melvin Booker.
Bowers said he'll release details about the rest of the attendees incrementally — on Tuesdays and Thursdays — and added that the full list "won't disappoint." Updates can be found on his social media accounts, @LBowers_21 on Twitter and laurence.bowers on Instagram.
Carroll said he and Bowers have worked together to contact alumni, but that he feels his celebrity as an NBA player helped attract alumni who might've been hesitant.
"Me being in the NBA, I’m probably a little bit more influential that any of the other guys," Carroll said. "If I can cut out the time in my schedule to come back and play the game, then I feel like other guys will come back too."
Carroll said he's reached out to NFL players Jeremy Maclin and Sean Weatherspoon, though he couldn't confirm their participation.
Proceeds from the event will be donated evenly to three charities: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia, Granny's House and The Carroll Family Foundation.
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More info on the upcoming Alumni game - FIJItiger MU - 6/22 14:41:31