Sycamores Join Exhibition Relief Trend

Editor: The following is part of a press release from gosycamores.com.

The Indiana State Basketball team will tackle one of its largest community service projects in the history of the program when they travel to Mackey Arena on Saturday, October 28 to face the Purdue Boilermakers in a charity exhibition contest set for 3 pm (ET).

The Sycamores are well known for donating their time to many different causes around the Wabash Valley and this charity game will go to hurricane relief efforts in both Houston and Puerto Rico. Earlier this fall, the Sycamores sent a package of clothes and shoes to Houston to assist in relief efforts.

“This is a great thing that the NCAA is allowing schools around the country to do,” head coach Greg Lansing said. “We are going to Purdue to participate in a fundraiser for hurricane relief and this is something that many schools around the country are doing and when Matt Painter called to offer this opportunity I could not say yes fast enough. Matt and I are good friends and with Sherard being a Purdue graduate this is a natural fit. It is exciting to head to Purdue for this game and partner with the Boilers to benefit a worthy cause.”

This charity exhibition contest will precede the Purdue Football game that evening against Nebraska scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

All net proceeds from the exhibition will benefit the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the UNIDOS Disaster Relief & Recovery Program to support Puerto Rico.

NCAA regulations prohibit Division I programs from playing on the road for preseason exhibitions. However, the game was granted an exemption from the NCAA to be played on Purdue’s campus as a charity event. The NCAA waiver will also allow the Sycamores to retain their home exhibition game, which is slated for Friday, Nov. 3 at Hulman Center against Marian at 7 p.m.