EDISON – The Middlesex County College (MCC) and Ocean County College basketball teams supported breast cancer awareness with their annual “Pink Night” game.
The men’s and women’s teams from both schools wore special warm-up t-shirts and members of the women’s team organized a bake sale and collected donations for cancer research on Feb. 2 at the MCC campus in Edison.
Before the women’s game, two-time cancer survivor Diane Edmonds of Metuchen officiated at a ceremonial tip-off.
The program was part of “Pink Zone,” a national effort to raise awareness and funds, organized by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The fundraising effort raised $524, which was donated to Peppermints & Ginger, an organization that provides comfort kits to chemotherapy patients.
The Middlesex women won the first contest, 82-73, and the Middlesex men took the nightcap, 67-52. The Middlesex women, who are now 19-2 overall, sport a 13-0 record in the Garden State Athletic Conference. The victory over Ocean clinched the conference title for the MCC women. The Middlesex men are 12-11 overall and 6-9 in the conference.