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Dambrot Bobblehead Giveaway, General Health and Wellness Day Highlight Saturday Hoops Doubleheader
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AKRON, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference East
Division-leading women's and men's basketball teams will compete
Saturday in the inaugural Akron Health and Wellness Day
doubleheader, featuring a bobblehead giveaway of men's head coach
Keith Dambrot. The Zips women's squad takes on Ball State at James
A. Rhodes Arena at 5 p.m. ET, followed immediately by the men's
team facing Bowling Green at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at GoZips.com/Tickets, by phone at 1-888-99-AKRON (25766)
or in person at The C.P. and Cornelia S. Chima Athletics Ticket
Office at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field (located at 375 E.
ExchangeStreet, near Gate 1 at the southwest corner of the venue,
at the intersection of E. Exchange and S. Union streets),
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Mini plans are available for the four remaining men's games versus
Bowling Green, North Dakota State on Feb. 22 as part the Ramada
Worldwide BracketBusters event, Miami (March 5) and Kent State
(March 8 or 9). For $30 fans can buy a General Admission seat or
for $48 an Upper Reserved seat to their choice of three of those
games. A complimentary winter hat will be given out for each seat
purchased.
The first 1,500 fans in attendance on Saturday with a men's ticket
will be given a voucher to receive a Dambrot bobblehead, with doors
opening at 4 p.m. This is the second and final installment of this season's bobblehead
collection giveaway, with the Dambrot bobblehead completing the
set with the previously distributed LeBron James bobblehead. Fans
can attend both games with either a men's or women's ticket, but
only those with a men's ticket will be given a bobblehead
voucher.
Akron General Wellness stations featuring free health screenings,
giveaways and activities will be setup throughout the arena. Fans
will have an opportunity to play Wellness Bingo, an interactive
game that provides fans with health tips. Those in attendance will
be able to make signs, with prizes going to the top three as voted
on by the crowd. After the women’s game, fans will be
encouraged to walk a few laps around the track inside the
arena.
The women’s contest will also serve as Youth Team Day. Local
youth teams comprised of eighth graders and younger can wear their
team’s jerseys to the game and receive admission for $4 and
be entered to win a basketball autographed by the women’s
team.
