Coaches Aaron Kallhoff and Michelle Wyatt are doing their part to raise awareness for breast cancer.

Kallhoff's team, the Hill College Lady Rebels, wore pink warm-up shirts in their games last week and also utilized a fundraiser of sorts when he sold the pink shirts to faculty, staff and students around campus with the proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

"We wanted to do our part around here to help raise awareness for breast cancer," stated Kallhoff. "It created quite a buzz around campus which is exactly what raising awareness is all about!"

Meanwhile, coach Wyatt's South Plains College Lady Texans will be wearing pink t-shirts tonight when they host the Odessa College Lady Wranglers at 5:45 p.m.  SPC teamed up with Covenant Hospital of Levelland who will be raffling off a Sony Blu-ray player tonight to raise money to provide mammograms for women in need living in the Hockley County area.

"The importance of getting annual mammograms is essential in the fight against breast cancer," says Kathy McDonald of Levelland's Covenant Hospital. "Every woman should be able to get a screening mammogram once a year if her physician deems it necessary regardless of financial situation. Covenant Hospital Levelland is committed to helping women from Hockley County obtain screening mammograms and raise awareness about breast health."

Sajoyia Griffin, a 5'5" guard from Universal City, Texas, helped the Lady Texans to two more wins this week. On Jan. 18, in a 74-52 win over Western Texas, she scored 23 points on 8 of 15 from the field and 4 of 6 from behind the three-point line. In that win, she also recorded seven rebounds, three assists, one steal, and went 3-3 from the charity stripe. Three days later in a 54-53 win over #14 Odessa (Texas), Griffin scored 18 points on 5 of 11 shooting and 5 of 7 from downtown. Also in that game, she grabbed nine boards, had four assists, three steals, and shot 3-5 from the free-throw line. In the week she averaged 20 points, 46 percent from the field (19-41) including 60 percent from outside (12-20), 83 percent from the line (10-12), seven rebounds, three assists, and 2.3 steals.

All Region 5 Women's Basketball Team

Lyrell Barfield

Midland College

 

Taisja Jones

Grayson College

 

Taniqua Ards

South Plains College

 

Donna Jackson

Collin County

 

Florencia Fernandez

Midland College

 

Monique Burnham

Weatherford College

 

Miesha Blackshear

Howard College

 

Shavonne Butler

Hill College

 

Natalia Santos

New Mexico JC

 

Nicoya Jackson

Southwest Christian College

 

Priscilla Mbianja

Odessa College