All Tickets Sold for Saturday's Big Purple Growl Basketball Doubleheader on UAlbany Campus

All tickets have been sold for the University at Albany’s Big Purple Growl and Ferocious Feast on Saturday, Feb. 2. at SEFCU Arena. seats a capacity crowd of 4,538. The University’s Winter Homecoming features a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader with America East Conference opponent Stony Brook University. The women’s game begins at 4:30 p.m., while the men follow at 7:00 p.m.

Big Purple Growl T-shirts, courtesy of Verizon Wireless, will be distribsuted to the first 750 fans at the doubleheader. Students will participate in the CDTA Shot for Tuition, with the winner receiving an award that is equivalent to one semester’s in-state tuition. Alumni will also shoot for prizes. Residential Life will sponsor a housing lottery for five lucky UAlbany students during halftime of the men’s game. In addition, one fan, chosen in a random drawing, will play for two other fans in the SEFCU Money Machine. UAlbany’s pep band, dance team and cheerleaders will perform. The Earth Tones, the school’s men’s a capella group, and women’s basketball team captain TaNika Thrower are scheduled to sing the National Anthem prior to each game.