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Senior 3-on-3 basketball players benefit from work of SRU students

SLIPPERY ROCK — The students got to experience organizing, planning and marketing an event.

The women got to play basketball.

Steel City Pursuit team member Paula Franetti hugs BC Cager Susan Heiss after their game during the "Rivalry at The Rock" 3-on-3 basketball event at the Robert N. Aebersold Student Recreation Center on April 20. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle (4/20/2024)

It all came together recently during the annual Rivalry at The Rock seniors 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Slippery Rock University’s Aebersold Student Recreation Center. The tournament was organized and run by SRU’s Sport Management and Ethics Class.

It also served as a qualifying tournament for the National Senior Games, slated for July 24 through Aug. 4 of 2025 in Des Moines, Iowa. There were 18 teams and 128 players participating in the event.

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