Nov. 9, 2007

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. - The Official THINK PINK Day t-shirt will be available for purchase beginning this weekend at the Bryce Jordan Center during the WBCA Classic. The shirts are $10 with $5 of every shirt going to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Fans can purchase shirts at the Penn State Bookstore booth in the Jordan Center, located near Gate B, throughout the season. Shirts will be on sale at all Penn State Bookstore locations.

The WBCA Classic opens with the Charlotte 49ers of the Atlantic 10 taking on the Big East Conference's Pittsburgh Panthers at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9. The Lady Lions will face off against Pac 10 foe Arizona in the nightcap at 7:30 p.m. Saturday's opener features the Arizona Wildcats against Pitt at 4 p.m., before Penn State meets the 49ers at 6:30 p.m. The tournament's final day will see Arizona and Charlotte collide at 1:30 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. match-up between the Lady Lions and Pitt.

This season, Penn State introduced a new seven-game Lady Lion Flex Plan package where fans will receive a ticket to the Duke (Sun., Dec. 2) and Georgetown (Sun., Dec. 9) games and the second annual THINK PINK Day versus Iowa (Sun., Feb. 10), as well as four flex vouchers to redeem in any ticket combination for Big Ten games. Fans can purchase single-game tickets or flex plan packages by visiting the Bryce Jordan Center box office, calling 814-865-5555 or 800-863-3336 or by clicking on the ticket link on www.GoPSUsports.com.

The Lady Lions travel to Xavier on Thursday for the second-ever meeting against the Musketeers. Penn State won the only meeting between the schools last season with a 73-66 overtime decision at the Bryce Jordan Center.