Men’s Club Basketball Holds Charity Tournament
The Men’s Club Basketball Team organized Dunking For Deah, a 3-on-3 tournament in honor of former NC State students Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha on February 27.
Ben Simons, the Club President hopes to see this tournament occur annually and thought the tournament overall was a success. “When hearing the tragic news of the shootings that occurred at UNC-Chapel Hill, I immediately had the idea of putting a tournament together to honor Deah. Although I never knew Deah personally, I saw through social media he loved to play basketball at Carmichael when he attended NC State.”
Forty men’s teams and eight women’s teams participated in this tournament, which raised $1800 for Deah’s Syrian Dental Relief Cause. “When thinking about this tournament, I knew I wanted to raise money for the project he was working on to help people in Syria with dental care.”
News 14 Carolina and WRAL both covered this event. Check out the WRAL Video Coverage.
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