October 24, 2006 SAINTS BOOKSTORE BASKETBALL BENEFIT NIGHT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 (6:30 P.M. @ THE GREEN HOUSE) Donations support Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Seward, Haskell and Stevens Counties JUST 4 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE START OF SAINTS BASKETBALL This Saturday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. will be the Saints Bookstore Basketball Benefit Night at the Green House, where the 2006-2007 Seward County Community College men’s and women’s basketball programs will host a night of fun for children and adults of all ages. This year the benefit night will support Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Seward, Haskell and Stevens Counties . Admission is free, and all goodwill donations will be accepted at the door. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS FACT OF THE DAY: - There are currently 66 Big Brother Big Sister matches in the Seward, Haskell and Stevens Counties area. SCCC has been a major contributing force behind helping children in this area with 18 matches currently coming from the college as an employee or student. - In 2000, over 57,000 at risk children live in the state of Kansas . - To learn more go to www.ksbbbs.org FOREIGN IMPACT Darko Cohadarevic Mat Hardiman Within recent years, many of the Saints and Lady Saints top players have been international players that have traveled to Liberal, Kansas , to learn a new brand of basketball and a different type of lifestyle. The SCCC basketball programs have found talent from overseas and are looking for a major impact from their foreign players again this season. Last season, the Seward County Saints relied heavily on two-year starting center Adam Tanner, who came to SCCC from Melbourne , Australia . Tanner was not only a standout on the basketball court being named All-Conference, All-Region VI and Pre-Season All-American, Tanner was also involved with the community of Liberal. Tanner spent time as a Big Brother with the Kansas Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization, was a resident assistant in the SCCC Living Center and was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll on several occasions. Tanner was rewarded by his impressive play by receiving an athletic scholarship to continue his collegiate basketball career and his college education at the University of Denver this fall (NCAA D-I).  The Saints have brought in two foreign players for the 2006-2007 season. Freshman big man, Darko Cohadarevic ( Belgrade , Serbia ) and freshman guard, Mat Hardiman ( Lara , Australia ), are both expected to make an impact in their first year with the Saints. Cohadarevic is a 6’9” post-player who exemplifies the word versatility. Cohadarevic will be one of the Saints players who can run the court and also play a down-low game that will challenge opponent’s front line with his size and strength around the basket. In his final season in Serbia , Cohadarevic averaged 10.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 blocks per game for the Smederevo Basketball Club. Hardiman is a physical specimen who is a left-handed shooter with a nice outside touch. Standing at 6’3” he will also have the strength and toughness to play down-low and post-up against smaller guards defending him. Hardiman averaged 31 points with nine rebounds and four assists per game in his senior season at Geelong High School . Come be a part of the Saints Bookstore Basketball Benefit Night on Saturday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Green House. Help support Big Brothers Big Sisters and Lady Saints Basketball on Saturday night!