Madness invades MCC Saturday night

Coach Kellen Fernetti (above at left) will surely be fired up along with McCook Community College basketball players for their “Midnight Madness” event set for Saturday in the Peter & Dolores Graff Events Center.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

McCook Community College basketball begins this weekend and both the men and women are teaming up to stage a “Midnight Madness” Saturday session to tip off the season with fans.

It starts at 6:45 p.m. Saturday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center.

The night will include giveaways for fans, a slam-dunk contest, 3-point contest, and the first look at the 2017-2018 MCC basketball squad. At 7 p.m, the lights will go out with the official introduction of players.

The 3-point competition begins at 7:30 p.m.

Players will have 45 seconds to shoot five shots from three different locations with a “money ball” included.

At 8 p.m. the slam dunk competition begins with judges rating each dunk.

The Lady Indians will take the court at 8:30 then play a 10-minute half.

The men take the court at 8:55 p.m. then play a 10-minute half.

The women come back for the second-half of their 10-minute game at 9:20 p.m. and the men will conclude their game at 9:30 p.m.

Following pre-season road tournaments in Dallas Oct. 6-7 and in Denver Oct. 13, the men will play a scrimmage Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. against Colby, this scrimmage is open to the public.

The MCC Tip-Off classic Nov. 3-4 will officially open the basketball season.