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Head Coach Audra Smith and her staff will wear lime green ribbons in order to stand together with many coaches around the nation in a show of support for Kent State Women's Basketball Coach Danielle O'Banion, who is fighting stage II lymphoma. Smith has known O'Banion for more than a decade, going back to when she tried to recruit O'Banion to Virginia in the late 90s (O'Banion ended up going to Boston College). "I first met Danielle when I recruited her while I was at Virginia," said Smith. "She's a great person, such a positive person. This weekend, we are going to honor her and stand as one, wearing lime green to bring awareness to her battle with Lymphoma. She's always done the most to promote the game of women's basketball." Smith and her staff has taken several initiative this season in order to honor and bring attention to several causes. The entire team visited the Kay Yow Fund offices in Raleigh on Jan. 9, and the team also spent time at the Greenville Children's Hospital recently. The team's Play4Kay📍 Venue: Hilton Coliseum
🏠 Address: 1700 Lincoln Way
🗺️ Extended Address: Ames, IA 50010
🌆 City: Ames
📍 Location: 42.021, -93.6348Error occurred: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (Hilton Coliseum) at position 0 (H): The timezone could not be found in the database
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Hilton Coliseum, 1700 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010, US, United States
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