University aids effort to steer youths in right direction

Friday, January 21, 2005

About 150 teens at the Southeast Missouri State University Student Recreation Center were devouring pizza and anticipating Thursday night's basketball game against Tennessee Tech when a group of five tall, young men dressed in white and red basketball uniforms quietly walked into the gym. Before long, the players were talking with eager young men, posing for photos, and just chillin' before the game started.

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