WINONA LAKE — The Grace College men's and women's basketball teams will host a talent-filled tournament this weekend at the Orthopaedic Capital Center. The annual Kosciuscko County Cancer Care Fund Optimist Classic kicks off Friday with four games followed by four more Saturday. Admission to watch the games is $5 per day, and all proceeds will go directly to KCCCF. Four teams either ranked or receiving votes in the NAIA top 25 poll will put their talents to the test this weekend, including the eighth-ranked Grace men’s basketball squad. The women’s tournament is a classic format with Indiana Wesleyan and Union playing Friday at 2 p.m. and Grace and Rochester playing Friday at 6 p.m. Grace will then square off with No. 24 Union Saturday at 2 p.m. as the Indiana Wesleyan-Rochester game will precede that at 10 a.m. Saturday. The men’s team will host a pair of NAIA Division-I schools starting with Missouri Baptist Friday at 8 p.m. The Lancers will then face off with No. 4 Robert Morris (Ill.) Saturday at 4 p.m. The two non-Grace men’s games include Huntington versus Robert Morris at 4 p.m. Friday and Huntington versus Missouri Baptist Saturday at noon. Follow along with live audio and live stats for the games on Grace’s athletic site: www.grace.edu/athletics.
