UCI’s Midnight Magic Friday

The UC Irvine men’s and women’s basketball teams will be previewed

Friday night with the annual Midnight Magic festivities at the Bren

Events Center.

A party at the Berry Terrace on the north side of the Bren Center

will open festivities at 10:30 p.m. with free food from El Pollo Loco

to the first 500 fans. This will be the first chance for students to

sign up to join the “Completely Insane Anteaters” booster group.

The doors to the basketball arena will open at 11:30 and, at

midnight, the men’s and women’s players and coaches will be

introduced.

Activities will include a slam-dunk contest, a three-point

shootout between the men’s and women’s teams, and scrimmages.

Coach Pat Douglass’ men’s team opens its 2004-05 schedule hosting

Simon Fraser University of British Columbia in an exhibition game

Nov. 6 in the Bren Center at 7 p.m.

The Anteaters’ return starters are junior guard Jeff Gloger, who

averaged 9.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists last season, junior

guard Ross Schraeder (7.9 ppg), and senior post player Greg Ethington

(6.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg).

Coach Mark Adams’ women host Love ‘n’ Basketball in an exhibition

contest Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.

Returning starters for UCI are senior guard Courtney Ferguson (7.9

ppg and senior center Ashley Biggins (3.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg).

Friday’s event will include a live Internet feed available at

www.anteaters.tv and will be archived at that site for later viewing.