HARTSVILLE, S.C. – On Thursday, Oct. 16 the Coker College athletic department will kick-off the 2014-15 college basketball season with Midnight Madness. The madness will begin at 8:30 p.m. in Coker’s brand new Harris E. and Louise H. DeLoach Center.

Fans are invited to come out and meet the Cobra players, see performances by the Coker spirit squad, watch a three-point shooting contest, enjoy a Coker faculty/staff celebrity basketball game and witness a gravity deifying dunk contest.

Admission is free, doors open at 8 p.m. There will be tons of prizes and giveaways, including a chance to win a $500 gift certificate for textbooks to the Coker Bookstore, as well as great food and a free drink with any purchase available at the Sodexo concession stand.