NEW YORK, N.Y.– Rutgers women’s basketball will square off with SEC rival No. 4/3 Tennessee in the Maggie Dixon Classic this Sunday, Dec. 13 at Madison Square Garden. Tipoff is set for approximately 3:00 p.m.  Prior to the match-up, No. 6/6 Baylor and Boston College will square off at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.

This will be third-straight year that RU (7-4) has participated in the Maggie Dixon Classic. Rutgers faced Army in each of the previous two seasons. Last year, the Scarlet Knights defeated the Black Knights 59-38.

The Maggie Dixon Classic is held annually in memory of the former Army Black Knights women’s basketball coach. On April 6, 2006, women’s college basketball lost a young and healthy Maggie Dixon, who died from sudden cardiac arrest. Over the course of her six months as head coach at the United States Military Academy, she led the program to unprecedented heights; the Black Knights played in their first Patriot League Championship and Dixon led her team to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

More than 300,000 Americans die every year from SCA and Madison Square Garden will again team with the Dixon family and the Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation, Inc., for the third-annual Heart Health Expo. All fans are encouraged to attend the Heart Health Expo­—where free heart screenings will be conducted for children and young adults up to age 22 to help raise awareness of heart related illness. The Expo will also include educational heart displays, health demonstrations, player autograph opportunities, and an appearance by the Knicks Groove Truck. More than 350 fans participated during last season’s Expo, 100 teens and adults were trained in CPR, and more than 50 people registered to be organ donors.

SOURCE: Rutgers Scarlet Knights