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Students and Faculty Raise Money for the Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy

This past Sunday, students and faculty participated in the Hoops Creating Hope 3 v. 3 basketball tournament to benefit Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy, an international basketball program committed to empowering children through the sport in Chennai, India. The 3 v. 3 tournament is just one of many ways Andover’s Varsity Girls Basketball Team has integrated “non sibi” with the competitive spirit of basketball for Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy. Following the suggestion of Raj Mundra, Director of the Niswarth program in India, some team members will also coach at the Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy camp this summer in Chennai, working with young players to hone skills necessary for higher education. Maggie Brown ’13, Kasey Hartung ’14 and several basketball players from Harvard will serve as student coaches and mentors for the Hoops Creating Hope program this summer, according to Mundra. They will stay in Chennai, India for two weeks in July. Organized by Hartung and Lewis Robinson, Coach of Girls Varsity Basketball, the Sunday tournament consisted of 14 teams of three players each: one male student, one female student and one faculty member. “Mr. Robinson and I helped organize this event today with the thought that it would incorporate the fun nature