Hoops to celebrate start of basketball practice with Mossy Creek Madness Oct. 14

Hoops to celebrate start of basketball practice with Mossy Creek Madness Oct. 14

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman students will have an opportunity to win a semester and a year's worth of free books thanks to the Carson-Newman Bookstore and Dominos is giving away a year's supply of free pizza as Carson-Newman's men's and women's basketball teams celebrate the start of basketball practice with Mossy Creek Madness.

The event is scheduled to take place in Holt Fieldhouse and will feature a three-point shootout, dunk contest and, of course, the chance to win a year's supply of pizza courtesy Dominos and a chance to win books courtesy the Carson-Newman Bookstore. 

Carson Brooks (Knoxville, Tenn.), Josh Murray (Burlington, N.C.), Parker Role' (Atlanta, Ga.) and Matt Knight (Abingdon, Va.) will compete for in a slam dunk contest. 

Charles Clark (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), Andy Barnett (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.), Christian Harris (Gold Canyon, Ariz.) and Zach Pangallo (Newport, Ky.) will tangle for the men's three-point shoot-out crown while Tatum Burstrom (Maryville, Tenn.), Carly Pippin (Sevierville, Tenn.) Kailyn Brooks (Lafayette, Tenn.) and Taylor Peterson (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.) compete for the women's crown. 

The winners of each three-point competition will then collide to determine a "Battle of the Sexes" three-point shoot-out champion. 

Both Carson-Newman's men's and women's basketball teams are coming off trips to the NCAA tournament in 2014-15.  

The entire event will be broadcast on the Eagle Sports Network with a free high definition stream at cneagles.com/live.