Box Score Pittsburgh, Pa. – (12/3/2014) – The Chatham University basketball team hosted the Titans of Westminster College on December 3rd  in honor of fellow Mount St. Joseph University basketball player Lauren Hill.
 
The 19-year-old Hill is dying from a rare form of brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. When doctors told her she did not have much time left, her school asked the NCAA if it could move up its season opener against Hiram College by two weeks so Hill could play her first collegiate basketball game. The answer was yes, prompting an outpouring of support from the greater Cincinnati community and beyond.
 
Mount St. Joseph already had a 64-55 lead over Hiram, when Hill came off the bench in response to chants of "we want Lauren." When she hit the final layup in the last nine seconds of the game, thunderous cheers underscored the significance of the shot.
 
The event was incredible, and will be remembered for years to come. In honor of Hill's battle and her fight against adversity, Wheaties honored the freshman guard with her own commemorative box

Hill's diagnosis came during her final year of high school in 2013. She had already signed up to play basketball at Mount St. Joe's. Undeterred, she played basketball in high school despite rounds and rounds of chemotherapy for her inoperable tumor and went on to Mount St. Joseph University.
 
layup4lauren.org  was designed to bring awareness to Hill's particular type of cancer. For more information search on Facebook at Layups4Lauren.
 
- COUGARS –                                                                                  
 
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the President's Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers eight Division III women's sports and six men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as the women's basketball team's second-highest team GPA across all Division III athletic programs in 2014, and the swimming & diving squad's GPA ranking in the top 50.
 
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add six new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball.
 
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com