Kappa Sigma hosted a 3-on-3 basketball tournament with half-court rules called Hoops for Troops at the Pennington Student Activity Center on Saturday.

“Kappa Sig’s national philanthropy is called Military Heroes and Fisher House and the whole purpose of this is to kind of raise money and awareness for [military veterans] and donate some money to them,” said president of Kappa Sigma, Jeffrey Bell.

According to Bell, the fraternity has a quota they are required to meet every year for nationals.

Saturday’s philanthropy, Hoops for Troops, which was only open to Southeastern students, enlisted street style play where 11 points closed the match and shots within the three-point marker were scored at one point whereas any outside the marker were scored at two points.

The tournament began at 9 a.m. and ended around 1:30 p.m. as an audience composed mostly of students watched team “Bukake” consisting of James Fendlason, Forrest Guedry, Joseph Wong and Jacob Battaglia, take on team “Swag” during the championship round.

Before the championship game other teams, including “The Clinic,” “Freeballn” and others, competed for a higher rank in the event. Team “Freeballn” consisting of Cole Plummer, Fernando Alvarado, Daniel Dunn and Britain Hart lost to Guedry, Battaglia, Fendlason and Wong by three points, taking third place overall in the event.

Following “Freeballn’s” loss, “Swag” took the basketball court at the far left of the Pennington and scrambled for first place in a close matchup, which ended with Guedry, Battaglia, Fendlason and Wong walking away as champions of the Hoops for Troops tournament.

During the game, team “Swag,” consisting of players Tony Raines, Marcus Lamb, Dayton Prudhomme and Logan Jordan, kept the game tied at 8-8 with a layup from Jordan after going for a loose ball.

Ultimately, the champion team’s short star, Wong, put up a point off a jumper for the score to once again tie the game. The tall guard Fendlason and aggressive Guedry worked together to get the ball on offense, only to see an open Wong, who would then shoot the game-winning shot from behind the three-point marker.

Wong and his teammates were happy to be deemed winners of the tournament as Battaglia walked off the court flaunting the first place trophy.

Bell commented on the event, stating that it had a great turnout and they were able to raise a substantial amount of money aimed at a good cause.

“All the donations go to Military Heroes and Fisher House,” said Bell. “It’s just for wounded veterans, old veterans, just pretty much the whole military in general…with war and everything going on in the Middle East, it’s pretty important.”

According to Bell, the philanthropy for next semester may be a flag football tournament, though nothing is confirmed.