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VIDEO: Hawks host Kennesaw State after airport shutdown causes basketball team to miss tournament

Members of the Kennesaw State University women's basketball team make the most of their time stuck during Sunday's power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. PHOTO CREDIT: KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
Members of the Kennesaw State University women's basketball team make the most of their time stuck during Sunday's power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. PHOTO CREDIT: KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
By Juliakate E Culpepper
Dec 21, 2017

With the power outage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport over the weekend, the Kennesaw State women’s basketball team’s plans to  play in a tournament in Puerto Rico were derailed, but the Atlanta Hawks tried to make up for it.

Fox Sports reported the Hawks invited the Owls to Wednesday’s game against the Indiana Pacers where the Hawks met and spoke with the Owls before the game.

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