It’s 11 a.m. on a Sunday morning in the Ben Light Gymnasium, so one would not expect to find the gym packed with sweaty students playing recreational basketball.

But roughly 200 people came for the seventh annual Make a Swish, Make a Wish, five-versus-five basketball tournament put on by Ithaca’s Public Relations Student Society of America. All proceeds went directly to the Make a Wish Foundation. More than 20 teams of Ithaca College students entered the tournament at $60 per team. The event included everything from raffles to free giveaways to food and music.

The double elimination tournament was divided into three brackets, including one pro and two semi-pro brackets. In the finals of the pro bracket, Justice League faced off against Sunday Brunch in a heated battle. Justice League consisted of players from the men’s basketball team, and Sunday Brunch had players from the club basketball team. There has been a rivalry between the teams since last year’s tournament. After two intense 12-minute halves, Sunday Brunch knocked off Justice League and won the pro title.

For the semi-pro bracket, the Annexation of Puerto Rico took home the title in overtime. They won by a score of 31-29 and pulled ahead with two foul shots in the final seconds.

Each game consisted of two 12-minute halves of five-on-five basketball. The teams were able to have up to 10 players on the roster.

Some teams created their own T-shirts and player names. On the winning team in the pro bracket, Sunday Brunch, each player was named after a breakfast food, such as buttermilk pancakes, French toast sticks and eggs benedict.

Sophomore Luke Robinson, also known as Fresh Fruit Salad, said he was excited to be at the tournament.

“It’s a good event for a good cause,” Robinson said. “We feel confident whomever we play. One could only hope to contain Sunday Brunch.”

Other creative team names included White Men Can’t Jump, Client No. 9, Dream Team and the Annexation of Puerto Rico.

Team Hope Courage Faith was named after team member and junior Justin Pauly’s younger brother, who has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The team name represents the slogan for the disease, and all the players joined to help Make a Wish in conjunction with Pauly’s brother.

Pauly said that was their team’s inspiration to participate in the tournament.

“My brother has [Hodgkin’s Lymphoma] and our team is wearing the bracelet for it,” Pauly said. “[Make a Wish] contacted my brother.”

Many participants were enthusiastic about the opportunity to play because they took part in the intramural basketball league during the winter. Freshman Steve DeBear said he had confidence in his team, which was named The Five that Can Beat Oden, referring to Greg Oden, a player in the NBA on the Portland Trailblazers.

The teams in the tournament have the privilege of doing something fun to help out a great cause. Senior communication management and design major Melissa Peterson, one of the board members for PRSSA, said the tournament is a great way to contribute.

“You can see how serious they take it even though it is supposed to be a fun event,” Peterson said.

Junior Adam Young, a member of Client No. 9, named after former New York state Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s alias, said he was happy to take part in a fundraiser.

“We wanted to do our part and give back to the community and give 110 percent,” Young said.

The tournament host, PRSSA, is made up of several committees which handle every aspect of the tournament including sponsorships, volunteers, logistics and T-shirts. Senior integrated marketing communications majors Stephanie Sharkey and Jessica Carnduff, and senior communication management and design major Melissa Peterson are on the executive board for PRSSA, which put them in charge of overseeing all the arrangements for the tournament.

It is one of the two events that they host each year for students. In the fall they host Pasta and PR, which is a networking dinner for students to connect with alumni and professionals in the field of public relations. Make a Swish, Make a Wish is their big spring event, which raised nearly $2,000 dollars.

The raffles were given by local businesses, which included everything from gift certificates to Moe’s Southwestern Grill and The Nines to an EMS package, a spa gift certificate and a pass to the Sciencenter. Raffle tickets were sold three for $1 and DDS Entertainment and DJ’s Down the Street provided music during all the games.

Senior Jess Woodcome, a member of PRSSA, said she is satisfied with the turnout of the event.

“I’m really happy with anyone who will come down and support and play basketball,” Woodcome said. “We have a lot of participation from the men’s basketball team. I’m really loving the semi-pro teams because they are playing and having fun. You don’t have to play basketball to come and support.”