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Michigan school mourns loss of students killed in car crash

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - The men's basketball team at Eastern Michigan University has honored two students who were killed in a car accident over the weekend.

A moment of silence was held Tuesday before a game against Ohio University to mourn the loss of women's basketball player Shannise Heady and Eastern Michigan senior Jordan Hopkins. The two students died Sunday morning after Heady lost control of her vehicle in Ypsilanti (ihp-sih-LAN'-tee) Township and crashed into an oncoming vehicle.

Fans in the student section wore T-shirts and players wore sweatbands honoring Heady with her No. 32.

The Ann Arbor News (http://bit.ly/1z9kRCa ) reports the team also planned to wear jerseys embroidered with Heady's number, but they weren't ready in time for the game.

The women's team will hold a moment of silence before a game at Western Michigan University on Wednesday.

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Information from: The Ann Arbor News, http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor

Tim Bond wears athletic tape bearing the number and initials of Shannise Heady before Eastern Michigan University's game against Ohio Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Mich. Shannise Heady, an Eastern Michigan University women's basketball player and another student were killed early Sunday when their car crossed the center line of a road and hit an oncoming vehicle, authorities say. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Alex McDougall) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT The Associated Press
Tim Bond wears athletic tape bearing the number and initials of Shannise Heady before Eastern Michigan University's game against Ohio Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Mich. Shannise Heady, an Eastern Michigan University women's basketball player and another student were killed early Sunday when their car crossed the center line of a road and hit an oncoming vehicle, authorities say. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Alex McDougall) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT The Associated Press
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