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Paige, No. 6 Linn-Mar dunk Xavier, 67-34
Feb. 3, 2012 9:19 pm
MARION - Jimmy Roth had a sure two points. This was a dead, locked cinch of a basket, an uncontested layup with an opponent not within 30 feet of him.
But the Linn-Mar forward saw the big picture. Teammate Marcus Paige, who created the steal and pass that put Roth in this position, was steaming down the court behind him.
With an obvious flair for the dramatic, Roth waited a second, flipped the ball in the air and let Paige do his thing: a reverse dunk off his alley-oop. The crowd went nuts, Paige and Roth celebrated, and those at the scorer's table simultaneously yelled “Oh!!”
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