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You've heard of the butt fumble, of course. I give you... the butt pass!
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/inbound-pass-off-opponent-s-backside-sets-up-game-winning-layup-210616537.htmlInstead of running whatever Lafayette women's coach Dianne Nolan drew up in the huddle Wednesday night with the score tied and 25 seconds to play, junior Jamie O'Hare took the risk of freelancing.
O'Hare noticed the Colgate player guarding the inbound pass had her back turned, so she threw the ball off the defender's butt, hopped onto the court and scored a reverse layup that turned out to be the winning basket in her team's 58-56 victory.
"I've done it before, but not to win a game," O'Hare told the Allentown Morning Call. "It was pretty risky, but I couldn't help myself."
The daring play from O'Hare indeed occurs from time to time in college basketball, but seldom does a player have the guts to try it with the game on the line in the final minute. O'Hare executed her attempt perfectly, though she cut it close as to whether she fully reestablished herself inbounds before securing possession of the ball in order to lay it in.
O'Hare noticed the Colgate player guarding the inbound pass had her back turned, so she threw the ball off the defender's butt, hopped onto the court and scored a reverse layup that turned out to be the winning basket in her team's 58-56 victory.
"I've done it before, but not to win a game," O'Hare told the Allentown Morning Call. "It was pretty risky, but I couldn't help myself."
The daring play from O'Hare indeed occurs from time to time in college basketball, but seldom does a player have the guts to try it with the game on the line in the final minute. O'Hare executed her attempt perfectly, though she cut it close as to whether she fully reestablished herself inbounds before securing possession of the ball in order to lay it in.
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behind......the back pass???
