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Toledo 57, UMass 56: Holy Effin’ Hell
By Matt Sussman | Dec 4, 2008 | Filed Under Bowling Green
Image via WikipediaUT “power” forward Justin Anyijong has the body of a praying mantis. When you’re 6′9″ and 205, you’re going to get knocked around if you’re guarding centers. Despite his 6 points, 7 rebounds, and small handful of hustle plays, it seemed like Anyijong found himself in turnover or near-turnover situations. You might’ve guessed that he lost a bet 8 years ago and as a result had to play college basketball.
Last year he was even worse. One of the funniest Google referrals I had was “will justin anyijong make it to the nba.” If it isn’t clear, Justin Anyijong was the last person I would have picked to make the winning basket in any game, let alone opening night of Savage Arena against the University of Massachusetts.
Yet when Ty Kent’s last-second drive tipped out, Justin was there in rebounding position and … Jesus Christ on a graham cracker he won the game. FOX Toledo has video of the final put-back, which sadly I cannot embed here without feeling really really bad about it.
This was a guy who turned the ball over in the final 30 seconds that lost the lead for UT. This was a guy I was cursing for, well, most of the game. But, hot damn, what a redemption story. There will be a two-month embargo on Justin Anyijong jokes effective immediately.
Photos of the new Savage Arena are forthcoming. They just have to be, like, downloaded and stuff.
Tags: college basketball, justin anyijong, savage arena, toledo rockets, umass minutemen
Beat Michigan and UMass in the same year? Cool.
sitting 5 rows up & a little right of center, I distinctly heard Coach Cross say to Anyijong: “You luckey Sumbitch!… You was gonna be SOOOO benched!”
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