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Brittney Griner of #1 Baylor becomes second woman to dunk in NCAA Tournament!

The 6-foot-8 junior Brittney Giner showed off her God given dunking talent in Tuesday’s 76-57 NCAA tournament victory over Florida.

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13 years ago

March 21, 2012

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6foot-8 junior Brittney Griner showed off her God given dunking talent in Tuesday’s 76-57 NCAA tournament victory over Florida.

Brittney Griner shows out

Griner took a feed from Kimetria Hayden under the basket, stretching out her right arm and throwing down a slam dunk like the men.

It was an amazing athletic play. Her dunk reminded of Tim Duncan of the Spurs as the crowd with into a frenzy.

She went up with ease as she exemplified dominating dunking talents that no other women’s basketball player in the world possessed the ability to do.

Griner became the second woman college player to dunk in an NCAA tournament. Former Tennessee star Candace Parker dunked twice in 2006. Dunking is a not an unfamiliar territory as she has dunked through out her career.

Brittney Griner’s phenomenal play netted her 25 points against Florida on Tuesday night, helping national title favorite Baylor remain undefeated this season and advance to the Sweet 16.

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Keith Covin is a computer scientist and college professor turned social entrepreneur. Keith founded Unheard Voices in 2004 as he felt there was a need for Black and minority voices in his community to be heard. He is an alumnus of Rutgers University and Farleigh Dickinson, where he holds a Bachelors in English & African Studies and Master of Science in Computer Science. Due to his dedication to getting the voiceless heard, Mr. Covin has been recognized by the NAACP as an Unsung Hero, the State of New Jersey and Neptune Township, and received the 2019 Man of Distinction Award for his contributions to the community.