|
|
|
Valparaiso coach Homer Drew's boy lofts a 3 to beat Ole Miss
"The play, named Pacer after the NBA team from which the elder Drew lifted it, might be familiar to
football fans as a sort of hoops hook-and-ladder play. Valpo had practiced it so often that Bryce spoke
for all the Crusaders when he asked Homer, 'Why are we working on this? We never use it.' ... Drew
caught the ball, stopped and -- in the grand tradition of the heretofore most celebrated citizen of the
northwest Indiana city of Valparaiso, Orville Redenbacher -- popped. 'I felt like it was short,' Bryce
would say after the 70-69 victory. Said Homer, 'God had an angel direct that ball over the front of the rim.'"
—Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated, March 23, 1998
Photo by David E. Klutho
|
|
|
Copyright © 1999 CNN/SI. A Time Warner Company.
All Rights Reserved.
Terms under which this service is provided to you.
Read our privacy guidelines.
|
