Northern Illinois basketball player manages to score despite his trainer falling off in the build-up
Shoe-ve got to be kidding! Northern Illinois Huskies basketball player manages to score a layup despite his sneaker falling off in the build-up
- Kaleb Thornton lost his shoe after a missed shot for Northern Illinois Tuesday
- But when his teammate stole the ball right back, he had to think quickly
- Thornton held his shoe in one hand and made the shot with the other hand
- The unconventional layup was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter that night
Northern Illinois’ Kaleb Thornton scored 16 points on Tuesday night, but none will have been more memorable than the single-shoed layup he made in the second half.
With under two minutes remaining and the Huskies leading Central Michigan by 15 at home, Thornton’s teammate Darweshi Hunter stole the ball around midcourt.
But after missing a shot and falling the play before, Thornton was without a shoe as the fast break developed.
Kaleb Thornton scored a layup while holding his shoe on Tuesday night vs. Central Michigan
Thornton ran back to the other end with his shoe still in hand after making the shot
In a moment of quick thinking, he held his shoe in his hand while running to get open for Hunter.
Thornton then caught the ball with his left hand and layed the ball in with his shoe in the other hand.
‘If that’s not a SportsCenter Top 10, I don’t know what is,’ the play-by-play announcer said.
That statement proved to be clairvoyant as the play was the Top 10 ‘Bonus Play’ later that night and was posted to the SportsCenter Twitter account.
NIU won the game 73-54 behind a game-high 23 points from David Coit.
The Huskies are now 5-11 on the season after the victory.
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