OSU Hoops: Future Pokes Spur Optimism
Still seeking optimism for Cowboys basketball?
It keeps coming.
OSU’s Flower Mound Marcus duo – Marcus Smart and Phil Forte – hasn’t slowed down since winning a second straightTexasprep state title.
Over the weekend, they played in the Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic and starred, even with their team losing 130-127.
Smart scored eight points, grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds and handed out 11 assists for the Black squad. Forte scored 12 points, all coming on 3-pointers, as he finished 4 of 7 from beyond the arc.
Smart also won the slam-dunk competition, taking the title in a “dunk off.” A 6-4 guard, Smart did a back flip at the foul line, then caught a pass off the backboard for a reverse dunk.
Forte won the 3-point contest, scoring 19 points in the finals. It was Forte’s second national 3-point competition in a week, after he won a title at the Final Four inNew Orleans.
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