Never seen this live before. @jpkilla12 with the backboard breaking dunk in practice @UCvikings @UAbasketball pic.twitter.com/VT387Hwf96
— Jim Reagan (@DrReaganUC) December 20, 2016
So long to our 55 year old back board https://t.co/4wBb40tgCZ
— Union Catholic (@UCvikings) December 20, 2016
@DrReaganUC @jpkilla12 @UCvikings @UAbasketball UD Arena will have spares ready , 13.5k would love to see this live as well
— Robby Poteat (@RobbyPoteat) December 20, 2016
💪🏾✈️💪🏾✈️💪🏾
— Kevin Kuwik (@KevinKuwik)
Dayton coach Archie Miller heard about the incident after practice Monday.
“My phone was buzzing,” he said on the Archie Miller Show on WHIO. “Usually, I pick up my phone to see what went wrong somewhere. What went wrong in New Jersey was Jordan broke a backboard today in practice. I said, ‘I hope they don’t ask his father for the money for it because he shouldn’t have to pay for Jordan’s success of breaking his first backboard.’ We’re happy with Jordan. Jordan is 6-11, 285 pounds. He’s not a skinny guy or disproportionate guy. He looks like a garbage truck in terms of how wide he is. He’s got good bounce off the floor. He can run, but he’s going to have to get used to the college speed. We’re happy about him. He has true size.
Pierce, a senior who committed to Dayton in September, had 15 points and 10 rebounds Sunday as Union Catholic beat The Hun School in the Hoop Group New Jersey Tipoff Showcase in Caldwell, N.J.
Dayton’s 2017 class also includes: 6-0 point guard McKinley Wright, of Champlin Park, Minn.; 6-4 guard Jordan Davis, of Irmo, S.C.; and 6-6 forward Nahziah Carter, of Rochester, N.Y.
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