Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon
The most spectacular play in Wright State’s 84-61 loss to Texas A&M on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Reed Arena, the Aggies home court, belonged to the Raiders’ Angel Baker.
With 3:20 left in the first half — and Wright State already trailing, 38-21 — the WSU freshman got the ball beyond the arc and dribbled to the left of the free throw line.
With her back then to the basket, she gave a bit of a juke to a defender and then rifled a no-look, behind-the-back pass, that zipped between three stunned A&M players — Kayla Wells. Chennedy Carter and Caylinne Martin — and sailed perfectly into the hands of the Raiders Teneshia Dixon, who made the layup.
A roar of wonderment and appreciation — even though the place was filled with A&M fans — went through the Arena.
The ESPN announcers were incredulous on the broadcast:
“Behind the back, no look! Did we just go to a Top 10 segment?”
“That’s SportsCenter right there!"
“That was beautiful! Good gracious!”
As the Wright State bus pulled away from Reed Arena more than an hour after the game, the players and some of the coaches all were on their phones watching the video on the NCAA WBB Twitter account.
Before long the video would go viral.
And by Friday night it would be No. 8 in the ESPN SportsCenter’s Top Ten Plays of the Day.
