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DDN Archdeacon: Calvin misses the shot, but he takes it

Trey Calvin

Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News

By Tom Archdeacon

Most of his teammates already had left when Trey Calvin came out of the Wright State locker room.

He cradled his white and green-trimmed game shoes in an arm he pressed against his chest.

He carried the weight of the moment on his shoulders.

The fifth-year guard — harassed by three Toledo defenders in the final seconds of Tuesday night’s game at the Nutter Center — had just missed a jump shot at the buzzer and WSU lost its home opener, 78-77.

Immediately afterward, behind the closed locker room door, he‘d apologized to his teammates.

Once he’d left the team quarters, he still hadn’t shed that mea culpa mindset.

“Of course, I’m beating myself up now,” he said quietly. “I missed the game-winning shot.