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Payne’s Shotblocking A Gateway To Important Role With Gators

Baseline drive from a Fighting Knights’ guard. Jason Jitoboh meets him, standing straight up with his arms vertical as to not pick up a foul. The Lynn player floats up a layup only to have Omar Payne soar in from the front side of the rim to slap the ball away.

On another play a Lynn guard drove right, euro stepped around Andrew Nembhard, and put up a floater not knowing Payne had sniffed it. Florida’s freshman big man wound back and spiked the ball off the backboard.

Lastly, a reverse layup that looked like it would find its way into Florida’s hoop was pinned to the glass by the extension on Payne.