Jay Allen-Tovar knew he wanted to get things amped up early on.
So, he pulled out all the stops from the start of the dunk contest at Friday night’s Lobo men’s basketball Cherry/Silver game exhibition in the Pit.
The 6-foot-9 forward pulled onto the court 7-foot sophomore center Sebastian Forsling and then another “prop” to jump over.
His head coach, Richard Pitino.
“I was just trying to get the crowd involved,” said Allen-Tovar. “I felt like that was probably the best way to get the crowd involved.”
Allen-Tovar landed the dunk, clearing both Forsling and his head coach, earning a perfect dunk contest score of 40 and ensuring his minutes this season won’t be cut by crash-landing on Pitino.