Wichita State freshman Erik Stevenson looked Cincinnati’s star player Jarron Cumberland in the eyes and muttered, “I’m not afraid of you.”
The result changed the game.
Officials broke into the banter of the two heated teams, and assessed Stevenson with a technical foul for his comment. Stevenson solemnly walked to his coach, and told Gregg Marshall “I told him ‘I’m not afraid of you.‘” Marshall darted at the official. It took the entire bench to hold WSU’s seasoned coach back.
Boom, another technical. Marshall’s second of the year.
Marshall stayed in the ear of the official for all of Cincinnati’s six free throws.