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SF LaQuinton Ross (Memphis Hustle - NBA G-League)

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Good to see Q hit this shot. I have no inside info or anything but from the couple times I have been to a game and the games I watch on tv it seems like Q does not interact with the rest of the team as much. Maybe it is just who he is and I am reading too much into it, but his body language seems to tell a story.

If he can remain a solid legit #2 scorer during this tournament this team is going to be cutting down a lot of nets!
 
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LaQuinton Ross: From Big Ten benchwarmer to Sweet 16 star
March 29, 2013

LOS ANGELES -- The first time I saw LaQuinton Ross, he was an 8th-grader at a summer basketball camp, a lanky kid some had already labeled as the best prospect in his class. The next time I saw him, he had regressed into a borderline top-50 recruit. The next time I saw him, he was a frustrated freshman buried last season on Ohio State's bench.

He was promising.

Then he was disappointing.

Then he was a total non-factor.

"And he was really frustrated," said Ohio State's Lenzelle Smith Jr. "But we just told him that if he didn't get on board, this team would move on without him."

So Ross had a decision to make -- either get on board or get lost in the shuffle. According to everybody connected to the Ohio State program, the Mississippi native decided to get on board, stop, as OSU point guard Aaron Craft put it, "rebelling" and work to become an important part of this team. And that approach is precisely what put Ross in a position to catch a pass Thursday from Craft here at Staples Center and bury a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds remaining that broke a tie and lifted the Buckeyes to a 73-70 victory over Arizona in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

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Ross comes through for Buckeyes
Originally Published: March 28, 2013
By Myron Medcalf | ESPN.com

LOS ANGELES -- On Thursday night, LaQuinton Ross finally felt like a hero.

The sophomore hit the biggest shot in the biggest game of his life. His 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds to play -- a few feet behind the line -- sealed Ohio State's 73-70 victory over Arizona at Staples Center and sent the Buckeyes to the Elite Eight.

He was mobbed by his frenzied teammates immediately following that critical bucket. He was serenaded by the Buckeyes fans who traveled to the West Coast for the game.

"I'd like to credit my coaches for the play," Ross said after the win. "It was similar to the play we ran last game. … It so happened they messed up on the switch right there, and I was able to knock down the shot."

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AP Photo/Jae C. HongLaQuinton Ross (10) and his Ohio State teammates react after Ross' big 3-pointer.

It was a fitting conclusion. Ross scored 17 points in his team's Sunday win over Iowa State in the round of 32. He'd gained so much confidence in recent weeks that he challenged former NBA All-Star and broadcaster Reggie Miller to a 3-point contest on Wednesday.

"I think I'm going to try to make him come out of retirement and shoot a little bit," he said.

And changing in the locker that's used by NBA legend Kobe Bryant only helped.

"I found out from one of the guys that works here it was Kobe Bryant's locker," he said. "Before we got here, I called dibs on it anyway. But I didn't know whose it was until he came in and told me. I was excited about that, though."

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