SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Norfolk State guard
Christian Ings put on a show on national television, winning the State Fam College Slam Dunk Championship at the Frost Bank Center on Thursday night.
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Airing live on ESPN, Ings showed no fear on the bright stage. The graduate student used a pass from Creighton's Steven Ashworth off the side off the backboard, corralling and slamming it down emphatically with one hand.
The dunk earned Ings a perfect score of 40 in the first round.
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Waiting over 30 minutes for his next opportunity, Ings couldn't get his first two attempts to fall on the next opportunity. He eventually beat the buzzer, doing a 360-spin in the air for a score of 32.
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Ings kept it going with his second semifinal dunk, third overall. Throwing himself a lob in the middle of the paint, he rose up for a windmill that brought flashbacks to one of his viral moments from the 2024-25 season.
Saving the best for last, Ings gave the crowd the closing act it had waited all night to see. Ings needed just one attempt for this one, jumping over 6-8 Iowa forward Payton Sandfort to bring the house down.
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