UMass Lowell player misses dunk, shatters backboard

The UMass Lowell River Hawks played a basketball game Tuesday night against Wheelock College. The 104-76 win wouldn’t normally make news, but a missed dunk by River Hawks forward Dontavious Smith certainly has.

Smith shattered the backboard on his breakaway dunk attempt late in the first half, as seen in the clip below.

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Play was stopped, and the teams actually had to go into halftime a little early while a new hoop was procured.

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Send it in, big fella.

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