Indiana cheerleader averts March Madness crisis with stuck-ball heroics

This Indiana cheerleader is a legend for this 😭 pic.twitter.com/qP3X5ZHBex

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 18, 2022

Three cheers for this March Insanity second!

Thursday’s first-round sport between No. 5 Saint Mary’s and No. 12 Indiana, gained 82-53 by the Gaels, was delayed within the second half when the ball turned caught on prime of the backboard on the Moda Middle in Portland.

When all of the tall gamers failed to achieve the trapped ball — as did an official standing on a chair holding a pole — the sector turned to a Hoosiers cheerleader to avoid wasting the day.

The ball turned caught through the second half of Indiana and St. Peter’s first-round NCAA Match sport

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With a hoist, the Indiana cheerleader was in a position to get a ball not one of the basketballers was in a position to.

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Up she went and down she got here, ball in hand, and on the receiving finish of cheers for as soon as.

“What a play!” TBS play-by-player Andrew Catalon exclaimed. “The cheerleader saves the day! And that's her one shining second!

“This place is on its ft!”

After retrieving the caught ball, it was again to the sidelines for the Hoosiers cheerleader.

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