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Article: SKINNY ON "THE CHINNY'; SU CENTER GETS BACK TO BASICS AT THE FOUL LINE.(Sports)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2004
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Byline: Chris Wagner Staff writer
When it goes right, free-throw shooting can look like an art form. The high arc, the tight, backspinning ball, the swish of the net.
But when it goes wrong, foul-shooting can get ugly, real quick. Clank, bang, thunk.
That's where Syracuse's Chineze "Chinny" Nwagbo found herself earlier this year as her foul shots fell right or left, short or long, with no discernible pattern - except that they weren't dropping.
So, at her coaches' request, the Orangewomen's talented 6-foot center abandoned art and turned to science. Now when the biology major steps to the line, she goes through a specific pre-shot ...