Article: Beating the odds; Bowie State's Smith overcomes gunshot wound, Baltimore neighborhood to excel on court and in classroom.(SPORTS)

Byline: Jon Siegel, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Bowie State guard Omarr Smith is hard to catch when he runs the fast break for the Bulldogs. Unfortunately, he is not fast enough to outrun a bullet.

There are plenty of interesting stories at the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament this week in Lakeland, Fla. - Cinderella teams and talented players out to prove they deserved a shot in Division I - but it's safe to say Smith will be the only man in today's quarterfinals with a bullet lodged in his leg.

Four years ago he was a bystander who was shot in the right leg during an attempted robbery in East Baltimore. Smith knows he's lucky the injury ...

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