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Video: Dez Wells’ thundering dunk — best of his career?

WASHINGTON — In case you haven’t seen it yet, Maryland’s Dez Wells hammered home a powerhouse dunk on Penn State’s Donovon Jack Wednesday night during the #17 Terps’ 64-58 win.

The slam sent the bench and the crowd into a frenzy, and may have taken a chunk of Jack’s soul. Let’s not forget the terrific steal and pass by Melo Trimble that made the play possible, or the reaction of Jake Layman (0:22), perhaps the greatest of the bunch.

But when asked after the game if it was the best of his career, Wells had a surprising answer.

Listen: Dez Wells on his dunk

Well, then. Perhaps we’ve got even greater highlights still awaiting us this season.

Basketball around the Beltway: Tall task ahead for a Hoyas giant

WASHINGTON -- Past met present for Georgetown University when the school introduced Hoyas great Patrick Ewing as its head men's basketball coach, with an eye toward the future.  It happened on Wednesday in front of a room packed with media, boosters, fans, students, alumni and a pep band that did not know "Vehicle" by the Ides of March. But Ewing's name alone was music enough to everyone's ears at the John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center in D.C. Ewing even replicated his famous scene from when he committed to play at the Big East school in 1981, holding a Georgetown pennant above his head.
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