One of my favorite plays of the season to date.
With St. Bonaventure down 72-69 with just over three minutes left of their win over No. 16 Rhode Island, LaDarien Griffin lost a shoe and was forced to play a defensive possession in just a sock.
What did he do?
Well, he blocked a shot, corralled the loose ball and threw the ball off of a URI player who was standing out of bounds to stop play. Check this out:
Griffin got the block wearing one shoe and had the presence of mind to throw the ball out of bounds off Rhody. What a play! #URIvsSBU pic.twitter.com/19O31HQuJD
— Tom Hirt (@FLYRFN) February 17, 2018
Griffin played that entire defensive stand with one shoe AND GOT A BLOCK! @Go_Bonnies @news4buffalo #Bonnies pic.twitter.com/jAM5o9wTyw
— Shannon Shepherd (@shannshep4) February 17, 2018
That wasn’t the only big play that he made.
He also blocked a shot with 4.2 seconds left that helped preserve the win for the Bonnies.