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Iowa’s Peter Jok, Kansas State’s Kindred Wesemann and Georgetown’s Rodney Pryor won their respective events at the 2017 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships Thursday night. The 29th annual event featured 24 of the nation’s top college basketball players entertaining a sold out crowd of 7,000 people at Grand Canyon University Arena
Arizona Cardinals legend Kurt Warner, current Arizona Cardinals Tyrann Mathieu and Patrick Peterson, former Phoenix Sun and current Grand Canyon University Head Coach Dan Majerle, and college basketball legend and current ESPN personality Jay Williams judged the Denny’s Slam Dunk Championship.Great Clips Men’s 3-Point Shooting Championship
First Round
Peter Jok – 21
Matt Jones – 19
DeWayne Russell – 19
Derrick Walton Jr. – 18
Bryce Alford – 16
Torian Graham – 13
Kris Jenkins – 12
Nazareth Mitrou-Long – 11
Semifinals
Peter Jok – 22
DeWayne Russell – 22
Matt Jones – 14
Derrick Walton Jr. – 15
Final Round
Peter Jok – 20
DeWayne Russell – 16
Marine’s Women’s 3-Point Shooting Championship
First Round
Kindred Wesemann – 19
Sydney Wiese – 17
Alexis Peterson – 14
Jessica January – 12
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough – 11
Alexis Jones – 9
Tori Jankoska – 8
Heather Corral – 7
Semifinals
Kindred Wesemann – 26
Sydney Wiese – 15
Alexis Peterson – 13
Jessica January – 8
Final Round
Kindred Wesemann – 18
Sydney Wiese – 17
Shoe Carnival Battle of the Champions
For the third consecutive year, the Women’s 3-Point roster represented well by winning the Shoe Carnival 3-Point Battle of Champions. Wesemann and Jok tied with scores of 18 but Wesemann was declared the winner by the tiebreaker of having a better best ball rack of five makes vs. Jok’s best ball rack of four makes.
Denny’s Slam Dunk Championship
First Round
A.J. Merriweather – 50.0
Tyler Flack – 49.9
Steven Davis – 49.8
Rodney Pryor – 45.3
Garland Owens – 44.9
Antonius Cleveland – 44.3
Paul Watson – 41.1
Vitto Brown – 41.0
Semifinals
A.J. Merriweather – 99.9
Rodney Pryor – 90.9
Tyler Flack – 90.0
Steven Davis – Withdrew due to injury.
Final Round
Rodney Pryor – 50.0
A.J. Merriweather – Did not complete a dunk.
