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Posted on: Thursday, April 1, 2010

Good Knight for West, 107-104


By RUSTY MILLER
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No harm, no foul, for Brandon Knight.

Knight's 3-pointer from the right wing with 3 seconds left gave the West a 107-104 victory over the East in the McDonald's All-American game last night at Ohio State's Value City Arena.

Knight drove the right wing and stopped short as a defender fell down, setting up for the winning 3. It appeared he may have pushed off to get open.

"No, he just fell down," Knight said of the defender. "I didn't even know. I just tried to get it off."

But East MVP Jared Sullinger, a Columbus native and crowd favorite who has signed with Ohio State, quickly kidded him.

"Nah, he pushed off," he said with a laugh.

Sullinger missed a long heave at the buzzer.

Knight, out of Pine Crest School in Coral Springs, Fla., is undecided about his college.

"Harrison (Barnes) tried to flash up, but they denied him," he said of his last shot. "We wanted to get the best shot available."

Barnes, who is going to North Carolina, led the West with 18 points, Terrence Jones had 14, Doron Lamb had 12, Jereme Richmond (Illinois) had 11 and Keith Appling (Michigan State) and Joshua Smith (UCLA) each had 10 for the West, which overcame a halftime deficit with a 16-4 run to start the second half.

Kyrie Irving (Duke), Tobias Harris (Tennessee) and Josh Selby each had 13 points for the East.