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FANS CAN THANK YOUNG STAR FOR LUNCH By RICH DAVIS Courier & Press staff writer 464-7516 or rdavis@evansville.net December 3, 2004 Read
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(FBA STUDENT BRIAN GRANT) Make that 4,834 sandwiches, soft drinks and fries, please! Leave it to a 4-foot-10-inch fifth grader from Hebron School to come through for University of Evansville basketball fans starved for some good news. During a timeout at Wednesday night's 81-74 victory over Tennessee-Martin, Brian Grant, 10, hit all three of his 3-point shots to win everybody in attendance a "combo" in the Chick-fil-A Shoot-Out. Fans have until Saturday to redeem their ticket stubs at any of the three local Chick-fil-A restaurants. A company spokesman said it was the first time in the promotion's three-year history here that someone hit all three shots from beyond the 20-foot arc. "He nailed them!" beamed Brian's dad, Glenn. "I don't know if he'll ever be tall enough, but he wants to play college basketball for the Aces or the Indiana Hoosiers or Kentucky Wildcats. Brian has a basketball goal in the driveway and if it's above freezing and not raining, he's outside practicing 3-pointers." Glenn Grant said he and his son got to the game early and Brian,
a guard/forward on the Hebron basketball team, was
"I wouldn't say he was all confidence," said Glenn Grant. "I thought he maybe could hit a couple of them. He just didn't want to shoot an air ball. He's a good shooter, but he got a little lucky. Afterwards, he was so excited. As he went to get popcorn everyone was giving him high-fives and thanking him. It was his moment in the sun." Glenn Grant said the family, originally from Kentucky, moved here 13 years ago from Texas and quickly became Aces fans. He works for a company that makes railroad signal material; wife Barbara is a pre-school teacher. They have a daughter, Casey, 12. So what did the hero get for his efforts? Besides 15 minutes of fame, a Chick-Fil-A calendar containing $29 worth of meal coupons. |
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