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Is this basketball's ugliest foul?
A basketballer in America may have produced the game's most flagrant foul that forced a rival to have his head wrapped in bandages for the remainder of the game.
Southern were playing Texas Southern in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament when Texas'Advertisement
Malcolm Riley was targeted while driving toward the basket.Riley had just jumped to attempt a lay-up when Southern's Trelun Banks reached wildly across his opponent'Advertisement
teammate Tre Lynch fell heavily on top of him.The double blow resulted in a nasty gash that forced Riley's head to be wrapped in bandages for the remainder of the game and later required stitches.The injury did little to quell Riley'Advertisement
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s influence on the game as he hit 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead his side to a narrow 62-58 victory.