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Is this basketball's ugliest foul?

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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'
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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'
s neck and coat-hangered him, resulting in a heavy fall onto the court.And if that wasn't bad enough, Riley then took another hit as Banks'
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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'
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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.

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