WATCH: Cassandra Brown tells Global News about becoming the NCAA 3 point shooting champ
A woman from Vernon won the NCAA’s three-point contest in their annual skills competition.
And not just in the women’s category.
Cassandra Brown, a senior at the University of Portland, won the overall three-point competition in the State Farm College Slam, defeating all her female challengers before beating men’s champion Kevin Pangos in the final.
Pangos, who was born in Holland Landing, Ontario, scored 20 of a possible 30 points, but Brown hit her first nine shots, and ended with 21 points.
WATCH: Brown’s victory
“It’s phenomenal. We just can’t help but smile. I tear up every time I see the video. There’s just nothing else as a parent,” says her dad Robb Brown, who drove with his wife to Washington State so they could watch it live on TV.
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He said the win was extra sweet for her daughter, who gradated from Clarence Fulton Secondary School, because she battled back from an injury last year.
“She had said ‘You know what Dad? I can’t believe it. It’s unreal.’ She was absolutely thrilled,” said Robb.
Despite her victory over Pangos, Brown wasn’t about to gloat in her post-competition interview on ESPN.
“He’s Canadian, so you know, I had to be nice.”
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