Kicker - Cheerleaders save the day

NICK EICHER, HOST: March Madness came to a standstill on Thursday during the second half of a game between Indiana and St. Mary’s.

AUDIO: … as that one goes over. And the ball is stuck. We’ve got an issue now.

They did have an issue. A missed shot resulted in the basketball getting lodged between the top of the backboard and shot clock.

One of the referees stood on a chair and tried to poke the ball with a mop handle, but he wasn’t nearly tall enough.

So then someone had a bright idea! Get the cheerleaders involved. You’ve seen a halftime show—a five-foot cheerleader propped up on the arms of another cheerleader. Well, let’s just say, she can tower over any merely 7-foot-tall basketball player

AUDIO: Now she’s GOT IT!! What a play! The cheerleader saves the day! And that’s her one shining moment!

I love it!

Cheerleader Cassidy Cerny with the ball and cheerleader Nathan Paris with the assist.

That has to be a first. They don’t call it March Madness for nothing!

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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