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Canisius women beat Siena on buzzer beater, forcing announcer to reference pro wrestling (VIDEO)

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With three seconds to go, Siena’s Kanika Cummings converted on a layup to tie the game up at 62, on the road against Canisius. Freshman Tiahana Mills to the inbound pass for Canisius and took four dribbles, before she heaved a half court shot, banking it in at the buzzer to beat Siena, 65-62 Friday afternoon at home.

Unlike, Thursday night’s buzzer beater hit by Colorado’s Sabatino Chen - which was waved off, as Colorado lost to No. 3 Arizona in overtime - this one counted. But what it also did was force the Canisius play-by-play announcer go old school and drop a World Wrestling Federation (not WWE) reference.

First posted by AwfulAnnouncing.com, as Golden Griffins celebrates at half court, the Canisius commentator, Mike Scott, who is also a broadcaster for Time Warner Cable Sportsnet, quotes the New Age Outlaws entrance song:

“OH YOU DIDN’T KNOW, YOU’D BETTER CALL SOMEBOOODDDYYYY!!!”

I give Scott credit, not only did he go original, avoiding the cliche or a movie quote, he goes circa 1990s pro wrestling, doing his best to get into character, including the extra syllables. My only question is: was this the spur of the moment or did he have this in his back pocket for years, waiting to break it out?

UPDATED (10:33 p.m.): Following a Twitter conversation with Scott, he confirmed, the game-winning call was saved in his back pocket all along.

@terrence_payne @cbtonnbc to be honest I had it in my back pocket since I saw #NewAgeOutlaws at the Slammy Awards 3 weeks ago. #3foracure

— Mike Scott (@MikeScottPXP) January 5, 2013


As for the game, Mills had 12 points and was 0-for-2 from three before hitting the 45-footer to win.

(Photo courtesy of GoGriffs.com)

Terrence is also the lead writer at NEHoopNews.com and can be followed on Twitter: @terrence_payne