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When Kyler Filewich stepped to the free-throw line with 5:32 to play in the Southern Conference championship game, with Wofford leading 77-74 and an NCAA Tournament berth tantalizingly close, the Terriers held their breath.
A key chance for Wofford to extend its lead and pad its postseason hopes hung on a career 34 percent free-throw shooter.
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What happened next took a lot of people watching by surprise. Filewich, a 6-foot-9 senior center, took a dribble, brought the ball down in front of him with both hands, bent his knees and let it fly, shooting underhand. Both shots fell through the net.
Though he
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