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Published Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 | 11 a.m.
Updated Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 | 10:57 a.m.
1:14 mark - Henderson punches Emery
UNLV guard Tre'Von Willis and Utah guard Marshall Henderson chase down a loose ball during the second half of a Jan. 16 Mountain West Conference game. Utah won the game, 73-69.
For UNLV fans, a 73-69 loss Jan. 16 at home to Utah was pretty easy to forget. Sitting courtside, though, I stored the name Marshall Henderson away in my memory file for future reference.
Why?
Well, that night, the Utes' lanky 6-foot-2, 175-pound freshman guard looked like, well, an immature freshman.
I'll give the kid credit, because he hit a bevy of 3-pointers, and each one was more difficult than the last. He finished the night 5-of-13 from the field — 5-of-9 from 3-point range — and scored 15 points in 38 minutes. He also had two rebounds, two steals, no assists and three turnovers.
But what was more memorable were his antics.
After each three he hit, his right hand was left up in the air for, oh, at least 10 seconds. His mouth never stopped. Then, as the Utes approached the scorers table after landing the upset to shake hands, he looked up into the stands, slammed his chest three times with his right fist and yelled 'That's what the ****'s up!'
'Wow,' I thought.
That's why what happened this weekend when Utah traveled up to Provo and got spanked by BYU came as no surprise.
Henderson, who on the season is averaging 11.5 points per game for Jim Boylen's club, will be suspended for Utah's upcoming game against Colorado State after he punched BYU's Jackson Emery in the closing minutes of Saturday's game.
The punch can be seen at the 1:14 mark of the embedded video.
Based on what I've seen so far this season, I'm dubbing Henderson as the Mountain West Conference's new resident villain.
Now, there's nothing wrong with that, in my opinion, as long as you can be something other than a loud-mouthed enforcer, which Henderson certainly can. He's a lethal 3-point shooter and will be a big-time scorer in this league for a long time.
And there's nothing wrong with holding your hand up after hitting treys or running your mouth.
But punching someone? Well, luckily for Henderson, who appears to be as physically threatening as a box of Kleenex, he unleashed his left fist against BYU's Emery, who happens to be about as mild-mannered as Kleenex.
Utah is always classless. That's why my favorite crowd chant that has been known to break out at the Mack is, "The Utes smell like toots!". My kids cracked up at that one, ha.
Agree that Henderson is a moron but Emery totally took a dive.
That was a punch? Idiotic yes. But a punch? Really? And snyderm is right, Emery is the biggest p**** ever, look at that dive.
I was at the UNLV-Utah game also. Sitting 8 rows up. Henderson indeed acted like a true POS!!
This all starts with his coach though, Jimmy Boylan. Seeing the way this guy acted all game was a site to see. I've never seen a coach with less class than this clown. He truly deserves a punch in the throat.
Hender-scum, I mean Henderson deserves the same thing. Just a matter of time before he gets it from someone. I wish it was legal, then I would have no problem doing it........oh well.
I agree that Henderson is a punk, but if that little back hand is a punch, Emery must be the biggest lightweight ever. He went down like one of those soccer players that drops like they were shot by a sniper.
Anyway, I HATE BOTH BYU AND UTAH!!!! GO REBS!!!!
This is so dissapointing. I was expecting to see a BYU player get knocked out, and instead I see a little b*tch punch by some punk
I was hoping for a BYU player to get knocked out as well. It was still hilarious tho...
I saw that kid as well when I was at the game. Thats ok though. Every conference needs a villain, that way, we can be the super heros.
Just saw the video, that wasn't a punch but more like a bitch slap. If you gonna hit someone, act like Jeter in 1990, and make them feel it.
He reflects his coaches attitude. Boylen is over the top!
I always enjoy seeing Emery go down. Lucky for him Darger isnt here anymore. That was one of the highlights in last years game when he caught Emery with an elbow.
That was no punch. A weak ass elbow maybe, but not a punch.
Now with Tavernari gone, these are now my #1 and #2 on my biggest d-bags in conference list. The Paul Walker wannabe Jackson Emery is number one due to that he has been around longer and he plays for BYU. Last season I jumped up and might have been the loudest person at the Mack when Darger caught him with an elbow. Don't worry Marshall, you should have 2 more years to try to be number one.