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By DARREN MILLER
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa --Ronnie Lester handed out nearly 500 assists during his 99 game career with the University of Iowa men’s basketball program. It might not have happened if the Hawkeyes didn’t receive an assist from — of all things — a Sagauro Cactus.