COLLEGE PARK, Md. — He hit the shot that started the run that ended the game. And as Ignas Brazdeikis backpedaled down the floor inside Xfinity Center on Sunday afternoon he blew a kiss to the crowd.
Then grinned.
Talk about being aware of your surroundings, eh?
Not bad for a freshman. Though Brazdeikis is no ordinary youngster. Actually, he’s not that young, relative to college basketball, at age 20.
Maybe that’s what enables him to point to the crowd and cup his ear after a made free throw. Or raise his arms toward them after he’s been insulted.