Fan cashes in at halftime

Everything was going in the basket on Saturday night.

And that includes the nothing-but-nylon shot that Kevin Rector hit from a cozy recliner during halftime at VCU’s win over Towson.

Rector, a 22-year-old psychology major, was the Stephen B. Furniture fan of the game. He and a bunch of his frat buddies from Delta Iota Kappa sat courtside and scrunched on the recliner and the couch made for four at the most.

The shot, which Rector took with textbook form rather than the typical heave, hit all net. The King George native won a $250 gift certificate to Stephen B. Furniture.

Rector has no organized basketball experience, he did run track for VCU at one point and now spends most of his time playing intramural soccer for with Anponsem FC, which he and all his friends courtside will tell you is the four-time undefeated champion of IM soccer.

Rector said the shot had more to do with his natural athletic ability and the fact that he had his friends backing him up the whole way. So he wasn’t surprised at all when it fell through.

“I knew I was going to make it from the time I went out there,” he said “I got the friends. They supported me, like, ‘You’re not going to miss it.’ It’s all about my friends.”

As for the celebration–the finger pointing to the sky, the spinning on his back around mid-court right on top of the Rams logo until he lost his shoe-he said that since he knew he was going to make the shot, he knew how he was planning to show off.

“It was in the bag,” he said.