Men's Basketball

Tulsa's Jeffries Wins 2019 College Slam Dunk Championship

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Tulsa's DaQuan Jeffries won the 31st annual State Farm College Slam Dunk contest in front of a national television audience on ESPN and 8,597 people at the Target Center on Wednesday night.
 
Jeffries, who now has won all four slam dunk contests that he has ever competed in, completed four dunks during the contest and defeated Northern Colorado's Jordan Davis in the finals.
 
The Edmond, Okla., native scored a perfect 40 on his first dunk to move on. In the semifinal round, his two dunks totaled 99.5 out of a possible 100 score (including twitter fan votes) to earn a spot in the final round.
 
There, he took a pass off the side of the backboard and turned it into a windmill slam for a score of 45.4, which bested Davis' 43.7, for the title.
 
The title puts an exclamation point on Jeffries' career at Tulsa. A third-team all-conference pick this season, Jeffries led the team in scoring this season and saw his dunks routinely featured on ESPN's SportsCenter during his time with the Golden Hurricane.

Additionally, UCF's BJ Taylor and Houston's Corey Davis, Jr., competeted in the 3-Point Championship.Both players advanced to the semifinals while Taylor was edged in teh final round.