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Girls Basketball: Regis Jesuit’s Francesca Belibi becomes first girl to dunk in a game in Colorado

AURORA | Carl Mattei tells Francesca Belibi that a dunk is just another shot. While technically true, what the Regis Jesuit sophomore accomplished in Friday night’s victory over visiting Grand Junction reverberated around the state. In the first half of the Raiders’ 78-23 win over the Tigers, the 6-foot Belibi became the first know girls basketball player in Colorado history to dunk in a game when she threw one down 1-handed on a breakaway, to the shock and awe of those in attendance — including herself.

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