Circus shot! #MarchMadness https://t.co/sPdwroGY77 — NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 18,...

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Circus shot! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarchMadness?src=hash">#MarchMadness</a> <a href="https://t.co/sPdwroGY77">https://t.co/sPdwroGY77</a>— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) <a href="https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/710631109994778627">March 18, 2016</a>
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<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></figure><a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///ncaab/teams/385" href="http://www.thescore.com/ncaab/teams/385">Florida Gulf Coast</a> put a scare into <a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///ncaab/teams/756" href="http://www.thescore.com/ncaab/teams/756">North Carolina</a> early on Thursday, trailing by just one point at half, but the Tar Heels asserted their dominance in the second thanks to some acrobatic play from <a data-in-app-uri="thescore:///ncaab/players/37648" href="http://www.thescore.com/ncaab/players/37648">Joel Berry II</a>.The 6-foot sophomore flipped in a crazy backward circus shot while being fouled to help spur North Carolina's offensive outburst in the second frame.

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