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The sky's the limit for LuHi's Facey

DKentan Facey of Long Island Lutheran Boys High

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | DKentan Facey of Long Island Lutheran Boys High School Basketball Team--Six-foot, nine-inch Kentan Facey of Long Island Lutheran makes a reverse dunk during warm-ups (Dec. 16, 2011)

Kentan Facey wasn't always a basketball junkie. The Long Island Lutheran junior from the Caribbean island of Jamaica was a soccer player until age 14. "The coach at my school asked me if I wanted to play basketball," Facey said.

Was it a particular skill Facey displayed on the soccer pitch? "It was because I was 6-5," he said, sheepishly.

Four years and 4 inches later, Facey is a starting...

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