Fran Belibi dunks as No. 2 Regis Jesuit girls basketball beats No. 1 Grandview
The game matched up the top two ranked teams in Class 5A girls basketball, but it was Fran Belibi who stole the show.
The Regis Jesuit senior threw down a one-handed dunk in traffic as her second-ranked Raiders beat No. 1 Grandview 79-55 on Wednesday.
Here’s video of the dunk, via Quentin Sickafoose of 9News:
.@RegisJesuitHS's Fran Belibi did it again tonight with a SLAM DUNK in @RJHSGDBball's win over @GHSWolvesGBball.#9sports #copreps@CHSAA @aurorasports @RJ_Media pic.twitter.com/gPqR3AWteW
— Quentin Sickafoose (@QSickafoose) December 13, 2018
And another angle, from Lindsay Joy:
Fran Belibi from @RegisJesuitHS THREW IT DOWN tonight. I've covered a lot of high school basketball, and I've never seen a gym like this @RJ_Media pic.twitter.com/vMPMkXbQuN
— Lindsay Joy (@LindsayJoyTV) December 13, 2018
RJ Media, the school’s student media outlet, was also
. It came with 1:40 to play in the first half, and gave Regis Jesuit a 38-19 lead over Grandview:Courtney Oakes of the Aurora Sentinel also got a great photo of the dunk:
Girls Basketball: @RJHSGDBball's Francesca Belibi made a poster Wednesday night with her one-handed dunk in the Raiders' 79-52 win over Grandview. (📸: Courtney Oakes/@SentinelColo) @RegisJesuitHS @RJ_Media @espn @StanfordWBB @CHSAA #copreps #sentinelpreps #aurora pic.twitter.com/SyogOm7EED
— Sentinel Prep Sports (@aurorasports) December 13, 2018
According to the Sentinel, Belibi had 32 points in the win, which is a career high. The Raiders were runner-up to Grandview last season in 5A.
Through five games, Belibi is averaging 23.4 points. She burst onto the scene as a sophomore when she became the first girl to dunk in a high school game in Colorado.
Belibi, who also plays tennis for the Raiders, has played for USA Basketball the past two summers.
