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Ja Morant smacks down trash talk from college basketball players

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 12/22/20

Ja Morant put the smack down on a couple of college players after they talked some trash to him on Monday night.

Morant’s alma mater, the Murray State Racers, faced Austin Peay on Monday. The Governors won the game 74-70, which apparently led some current Austin Peay players to think they had bragging rights on Morant.

A few players talked trash to Morant via Twitter. Forward Mike Peake tried to rub in the win. So Morant responded by pointing out that Peake only had two points in the game and didn’t really have a right to talk his trash.

He tried talking trash to Ja Morant after scoring 2 points on 1-5 shooting pic.twitter.com/r8VBNDJiLR

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) December 22, 2020

& i’m undefeated against y’all

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) December 22, 2020

Another player, Alec Woodard, also tweeted Morant. The reigning NBA Rookie of the Year defended himself for responding to them, saying they took the first shot at him and he was only replying.

lol i was chilling . they shot first i shot back . i got aim tho

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) December 22, 2020

Morant is Murray State’s most famous basketball player. He also went 4-0 against Austin Peay. Those reasons explain why the Austin Peay players went after him, and why they don’t have much of an argument.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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