UMass Lowell player misses dunk, shatters backboard

UMass Lowell was playing a Division III school, Wheelock, on Tuesday. Not the game you would expect to read about.

Then, Dontavious Smith went into action. The 6-foot-8, 195-pound redshirt freshman headed down the court for a slam dunk

Unfortunately, he didn't connect on the slam, and he managed to take out --- as in shatter -- the backboard in the process.

Check out Smith's work.

Here it is ... Dontavious Smith with a big steal before SHATTERING the backboard on his dunk attempt! #SCtop10 #wow pic.twitter.com/S4h48qT1KT
— UMass Lowell MBB (@RiverHawkMBB) November 24, 2015

Dontavious Smith goes up for a dunk but breaks the backboard in the process, causing a delay of game. We will keep you updated #AEHoops
— UMass Lowell MBB (@RiverHawkMBB) November 24, 2015

Sooo...we're going to have to take an early halftime because of this... #UnitedInBlue #AEHoops pic.twitter.com/2b7XAezscT
— UMass Lowell MBB (@RiverHawkMBB) November 24, 2015

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Exactly one hour into our delay, the new backboard is going up! Let's get the teams back out here! #AEHoops #UnitedInBlue
— UMass Lowell MBB (@RiverHawkMBB) November 24, 2015

Smith is now 2 for 4 on dunks tonight, #RiverHawks lead 98-71 with 1:30 left to play #AEHoops
— UMass Lowell MBB (@RiverHawkMBB) November 24, 2015