Freshman Hansel Emmanuel, who lost an arm in a childhood accident, scored five points for Louisiana’s Northwestern State University
Hansel Emmanuel in Los Angeles, California, in July.player who lost one of his arms during an accident in childhood has caused a sensation after he scored his first points for his university last weekend.
Hansel Emmanuel, 19, was six years old and growing up in the Dominican Republic when a pile of cinderblocks fell on him. He was so badly hurt that doctors had to amputate his left arm for him to ultimately recover. Emmanuel later moved to Florida and made a name for himself playing basketball in high school, scoring prolifically against opponents who presumably had use of all of their limbs. Colleges became interested in recruiting Emmanuel to their team after social media users published videos highlighting his skills and biggest ways, and he ultimately signed with Louisiana’s Northwestern State University.
Northwestern was comfortably leading a home game in Natchitoches – a city of 17,000 which is a little more than an hour’s drive from Shreveport – on Saturday night when the 6-foot-6 Emmanuel was sent on to the court late for his Demons team. The first-year player at one point collected the ball, weaved in from the right, dribbled between two defenders and finished a spectacular layup that brought virtually the game’s spectators as well as his teammates to their feet.
Later, Emmanuel provoked a foul from a defender, made the first free throw he tried but then missed the second one. He recovered his miss, dribbled once and then threw down a right-handed dunk that electrified the crowd and upped his tallies for the night to five points and two rebounds in eight minutes of action against the University of Louisiana-Monroe.
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