IM Prank Lifts Cal over USC

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Heckling visiting shooting free throws is nothing new, and First Team All-Pac-10 guard Gabe Pruitt of USC has received his fair share of taunts. But when the sophomore stepped to the stripe during last Saturday’s game at Cal he heard something incredibly familiar yet even more jarring from the Bears’ student section: his own phone number.

As SI.com first reported, it turns out Pruitt had been chatting on AOL Instant Messenger the week leading up to the game with "Victoria," who claimed to be a cute UCLA student.

Pruitt liked the pictures she sent, allegedly telling her, "You look like you have a very fit body," and, "Now I want to c u so bad." Sure enough, he eventually gave the "girl" his digits and agreed to meet her when he returned to L.A.

Unfortunately for Pruitt, "Victoria" turned out to be a member of the Cal RallyCom, who shared the information with the rest of his student section. So when Pruitt came up to shoot his first free throws of the night, the student section erupted in chants of "Victoria," as well as his phone number.

via Stanford Daily