EVANSVILLE, Ind. – One of the top dunkers in program history has a chance to advance to doing so on a national stage as Purple Aces senior Jaylon Moore is one of 16 student-athletes named finalists to the State Farm Dark Horse Dunker Competition.
 
The competition will take place as part of the Final Four festivities in April in Indianapolis. 
 
Round 1 voting begins at 12 p.m. CT on Wednesday, February 11 and ends at the same time on the 18^th.  Players will be paired up weekly with the one receiving the most votes advancing to the next round.  In order to advance to the slam dunk contest, you must receive the most votes over the course of four weeks of voting.
 
This competition is all dependent upon fan voting and we need your help!  The website to visit is DarkHorseDunker.com.  It will not be active until Wednesday.  Fans may vote once per day, per platform.  You may vote using your email, Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
 
Below are the 16 finalists in the competition:
 
LeShaun Murphy - Auburn Montgomery
Jevoni Robinson - Barry University
James Sinclair - Western Carolina
Chrishawn Hopkins - Wright State
Brandon "Snap" Peters - Talladega College
Deshawn Delaney - New Mexico
Antjuan Ball - West Texas A&M
Evan Pannell - Wooster
John Jordan - Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Malcolm Miller - Holy Cross
Kendall Hargrove - Mount Olive
Andrew Smith - Liberty
Javonte Green - Radford
Kevin Blake - Elon
Davene Carter - Tarleton State
Jaylon Moore - Evansville