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Sarah Palin did not let Ted Cruz's basketball "ring" comment off the hook. | AP Photo Palin mocks Cruz's basketball gaffe

Donald Trump supporter Sarah Palin appeared to delight in Ted Cruz calling a basketball hoop a "ring" during his Indiana rally Tuesday night in the gym where "Hoosiers" was filmed.

"It's smarter to actually put the ball through the HOOP before you claim victory," Palin wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

The post features two images of a younger Palin as the starting point guard on Wasilla High School's basketball team.

“You know, the amazing thing about that basketball ring here in Indiana, it’s the same height as it is in New York City and every other place in this country," Cruz said in discussing his chances in the state's primary next Tuesday. "And there is nothing that Hoosiers cannot do.”

Trump, meanwhile, is set to announce the endorsement of legendary college basketball coach Bobby Knight in Indianapolis later in the afternoon.