Jarell Martin authored the signature play of LSU’s 69-64 home overtime win over Texas Tech Tuesday night.

It wasn’t a game-winner, but SportsCenter’s No. 7 play of the day did change the game for a Tiger team in need of a spark.

On the heels of two straight threes from junior Keith Hornsby, which brought LSU to within three of the Red Raiders at 52-49, Martin stole the ball from Texas Tech point guard Robert Turner and with 7:21 remaining he was out in front of the pack.

Even as Turner briefly dared to threaten Martin’s path to the basket, the sophomore forward from Baton Rouge rose up and over, throwing down a vicious windmill dunk to cut the lead to one and send the Pete Maravich Assembly Center into a frenzy.

Following the game much of the talk from LSU players centered around that dunk re-energizing the crowd and giving the team, which trailed by 12 at halftime, a boost.

“He was running down as fast as he can. I didn’t know he was going to do something special,” Quarterman said, looking back. “He made a big impact because those are big plays that get the crowd into it, and I think he got that done.”

From Martin’s point of view: “It changed a lot. It definitely got the fans involved. A great atmosphere like that, I definitely wanted to give them something on the fast break. I got the windmill dunk and it was loud in there, and that helped us. That got us going and picked our energy level up.”

Martin, 6-foot-10 and close to 235 pounds, also issued a warning that there’s more to come in this 2014-15 season.

“Breaks like that, be looking for it this year,” he said with a smile.

Watch Martin relive his dunk and much more in this one-on-one postgame interview with TSD.

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