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The evolutionary purpose of the body’s pilomoter reflex is to raise hair to make a body appear larger when threatened.
Wichita State center Chadrack Lufile is plenty big enough at 6-foot-9, 266 pounds, although he is playing with more presence with each game. His pilomoter reflex, better known as goose bumps, is a reaction to getting big and getting noticed by coach Gregg Marshall. Lufile is back in the starting lineup and coming off his first double-double of his career — 10 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday’s win over Indiana State.
“One time he came to the bench — he had out-run the other team down the floor and gotten fouled,” Marshall said. “I loved it because he had chill bumps all over his arms because I was praising him and telling him how great he was doing. His whole body was just chill bumps.”
Wichita State center Chadrack Lufile is plenty big enough at 6-foot-9, 266 pounds, although he is playing with more presence with each game. His pilomoter reflex, better known as goose bumps, is a reaction to getting big and getting noticed by coach Gregg Marshall. Lufile is back in the starting lineup and coming off his first double-double of his career — 10 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday’s win over Indiana State.
“One time he came to the bench — he had out-run the other team down the floor and gotten fouled,” Marshall said. “I loved it because he had chill bumps all over his arms because I was praising him and telling him how great he was doing. His whole body was just chill bumps.”