Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion of the Church of St. Augustine is granted, and the complaint is dismissed insofar as asserted against it.
The record demonstrates that the plaintiff David Marescot, an experienced basketball player, assumed the risk of the injury which he sustained upon voluntarily participating in a basketball game at the appellant's gymnasium (see, e.g., Reilly v Long Is. Jr. Soccer League,
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