This dunk, reminiscent of Nets star Vince Carter, earned eventual Dunk Contest winner Brent Petway a first-round score of 46. Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images

NEW ORLEANS -- Idaho may be known for its potatoes, but it will now be known for its dunking as well, as Brent Petway topped Idaho Stampede teammate Mike Taylor for the Dunk Contest title at the D-League Dream Factory Friday night.

Petway's final dunk -- a majestic jam in which he threw the ball up in the air, let it bounce, caught it with his right hand, brought it back between his legs and stuffed it down hard with his left -- earned a perfect score of 50 from the judges.

That meant the shorter Taylor would need a perfect 50, himself, to tie Petway, the consensus favorite entering the competition. While Taylor had three attempts at what would have been a downright impressive 360 dunk, he couldn't put the ball through the hoop and Petway was declared the winner.

"Awww, man… I had that!" Taylor said afterwards, with a slight grimace on his face. "My hands were a little sweaty and the ball just slipped out."

"But we kind of knew it was going to end up with the two of us at the end," Taylor continued, "and tonight, he deserved to win."

"Yep, that's how we planned it," said Petway of his showdown with his Stampede teammate. "We have a little competition every day in practice and sometimes even in games. We've dunked on a lot of people."

And that was evident Friday night as both Petway and Taylor received perfect scores on dunks. Taylor's was earned on a first-round throwdown that saw the 6-3 guard catch a bouncing ball, windmill it around and spastically drop it home with his right hand.

Fellow competitors Eric Smith (Fort Wayne Mad Ants) and Doug Thomas (Iowa Energy) both performed well, Smith even earning a 50 for a ridiculous 360 in Round 1, but their first-round scores didn't stack up to those of the teammates from Idaho.

And it was Petway and Taylor's creativity that set them apart. Petway even thanked his online fans for some of his dunking inspiration.

"I got some ideas from my blog on D-League.com. And sometimes I play video games and get ideas off of that too."

One particularly original jam was an innocuous-looking dunk in the final round in which he stood beneath the basket with the ball at his feet. In one motion, he bent down, picked the ball up off of the floor, did a windmill, then threw it down hard. With no running start and no preparation.

"Yeah, that was pretty creative," he said afterwards, "but the judges didn't seem to like that one as much. Honestly, the high-flying stuff is more up my alley. I can do that stuff all day long. I like getting as high as I can and bringing it down hard."

And that he did, slamming home two first-round rim-rockers named after two of the greats: the "Dominique Special" and the "A la Carter," the latter of which left him hanging on the rim for a good five seconds with his entire arm through the cylinder.

After claiming his trophy from D-League President Dan Reed, Petway was excited to take home the crown that launched the superstardom of players like Jordan, Dominique and Vince. But as a D-League player hoping to someday earn that call-up to the Association, it's always nice to get some more exposure for the scouts.

"Yeah, I love winning an event like this. Since I won, I know I'm gonna get some TV time. Hopefully this'll get my face out there a little more."