Northfield held a 56-54 lead over Austin on Tuesday night and was shooting a free throw when the game took an incredible turn with less than two seconds to play.
The shot was missed and Austin's Oman Oman grabbed the rebound. He'd been getting ready to grab the ball, if the free throw had been made, and throw a long pass to give his team one final chance.
Instead, this happened:
Video from Austin Hoops Update on Twitter: @HoopsAhs
Northfield misses the ft, oman with the board. Throws it the lwngth of the court and MAKES IT! Austin WINS!
— AHSHoopsUpdate (@HoopsAhs) December 9, 2015 Oman, a junior forward, told the Austin Daily Herald's Rocky Hulne afterward: “It was just a reaction. I just got the ball and I threw it up. Luckily it went in. It kind of surprised me. I was happy and everyone was charging at me. It was good feeling.”
You can read more about the game on the Austin newspaper's web site.
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