Illinois High School Rivalry Game Ends On Delicious Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater

You like buzzer-beaters. Of course you do. Last night, in a rivalry game between St. Charles East and St. Charles North, in, umm, St. Charles, Illinois, East came back from a 12 point deficit to tie the game at 47 with just over a minute remaining. The teams traded buckets and free throws over the next 60 seconds, until finally, with 3.3 seconds on the clock, North needed to inbound the ball and get a shot up for a chance to win:

Here’s a slightly better view:

That’s East guard Justin Hardy pulling up for the win, according to Jacob Bartelson, who covered the game for the . Apparently this is the third time in three years a game between St. Charles North and St. Charles East has been decided by a game-ending buzzer beater. Afterward, Hardy told Bartelson all he remembered of the shot:

“It was in my hands. I didn’t know the time on the clock. I just figured I had to turn and shoot.”

H/t Terry