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Watch This Georgia Southern Player's Backward, Full-Court Buzzer Beater

Loy Waters, a safety on Georgia Southern's football team, was playing in an intramural basketball game.

STATESBORO, GA -- It’s not often that an intramural basketball game makes it onto SportsCenter.

But that’s just what happened after a matchup this week, in which Georgia Southern’s Loy Waters heaved an unlikely, no-look, full-court shot into the basket for the win.

Video of the shot shows Waters, who is actually a defensive back on the Georgia Southern football team, scoop up the ball at his own baseline and fling it backward over his head in a desperation shot that hits nothing but net.

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A tweet sent out by Georgia Southern Intramurals on Thursday picked up hundreds of likes and retweets, as well as getting the attention of sports media folks from across the country.

β€œThis college kid makes a case for best buzzer-beater ever,” wrote NBC Sports.

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β€œThis might be the greatest shot in the history of intramurals,” chimed in ESPN, which, indeed, included the shot in its nightly Top 10.

β€œWow, we had no idea there was a Jedi pick-up hoops league,” added SB Nation, giving The Force credit for the miracle toss.

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