Greatest Girls’ High School Basketball Shot Ever: One-Handed, Full-Court, Bounces Once, Goes in the Hoop [Video]

All, High School Sports, Video, Women's Sports Stephen Douglas February 11th. 2013, 12:04pm

We’ve all dreamed about it, but here it is – bouncing a shot into the basket from the other side of the court … in a game. The Reddit title for this video is, “You’ve NEVER seen a buzzer beating full court shot quite like this…” I watched the video assuming I had seen it all. I became confused when the ball hit the court in the middle of the lane. Then the ball hit the rim, hit the backboard and went in. You can tell the crowd was just as confused as I was. The girl with the amazing clock management skills is Anna Olsen of Lewis-Palmer High School in Colorado. Sometimes you forget to check the clock and attempt to throw the ball the length of the court with :15 remaining. Remember, there is no such thing as a bad shot that goes in.

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34 Responses to “Greatest Girls’ High School Basketball Shot Ever: One-Handed, Full-Court, Bounces Once, Goes in the Hoop [Video]”

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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Remember, there is no such thing as a bad shot that goes in.
Counterpoint: this shot
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
fundamentals!
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spencer096 Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
how are there so many people there?
/most amazing thing in that video
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
how did it beat the buzzer? and we need our great shots to win or tie games. yawn
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A.P. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:11 PM
how are there so many people there?
Well, it’s inbetween Denver and Colorado Springs. Nothing much else to do in Monument.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:12 PM
hey philly folks, got a job for you
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Roethlishotdog Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Remember, there is no such thing as a bad shot that goes in.
Except that despite the distance she threw the ball she gets two points, not three. Once the ball hits the floor the “shot” ends – two points are awarded for the ball going through the basket anyway.
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KC Resident Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Remember, there is no such thing as a bad shot that goes in.
THEY SCORED TOO SOON!
how are there so many people there?
Well, it’s inbetween Denver and Colorado Springs. Nothing much else to do in Monument.
High School basketball is pretty popular among those stuck in traffic on I -25.
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A.P. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:20 PM
5,600 people in that town. SROD’s probably passed through it many times.
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resolutedefense Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Only because I’ve never thought of such a situation, does this count as a two or a three?
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resolutedefense Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Saw Roeths comment, disregard
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:23 PM
Except that despite the distance she threw the ball she gets two points, not three. Once the ball hits the floor the “shot” ends – two points are awarded for the ball going through the basket anyway.
bizarre, but thanks for that info.
I’m laughing at how terrible this is. A lot of laughing.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Ive never been to monument. Its kinda in the wasteland of CO. No mountains. Like Pueblo minus the huge amount of mexicans
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:29 PM
There was an NBA player who tried to throw the ball straight up to run out the clock (probably 5-8 years ago)…it was premature. Other team got the ball, scored, and won.
/cut and paste that into Google, see what pops out
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:31 PM
There was an NBA player who tried to throw the ball straight up to run out the clock (probably 5-8 years ago)…it was premature. Other team got the ball, scored, and won.
i remember it. One of the teams was Denver. Or maybe it wasn’t. But I remember it.
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T.E. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:32 PM
The girls’ basketball coach for my high school was also my social studies teacher. She and I got into an argument once during class because I disagreed with her ridiculous theory that the best WNBA player could beat the worst NBA player. Talk about delusional.
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s1rweeze Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:33 PM
The girl with the amazing clock management skills is Anna Olsen of Lewis-Palmer High School in Colorado. Sometimes you forget to check the clock and attempt to throw the ball the length of the court with :15 remaining.
One of my finest grade school moments involved me shouting “THREE, TWO, ONE” at some kid on the other team as he crossed half court. He heaved up a prayer with about 12 seconds to go and I had an uncontested layup the other way. That kid’s dad hated me.
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Scalia Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:33 PM
Michael Ruffin threw it, Mo-Pete made the shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bqF4VDSx4
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Michael Ruffin threw it
I knew it was somebody really ugly, but I thought it might have been the nutgrabber.
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sctrojans Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:36 PM
The girls’ basketball coach for my high school was also my social studies teacher. She and I got into an argument once during class because I disagreed with her ridiculous theory that the best WNBA player could beat the worst NBA player. Talk about delusional.
90% of my middle school sports arguments were whether or not an average D1 women’s team would beat an average men’s high school team
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:37 PM
I could have swore I saw Jordan hit a bounce shot during the ten minute commercial for his shoes ESPN ran as a retrospective this morning.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:38 PM
The girls’ basketball coach for my high school was also my social studies teacher. She and I got into an argument once during class because I disagreed with her ridiculous theory that the best WNBA player could beat the worst NBA player. Talk about delusional.
So you’re backing Austin Rivers here? Now who’s delusional.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:38 PM
One of my finest grade school moments
are we doing this? Because I was once sent to the principal’s office three separate times in a single day in grade 3.
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A.P. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:39 PM
Katherine Webb SI photo shoot
/enjoy
//in 5th grade, I got detention every time we had a substitute teacher
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Nada Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:40 PM
The crowd didn’t exactly go wild over this shot, did they?
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A.P. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:42 PM
Diabetes for breakfast!
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Nada Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:43 PM
There was an NBA player who tried to throw the ball straight up to run out the clock (probably 5-8 years ago)…it was premature. Other team got the ball, scored, and won
John “Hot Plate” Williams notoriously did something similar in a game vs. Georgia in 1984-85, sometime around there. LSU leads by one, couple of seconds on the clock, Williams is trying to inbounds the ball under LSU’s basket and instead throws it the length of the court and OB, thinking the clock would run out. It didn’t. Georgia then inbounds under their own basket, gets the layin and wins.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:43 PM
Michael Ruffin threw it, Mo-Pete made the shot
Good work Scalia.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:43 PM
5,600 people in that town. SROD’s probably passed through it many times.
Dang. That was L-P at Cheyenne Mountain High. Been in both gyms. That’s what I get for not watching the local news.
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cleet Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:43 PM
Not a dunk.
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A.P. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
gosh nada, you’re old
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A.P. Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Dunk that was not a dunk
CJ Fair yesterday vs St. Johns
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Caribou Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:55 PM
The shot still doesn’t count, she didn’t call “bank”
/streetball rules
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tommyp Says:
February 11th, 2013 at 12:56 PM
I can honestly say I’ve never dreamed about doing this.
/have dreamed of hitting back-to-back holes in one.