--- title: Vanderbilt Player Sinks 80-Foot Buzzer-Beater description: A new player has joined the last-second long-distance basket club. canonical: https://time.com/4235860/vanderbilt-80-foot-buzzer-beater/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-24T19:00:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:27.945Z og:title: Vanderbilt Player Sinks 80-Foot Buzzer-Beater Without Even Jumping og:description: It was only the second 3-pointer of his college career og:url: https://time.com/4235860/vanderbilt-80-foot-buzzer-beater/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vanderbilt Player Sinks 80-Foot Buzzer-Beater Without Even Jumping twitter:description: It was only the second 3-pointer of his college career twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Vanderbilt Player Sinks 80-Foot Buzzer-Beater Without Even Jumping > Sponsored content. 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Basketball fans have been treated to watching both the [Memphis Grizzlies’ Vince Carter](http://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/) and [North Carolina’s Brice Johnson](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/brice-johnson-full-court-unc) drain nearly full-court shots as game time expired. Well, technically Johnson’s didn’t count, but it was still [pretty impressive](http://time.com/4171053/stephen-curry-pregame-dribbling/). Now, a new player has joined the last-second long-distance basket club: Vanderbilt’s Josh Henderson. During the Commodores’ Tuesday night matchup against the [Florida Gators](http://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/), Henderson snagged a rebound from a blocked shot and launched an 80-foot attempt without even jumping. The shot swished through the hoop just as the buzzer sounded, giving Vanderbilt a five-point lead at halftime. **Read More:** [Watch Vince Carter Hit a Nearly Full-Court Buzzer-Beater](http://time.com/4231542/vince-carter-full-court-buzzer-beater/) This feat becomes even more impressive when you consider that the senior center has only attempted two 3-pointers during his entire college career, according to [USA Today](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/vanderbilt-basketball-full-court-buzzer-beater-easy-what-even-how). 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