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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 4, 2016 7:55 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 4, 2016 7:55 PM UTC With a spot in the state tournament at stake, Waseca High School and Marshall High School faced off Thursday night in a [basketball game](http://time.com/3659399/dunk-seattle-high-school-basketball-game/) that came down to several last-second shots. At the end of regulation, Waseca missed a free throw that would have [secured the victory](http://time.com/3674319/high-school-basketball-win-suspension/), giving their opponent the opportunity to tie the game. Marshall rushed down the court and shot a three-pointer that bounced off the backboard and fell through the hoop as time ran out. > [](https://twitter.com/refjeff/status/705579791655698433) **Read More:** [Watch a Basketball Team Celebrate a Big Win Before Realizing They’ve Actually Lost](http://time.com/4242845/high-school-basketball-team-celebrates-too-early/) And the game only got more wild from there. After three overtime periods of back and forth scoring, Waseca drained a [full-court shot](http://time.com/4143339/high-school-basketball-player-wins-game-with-full-court-shot/) with one second left to tie things up and force a fourth OT. > [](https://twitter.com/refjeff/status/705590089498259456) Finally, Waseca hit yet another three-point buzzer-beater to make the score 103-100 and seal the qudruple-overtime matchup. > [](https://twitter.com/refjeff/status/705592248138792961) It was definitely one for the record books. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4248026/high-school-basketball-full-court-shot-fourth-overtime/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4248026/high-school-basketball-full-court-shot-fourth-overtime/"},"headline":"Watch the Most Exciting Ending to a High School Basketball Game Ever","datePublished":"2016-03-04T19:55:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:45.037Z","description":"Including four overtimes and a full-court buzzer-beater","url":"https://time.com/4248026/high-school-basketball-full-court-shot-fourth-overtime/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","Sports topic","Athletes","High School"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4248026/high-school-basketball-full-court-shot-fourth-overtime/","name":"Watch the Most Exciting Ending to a High School Basketball Game Ever"}}]}] ```