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Student won't get prize money after hitting half-court shot due to basketball experience

A Louisville student successfully hit a layup, free throw, three-pointer and half-court shot to win $38,000 but will not receieve the money because it was later discovered that he played high school basketball, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

The rules of the contest reportedly state that the participant “could not have played high school basketball within the last six years.”

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“It is a huge bummer as I am an out-of-state student,” Logsdon told the Courier-Journal. “It would have went a long way to paying off student loans and anything in that manner.