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Jarred Dixon hits halfcourt buzzer beater to defeat Illinois State

With 7.8 seconds left, Illinois State leads by two.

Illinois State has the ball on the baseline.

Matt Chastain passes it in.

Keandre Cook tips the pass before Milik Yarbrough can touch it.

It’s a scramble. Six players — both Missouri State and Illinois State — dive for the bouncing ball.

It skips out to Jarred Dixon.

He launches it from the nose of the Bear at halfcourt.

Buzzer. Beater. Period.

JQH Arena’s season-record crowd of 6,507 erupts.

Bears win.

“It’s surreal, that’s all I can say,” Dixon, a senior guard, said.