Shot from difficult angle propels Wright State to Horizon League title game

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He was supposed to feed J.T. Yoho in the post but the freshman forward wasn’t open. Then he tried driving baseline but two defenders cut off his path to the rim.

Yes, really nothing about Wright State’s final possession went the way Miles Dixon planned with the exception of his final shot.

Pinned on the baseline as the the final seconds of regulation melted away Saturday night, Dixon felt his only option was to try a fadeaway jump shot from a difficult angle behind the backboard. Amazingly enough, it went in, delivering third-seeded Wright State a 56-54 victory over defending champion Detroit in the first of Saturday night’s two Horizon League semifinals.

“I was supposed to pass it into the post, but they were pressuring me pretty hard and I couldn’t deliver the pass,” Dixon said. “I drove it baseline but they helped. I saw the time ticking down, I turned around and I shot the ball from behind the basket. I was hoping it would go in and it did.”

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