WATCH: Jesperson’s Half-Court Buzzer Beater Wins It For UNI

By Ryan Mayer
The clock is winding down.
Your team is tied and the ball is in your hands.
3..2..1…
You release the shot and watch as it travels through an arc and drops through nothing but net. Every kid’s dream right? A scenario you’ve probably simulated a million times in the driveway growing up. Well, for Northern Iowa’s senior forward Paul Jesperson, that dream became reality tonight.
Jesperson’s 11th seeded Panthers were tied with the 6th seeded Texas Longhorn