Bagging $10,000 for a halfcourt shot gave Austin Triplett a chance to invest in the future — not just for himself but for young children in Mexico.
The University of Illinois freshman made headlines last February when he swished a halfcourt shot during a break in the Illinois-Purdue basketball game.
Triplett and his fellow Orange Krush friends had joked about getting selected, but “we never thought we’d get picked,” he said. “It was a little surreal.”
He was notified by text just before halftime, then waited in the tunnel until he was pulled out onto the court during a second-half timeout.