It was 39 days earlier when Valparaiso's Markus Golder beat the Redbirds by banking in a halfcourt shot as time expired in the Missouri Valley Conference opener.
So when Dixon retrieved a loose ball after a mad scramble near halfcourt with time winding down and let it fly, the Redbirds held their breath and feared the worst.
“You get struck by lightning once it feels weird,” said ISU coach Dan Muller. “You get (struck) twice … this stinks and feels bad. Those guys are crushed.”
Dixon also banked in the game-winner that sent a season-high JQH Arena crowd of 6,507 into a frenzy.