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Van Buren (Arkansas) guard Trenton Cooley's buzzer beater makes ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10

Cooley hit an 85-footer desperation heave to end the quarter against Greenwood

Nate Olson

Van Buren (Arkansas) guard Trenton Cooley's buzzer beater makes ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10
Van Buren (Arkansas) guard Trenton Cooley's buzzer beater makes ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 /

Van Buren junior Trenton Cooley has reached a pinnacle that not even some of the top all-time professional athletes have achieved. 

Cooley hit an 85-foot buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter of a 68-45 win at Greenwood on Tuesday night. 

The shot was so impressive, it took the No. 2 spot on the late edition of ESPN's SportsCenter's Top Plays segment,.

"What a shot by Trenton Cooley - remember his name'" veteran ESPN anchor Linda Cohn said. 

After a Greenwood player missed a free throw, Cooley's teammate grabbed the errant shot with time running down and shoveled it to Cooley, who launched the ball more than 80 feet to the Pointers' hoop as time expired, giving Van Buren a 49-34 lead heading to the final quarter of a 5A-West Conference game between the two River Valley rivals. 

Van Buren won the game 68-45 to improve to 13-5 overall and 2-0 in league play. 

Cooley, a 5-foot-9, 145-pound point guard, also plays on the Pointers football team. 

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Nate Olson
NATE OLSON

Nate Olson has covered prep and college sports in Arkansas since 1998. He has managed several newspapers and magazines in The Natural State and has won numerous awards for his work. Nate, who also has six years of public relations experience, has appeared statewide on radio and television throughout his career, and currently co-hosts a high school football postgame radio show. 

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