Look: Freshman hits buzzer-beater to lift Martin's Mill to Texas state high school girls basketball title

Freshman Kara Nixon goes the length of the court for the game-winner. Celebration ensues

Kara Nixon may as well have put a cape on for the final eight seconds of the Texas high school state championship.

With the game tied, the freshman guard took a baseline inbounds the length of the court and banked a heavily contested shot off the glass as the buzzer sounded to lift Martin's Mill to UIL Class 2A state glory.

The Mustangs, which consist of just one senior and a heap of underclassmen, beat Nocona 44-42 on Saturday afternoon to win their seventh state championship in program history.

Nixon hit a 3 to pull Martin's Mill within one, with 40-39 with 1:40 left, and hit another with 16 seconds remaining to give the Mustangs their first lead since the second quarter. 

She finished with a team-high 16 points, hit 3 of 6 3-point attempts, was a perfect 3-for-3 at the line and chipped in five boards, four assists and two blocks on the day.

As a team, Martin's Mill shot 46.9 percent from the field and 53.8 percent (7 of 13) from 3-point range. 

Martin's Mill players swarm Kara Nixon in celebration after she hit the game-winning shot to beat Nocona 44-42 in the UIL Class 2A state girls basketball championship on Saturday at the Alamodome / Photo by Tommy Hays

Megyn Meekins finished with a 16 points and Skyler Smith added 12 points and 10 boards for Nocona.

Scroll to the top of the post to watch the entire final sequence. 

More from UIL state girls basketball championship Saturday:

Texas (UIL) high school girls basketball: Live scores, updates of 1A/2A/3A state championships (3/2/2024)

-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx