Josh Dix swished a game-winning 3-pointer just before the buzzer to give Iowa an 80-79 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday night in a Big Ten Conference opener for both teams.

Iowa and Northwestern finished up their first Big Ten matchup of the season with a bang. The Hawkeyes, trailing 79–77 to the Wildcats with 0.8 seconds to go, needed a miracle to come out with a win. And that's exactly what junior guard Josh Dix pulled off.

IOWA CITY — Josh Dix did the improbable on Tuesday. Down by two with less than one second remaining, Dix nailed a game-winning 3-pointer from 26 feet to lift the Hawkeyes to an 80-79 win over Northwestern in the Big Ten season opener.