A high school senior from Indiana managed to save the day for his basketball team after scoring a winning basket by throwing the ball from one end of the court to the other with less than a second of play remaining.

In an electrifying moment, Central Christian High School's Josh Clanton managed to heaved a game-winning, buzzer-beating, full court blow in front of a crowd of 85.

It saw Central Christian Academy beat Indianapolis Arlington with only half of a second left on the clock.

The ball fell into the hands of Central Christian's Joshua Clanton, a senior whose team was losing. Clanton then threw the ball 75-feet to the other end of the court to score a basket

It seemed as though there was barely time to catch and shoot the ball let alone take a throw from 75-feet.

Clanton saw that the clock was ticking and without so much as a dribble to gather himself, he instead threw up a prayer that hit nothing but the net, sending everyone in the gym into a frenzy.

When the ball bounced off the rim and into Clanton's hands, there wasn't time to do anything else but turn and launch the ball as hard as he could and send it soaring to the other end

'It just happened that it fell in my hands. I didn't even think about it. I knew there was no time for me to do anything else. I didn't think it was going in at all. Not at all. And then was I was standing there I was like, 'It went in! It went in!' he told the Indiana Star.

It was the first night of the Indiana state tournament which means Central Christian Academy will now head through to the next round.

Footage of the incredible basket was captured by Justin Steele and posted to Twitter.