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.

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.

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

Josh Dix drilled a game-winning, buzzer-beating 3-pointer en route to 22 points to lift Iowa to an 80-79 victory against visiting Northwestern on Tuesday in Iowa City, Iowa.

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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.

The game looked so promising after a slow start, but Northwestern lost a heartbreaker to open Big Ten play. In a close game until the bitter end, Iowa (7-1, 1-0 B1G) beat Northwestern (6-3, 0-1 B1G) on a buzzer-beating three pointer.