Scotty Thurman
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Scotty Thurman is a professional basketball player, perhaps best known as the Arkansas Razorbacks shooting guard who hit the win-clinching high-arcing three-pointer with approximately 53 seconds remaining in the 1994 NCAA Basketball Championship game.
After leading Arkansas to the 1994 National Championship along with teammate and future NBA player Corliss Williamson, Thurman left college early to make himself available for the 1995 NBA Draft. In what was a surprise to some fans and analysts, he was not selected. He tried out unsuccessfully with the New Jersey Nets before settling with the CBA's Shreveport Storm (now defunct) in 1995-96.
Throughout his career, Thurman has played basketball in foreign countries including Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon and Macedonia, and played for the ABA's professional Arkansas RimRockers in their inaugural season. As of 2005, Thurman is with Fastlink of the Jordanian basketball league. Prior to that, he was signed with Sagesse of the Lebanese league.
Thurman still plays professional basketball but also has developed a business career. He is currently employed at Cypress Properties, Inc., in Little Rock.
