: an unhindered shot in basketball made from behind a set line and awarded because of a foul by an opponent
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Recent Examples on the WebSix layups later a free throw from Aaliyah Edwards ended it, a 16-0 UConn onslaught in less than four minutes playing time. Dom Amore, courant.com, 26 Mar. 2022 Alcorn’s free throw with 1:12 left tied the score at 38. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2022 Cooper sophomore Liz Freihofer scored on an and-one, making the free throw to put Cooper up seven at 45-38. James Weber, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2022 Texas A&M comes back down court and gets to the rim, plus a foul, with the free throw coming after the timeout. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 11 Mar. 2022 One free throw by Jackson with 56 seconds go gave ASU a 70-66 lead.San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2022 Hart’s free throw 5:04 into the game put the Terps on the board. Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com, 6 Mar. 2022 Then Evan Young made another free throw with 41 seconds to go for a two-point lead.The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022 Morant, who got fouled by LaVine in the scramble, then made the technical free throw and two more foul shots to bump the lead to 116-110 with 5.3 seconds remaining. Andrew Seligman, ajc, 27 Feb. 2022 See More