The UMass Athletic Department is working on rewarding the student $10,000 after he sunk a half-court shot Wednesday night.

A UMass student who made a half-court shot during a women’s basketball game halftime promotion will get his $10,000 prize from the school itself after the insurance company refused to pay because, it said,

Student Noah Lee at UMass Amherst made some impressive trick shots in a basketball contest, but the grantors of the prize money said his foot was over the line, see how his school stepped in to make things right.