SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Former South Bend Clay basketball star and Purdue University standout Jaraan Cornell died unexpectedly today at the age of 48.

According to our reporting partners at The South Bend Tribune , Cornell was found dead in his apartment this morning.

Cornell hit one of the most iconic shots in Indiana high school basketball history — a 3-pointer to force overtime in the 1994 state title game where Clay beat Valparaiso 93-88 in one of the final championship games in the one-class era.

Cornell then went on to play at Purdue, where he made All-Big Ten Third Team in 1998 and 1999.

He coached the Clay girls teams in 2013 and 2014 and was still active in the South Bend basketball community.

Most recently, he was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anni

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