Lauren Hill scores on layup

— -- CINCINNATI -- The first basket of the 2014-15 college basketball season went, fittingly, to Lauren Hill of Division III Mount St. Joseph's.

Hill, a freshman with inoperable brain cancer, took a pass in the post and hit a left-handed layup just 17 seconds into Sunday's game against Hiram College. The NCAA allowed the schools to move the game up two weeks to allow Hill to play. Doctors have told her she has only a few months to live.

The NCAA marked Hill's achievement on Twitter.

By the time the game tipped off, 10,000 fans had flocked to Xavier University to see Hill play. After she scored, both teams gave Hill a standing ovation before she exited the game. She came back into the game for the final 26 seconds and scored another basket, finishing the game with 4 points.

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Among the many celebrities in attendance were Fred Jackson of the Buffalo Bills, legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, and WNBA standouts Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins and Tamika Catchings.

At halftime, Summitt presented Hill with the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award, and representatives from the Indiana Pacers and Fever presented a $5,000 check to The Cure Starts Now.