St. Francis' Red Flash was stabbed by the Alabama Hornets in the final seconds to open the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Tuesday night.
The Hornets kicked things off in the first four Madness In the final 3.4 seconds of the second half, he won a 70-68 victory in Dayton, Ohio in an unlikely manner.
Alabama's Mika Simpson has launched the Hale Mary Inbound Pass from the far end of the courthouse to a group of players from both teams. It was turned over and eventually managed to set up a Go-Ahead layup with 1.0 seconds left on the clock.
Knox quickly began jumping up and down at the celebration as the Hornets bench got hooked and the St. Francis player looked heartbroken and shocked.
“Well, what about that is, he's the all-swack guy on the first team. He didn't have anything great. [conference tournament] Hornets head coach Tony Madlock told CBS about Knox after the victory.
After staff reviewed the game's watch, Red Flash had a last chance to tie the game together, but failed with a hopeless Heave, allowing the Hornets to advance to the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
They will face No. 1 Seed Auburn on Thursday at 2:50pm ET.
The victory was the Hornets' first ever NCAA Tournament victory in program history.
Knox finished the game with team high 16 points on eight of 15 shootings from the floor.
In this post, it is covered with a printable NCAA bracket with a 68-team March Madness 2025 field.
“We're trying to get the ball to the tallest athletics,” Knox said after the game, according to the Associated Press. “And fortunately, everyone turned the ball over and it landed on me, rebounded and layed up.”
TJ Madlock added 11 points to the Hornets.
“We were there at that moment, that situation, a few times this year. We knew we had to just get out and play the ball,” Knox added. “We remained positive. As soon as the next half began, we knew we were coming out, jumping around, playing offensively, doing whatever it took to win the game.”
