Ammar Nox Brain throw with the second left raised Alabama state To the first victory in the NCAA championship on Tuesday night, 70-68 over Saint Francis (PA) in a 4-seed match in the first four.
Nox scored 16 points to help Hornz (20-15) Get an appointment with No. 1, Obourne’s total seed on Thursday in the southern region match in Lexington, Kentucky.
“I have just said that: I am crazy,” said Alabama coach Tony Madoluk. “I think I talked about this with all the media, and that all our games are exactly like this, either we have to get a bucket or we have to stop. Fortunately, we were able to get a bucket to finish this game.”
After the imposition of rotation in the last seconds, Alabama had left the border under her basket. With the result, Mika Simpson He threw a long pass from the field length towards a group of players at the corridor at the other end – unlike the cold in football.
The ball deviated from a team colleague and entered the hands of Nox near the edge, giving him a simple throw of the winning points.
“We put the longest sports person to go to the ball,” Nox said. “Fortunately, everyone cleared the ball, fell to me, got bounce and made the ball throw.”
Saint Francis chose not to pressure Simpson on internal corridors.
Officials decided that there is one second remaining after throwing Nox, but despair before Red flash Short fell.
St. Francis, who lost the opening match of the season in DitonI was unlikely to the scene as a 19 team to enter the NCAA championship with a losing record. These teams are now 0-19.
“These men have 34 games, they left everything on the field,” coach Rob Karimel said. “I know they are disappointed. This is the thing that I love them. They are heroes, and nothing can take it away from our group.”
Alabama does its fifth work in the NCAA Championship.
Mika Octav Steal and DUNK Place Hornets at the forefront of four with 1:36 left, but the red flash tied the result in 68 on Chris Monkrif 3 points with a remaining 40 seconds.
Juan Cranford Junior, plays in his hometown, led St. Francis with 18 points. Valentino Pindo He scored 17 for The Red Flash (16-18), which wasted nine points.
Saint Francis launched 59 % and went 6 out of 12 from 3 points to achieve 39-34 at the end of the first half.
“We were at that moment, this situation, several times this year, and we knew that we had just had to go out and play the ball,” Nox said. “We stayed positive. We knew as soon as the next half started, we would go out, fly, play aggression and do everything necessary to win the game.”
Red Flash 15 transformations committed, which led to 26 points for Hornets.
“We have turned the ball several times,” Crangford said. “We have turned the ball several times, you cannot expect a good result.”
After a lost shot from the Nox at the bottom of the extension, TJ MADLOCK He stumbled for a stampede for recovery. He missed the front end of 1 and 1, but Saint Francis committed a rotation at the other end, which led to the dramatic end.
Until the following: Oborn.
“I will know all this night,” said Tony Madolook. “We’ll enjoy this night. We’ll do this busy trip, I think a few hours on the way to play in Lexington at RUPP Arena. How can you overcome it?”
Things did not start well with St. Francis. During the introduction to the player, officials asked many Red Flash players to remove the black murder. Depending on the rule, the lower shirts should be the same as the shirt. Saint Francis wore the red.
Alabama did not try a free throw until there was 5:09 remaining. Hornz 1 went out of 4 of the line.
Report by Associated Press.
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