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March Madness 2025 live updates, score: First Four continues with UNC-San Diego State
- Alabama State wins its first NCAA Tournament game in a thriller. Amarr Knox is the hero, and also their leading scorer with 16 points.
- ALABAMA STATE. Amarr Knox comes down with the football pass and makes the lay-up with one second left. The Hornets lead 70-68.
- Oh man, Madlock misses the front end of a 1-and-1, but some aggressive Alabama State defense makes Saint Francis lose control on a frenetic drive. Alabama State ball with 3.4 seconds left and a tie game.
- Huge play. Players from both teams lunged for a loose rebound after Alabama State’s miss, but the Hornets’ TJ Madlock got there first and Daemar Kelly got called for a foul on the ensuing collision. It’ll be free throws for Alabama State with 11 seconds left.
- Juan Cranford Jr. makes a 3-pointer straight out of the timeout, then Chris Moncrief makes another 3-pointer on the next possession to tie it. This is March.
- Oof, Alabama State’s Amarr Knox, an 83% free throw shooter, just missed two in a row at the charity stripe, which would have given his team a two-score lead with less than four minutes left.
- And now CJ Hines makes a 3-pointer to give Alabama State a 62-60 lead, its first since the first six minutes of the first half. The first game of March Madness is getting suitably chaotic.
- With 5:09 remaining in the game. Alabama State’s TJ Madlock just drew the Hornets’ first free throw of the game on an and-1. Saint Francis had attempted 14 before that.
- Alabama State head coach Tony Madlock wasn’t happy with his team after Saint Francis’ last basket before the timeout, as Jeremy Clayville got an easy lay-up while the Hornets were slow to get back in transition.
- Saint Francis still leads 57-54 with 7:06 left, but its offense is starting to sputter a little. It’s had two separate scoring droughts of two-plus minutes since the under-16 timeout.
- The game has tightened up big time with 11:32 left. Saint Francis is holding onto a 50-49 lead, but its bench is now being outscored 22-0 by its Alabama State counterpart.
