Alabama State vs St. Francis PA: box score, game stats and more

In one of the annual NCAA Tournament play-in games, Alabama State and St. Francis battled to the end for the right to continue in the NCAA Tournament. On a full-court pass for a late lay-in, Alabama State claimed a 70-68 win to move on. The Hornets now get the right to take on No. 1 seed Auburn on Thursday.

Alabama State vs. St. Francis Box Score

Alabama State

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN
A. Knox	16	0	0	2	0	1	0	26
CJ Hines	10	3	2	1	0	1	1	32
M. Octave	4	3	0	2	0	0	1	21
A. Madlock	11	7	2	0	0	1	4	30
J. Walker	4	5	2	0	1	0	1	26
D. Bass	8	7	0	1	0	1	2	18
M. Simpson	9	1	3	3	0	0	2	17
T. Mack	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	9
S. Fulcher	5	0	3	0	0	1	0	12
U. Okon	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	10

St. Francis

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	MIN
C. Moncrief	7	5	3	1	2	2	1	31
J. Cranford Jr.	18	8	2	0	1	4	1	36
D. Kelly	7	2	2	0	2	2	4	31
R. Parker	12	5	1	1	1	2	3	31
V. Pinedo	17	2	2	1	0	2	1	38
J. Clayville	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	10
B. Rosenberger	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
W. Sanon	2	5	4	0	0	2	2	16
A. Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Alabama State vs. St. Francis Game Summary

St. Francis held the lead for much of the first half. The Red Flash even extended its lead to nine points at 39-30 on a Riley Parker 3-pointer with 1:12 remaining in the half. Alabama State had last led at 10-9 with just inside of 14 minutes to play in the first half. St. Francis led 39-34 at halftime.

St. Francis pushed the lead back out to eight points early in the second half, but Alabama State continued to push back. The Hornets retook the lead at 62-60 on a CJ Hines 3-pointer with 4:24 to play.

The game was back and forth until a long pass with 3.4 seconds ended up in the hands of Amarr Knox, who laid it in with a second to play for a 70-68 Alabama State victory.

Knox led the Hornets with 16 points in the game. Antonio Madlock added 11 points and seven rebounds. CJ Hines chipped in 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers for Alabama State.

Juan Cranford Jr. led St. Francis with 18 points and eight rebounds. Cranford shot 5-for-7 from 3-point range. Valentino Pinedo added 17 points and Riley Parker had 12 points and five rebounds for the Red Flash.

Alabama State now faces No. 1 seed Auburn on Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. That game is scheduled to tip off around 2:50 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on CBS.