Montgomery, AL - The Knights were back on the court on Thursday, February 27th as they headed to Montgomery, Alabama to play in the 2025 SSAC Basketball Tournament, presented by Newk's Eatery. The Knights were set to take on the Eagles of Fualkner University, a team the Knights played twice in the regular season.

The Knights scored the first basket of the game but the Eagles used a nine point run to take a 9-2 lead. The deficit for the Knights reached its largest of the night at ten points with 11:44 remaining in the first half. The Knights fought back the rest of the first half and tied the game at 31-31 with 3:35 left in the first half and they half a 38-36 lead going into halftime. The second continued to be a battle with the Knights and Eagles trading the lead multiple times. The Knights held their largest lead of the night with 4:39 remaining in the game as they were up 73-67 but the Eagles went on a ten point run and the Knights were down by four points with 2:11 remaining. The Knights kept the Eagles from scoring again and scored the final ten points of the game to win 83-77. Jamal Taylor led the Knights with 24 points as Nick Cham added 19 points and Trashawn reached double digits off the bench with 10 points. David Ganious led the Knights with 12 rebounds, seven of those being offensive rebounds.

The Knights advance to the semi-finals of the 2025 SSAC Tournament where they will face the Roadrunners of Dalton State College. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 PM CST on Friday, February 28th.