Down 24 with less than nine minutes to play, the Fighting Scots staged an improbable comeback, and they did so without four senior regulars who took a seat on the bench midway through the half and did not return. Monmouth scored on 13 of its last 16 possessions of the half, and the Scots had three-point trips on seven of their final 10 possessions, including the last three.
Knox was still ahead by 11 with less than two minutes left, but David Price converted a three-point play and Joe Terwelp knocked down a trey to make the score 68-62. Down six with 34 seconds left, Raun Singleton swished a trey and Blaise Rogers hit three free throws to make it a two-point game. After Knox converted a foul toss with 14 seconds left, the Scots worked for a final shot, and Rogers hit a leaning three-pointer at the horn to force extra time.
Monmouth's amazing comeback was aided by seven missed free throws by Knox in the final 3:12, including three by Jason Maclin, who had gone 14-of-14 at the line in the Prairie Fire's last game.
Tied 79-79 in OT, Monmouth had four chances to score a go-ahead hoop and, on the final try, Knox's Josh Moten stole an inbounds pass and was fouled on a breakaway with three seconds left. He made his second free throw, and Monmouth's Scott Scholten could only draw iron on a halfcourt heave at the buzzer.
Price had a breakout game for the Scots, leading them with career highs of 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Rogers also scored 19, including 14 in the final four minutes of regulation. Terwelp and Singleton fouled out after scoring 11 and 10 points, respectively, and Andy Moore also picked up five personals. Monmouth is now 0-7 in the Midwest Conference and 4-8 overall.
Maclin led Knox with 27 points and Jeff Zick scored 17 as the Fire improved to 3-3 in the league and 6-6 on the year.