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Jahmai Mashack says Tennessee knows ‘what we’re built for’ after last-second win over Alabama
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Jahmai Mashack provided one of the signature moments of the SEC season and the college basketball season as a whole on the first day of March.
It wasn’t technically March Madness, because that will all start soon enough around the SEC and around the country.
But it was the month of March at least, and his buzzer-beating 3-pointer lifted No. 5 Tennessee to a stunning comeback victory over No. 6 Alabama on Saturday in Knoxville. Mashack only had 11 points in the win with only 3 field goals and his iconic 3-point heave was his only 3-point attempt and make of the day.
Well, he made that one 3-point attempt count in the biggest way, and afterward, he made his words count during an interview when he talked about the Volunteers’ long-term goals through the month of March and, just maybe, into early April.
“We know what we’re built for, we know who we are. This is what we’ve done every single day. Don’t question what it is. I don’t care if we’re down 20, I don’t care if we’re up 20. You stick to the program,” Mashack told ESPN after the 79-76 victory.
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Mashack added 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks to his stat line. He did a little of everything on Saturday, and then at the end he did the only thing that could prevent the SEC powerhouses from going to overtime.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
