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NCAA: Four ex-Alabama State players fixed game
Key takeaways
- Amarr Knox, Shawn Fulcher, Corey Hines and Tony Madlock allegedly engaged in game manipulation when Alabama State played at Southern Miss on Dec. 5, 2024.
- According to the NCAA, two known bettors offered the players a total of $2,000 to throw the game.
- Knox, Hines and Madlock were Alabama State's top three scorers for the 2024-25 season, and Fulcher was a reserve.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The hero of Alabama State's first NCAA tournament win and three of his teammates on the 2024-25 team were ruled permanently ineligible for accepting payment from gamblers to fix the outcome of a game that season, the NCAA announced Friday.
Amarr Knox, Shawn Fulcher, Corey Hines and Tony Madlock allegedly engaged in game manipulation when Alabama State played at Southern Miss on Dec. 5, 2024. Southern Miss was a six-point favorite and won 81-64.
According to the NCAA, two known bettors offered the players a total of $2,000 to throw the game. The players accepted and were later paid.
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