Knight, who had not played more than 10 minutes in the last 37 games, also grabbed five rebounds, matching a season high, in his 16 minutes.
By the end of the game, Knight had played a season-high 16 minutes and grabbed 7 rebounds, including 6 on the offensive glass.
Sylune clung to his trembling limbs and made the leap with him, but the Knight twisted in the air to fling her free and grabbed at his belt dagger.
Knight grabbed his helmet as he jumped on home plate to win the game in an iconic image of one of the most famous comebacks in World Series history.
But the two combatants fall into Daugava river, because the Knight, when thrown, grabs Lāčplēsis, and they both disappear into the water.
Former IU player Neil Reed alleged that Knight had grabbed him by the neck in a choking manner during a 1997 practice.
Knight "came at me with two hands but grabbed me with one hand," Reed said.
Knight did it again in the second quarter and was rejected, but grabbed the rebound and followed it with a reverse layup.
Strangely enough, if Knight had not grabbed that student's arm, he would have been serving the final game of his three-game suspension - for previously choking a player - tonight.
He also said he had not viewed the videotape of a 1997 practice that shows Knight grabbing a former player, Neil Reed, by the throat.