On January 13, 2004, Tubby Smith’s 5th ranked Kentucky Wildcats traveled to Starkville, Mississippi, to take on the 24th ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Kentucky was one of the best teams in the country in 2004 and at the time, entered the game with a winning streak of 20 games in SEC play. Meanwhile, Mississippi State sported a perfect 13-0 record and was looking to validate their excellent start to the season.

Late in the game, Kentucky was trailing 66-65 when Gerald Fitch nearly turned the ball over but the Wildcats were able to get a held ball to maintain possession with 2.5 seconds on the clock.

After regaining possession, Tubby Smith used his last time out to draw up a play for the win. However, you couldn’t draw up what took place as the horn sounded.

Cliff Hawkins took the ball out of bounds in front of the Kentucky bench and was looking for Gerald Fitch coming off a double screen towards the corner. Fitch was covered, resulting in Hawkins attempting to throw the ball to Chuck Hayes near the rim. The pass intended for Hayes deflected off his hand and Erik Daniels just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Daniels caught the ball and put it up off the glass with his left hand to give Kentucky a 67-66 win.

The basket extended Kentucky’s SEC win streak to 21 games and handed the Bulldogs their first loss of the season.

Take a look at the play below: