When St. Francis forward Ifeanyi Umezurike stood at the free-throw line late in the team's Dec. 4 game at Maryland, it didn't matter that his team was trailing by 30 points. It didn't matter that it was only the Nigerian freshman's sixth college game. In that moment, only one thing mattered: free chicken.
Maryland men's basketball brought in the Chick-fil-A "Fowl Shot" promotion before this season. The rules are simple: if an opposing player misses two straight free throws on a single trip to the foul line in the final five minutes of regulation or overtime, everyone in attendance is entitled to a free chicken sandwich.