You have to excuse Johnell Davis for his language.

After all, he just got finished dropping 29 points in Florida Atlantic’s 78-70 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament to advance to the Sweet 16.

During his postgame interview with Jamie Erdahl, Davis had a slip of the tongue.

“I’ve been trying to prove this (expletive) since day one. Oh…”- Florida Atlantic star Johnell Davis.

Erdahl didn’t skip a beat.

“That’s alright! It happens to all of us. We’re on truTV, man,” she replied.

While Davis scored 29 points, Alijah Martin added 14 and Florida Atlantic ended Fairleigh Dickinson’s magical moment.

The ninth-seeded Owls (33-3) needed everything they had to put away the Knights (21-16), who stunned top-seeded Purdue on Friday night in just the second 16-over-1 upset in men’s tournament history.

It will be FAU, not FDU, which will play Tennessee in the Sweet 16 on Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

“My team just believed in me,” said Davis, a junior from Gary, Indiana. “It’s just a dream come true.”

The Knights couldn’t come up with an encore after eliminating Purdue, but not before putting up a fight to the finish. After the final horn, coach Tobin Anderson and FDU’s players walked across the floor to thank their fans, most of whom never expected to spend five days in Ohio watching their team make history.

Demetre Roberts scored 20 points and Sean Moore had 14 for FDU, which didn’t even win the Northeast Conference tournament before becoming an NCAA team that won’t soon be forgotten.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.