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NEWARK, N.J. - Call it good offense or bad defense.
The Alabama Crimson Tide simply don’t care how you refer to it, as long as the ball continues to go in the basket and it most certainly did on Thursday night.
Alabama hit an NCAA men's tournament record 25 three-pointers in a 113-88 rout of Brigham Young in the Sweet 16 of the East Regional, and move one game away from a second Final Four berth in row.
The Tide entered the contest averaging nearly 40 points in the paint in the regular season and used that style of play in victories over Robert Morris and Saint Mary’s, while leading all tournament teams in rim rate.
But head coach Nate Oats quickly threw out that game plan from the opening tip as BYU defenders were helpless to stop the onslaught from beyond the arc, consistently leaving shooting open to fire at will once past half court.
Mark Sears unloaded his entire arsenal of playmaking hitting 10 three-pointers and scoring 34 points, using the majority of his eight assists to feed open teammates. The last player to hit 10 3s in the regional round was Purdue’s Carsen Edwards against Virginia, in the 2019 South Regional Final.
Aden Holloway hit six threes of his own and finished with 23 points and Chris Youngblood added 21 points on 5-11 shooting from 3-point land as Alabama shot 53% for the game.
BYU kept the game close by turning its offense into a virtual layup line, with little resistance from the Crimson Tide defense, but it was not enough. The Cougars had 44 points in the paint and kept the game close when outside shots were not falling.
Richie Saunders had 25 points, Egor Demin added 15 for the Cougars, who simply couldn’t slow the game down even though they entered the foul bonus with more the 13 minutes left in the second half. While Alabama was setting record from beyond the arc, BYU hit only six of their 30 attempts.
Holloway’s sixth three pointer of the night gave Alabama and 18-point lead with 9:28 left, effectively ending the competitive part of the game.
Extra points
Sears finished one 3-pointer shy of the all-time single game NCAA Tournament record set by Loyola Marymount against Michigan in 1990. Four other players have hit 10 three-pointers in a tournament game.
Alabama’s 51 3-point attempts is most of any team in any NCAA game. The previous record was, Saint Joseph’s who had 43 attempts against Boston College, in 1997.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Alabama sets NCAA Tournament 3-point record in BYU blowout
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The Alabama Crimson Tide simply don’t care how you refer to it, as long as the ball continues to go in the basket and it most certainly did on Thursday night.
Alabama hit an NCAA men's tournament record 25 three-pointers in a 113-88 rout of Brigham Young in the Sweet 16 of the East Regional, and move one game away from a second Final Four berth in row.
The Tide entered the contest averaging nearly 40 points in the paint in the regular season and used that style of play in victories over Robert Morris and Saint Mary’s, while leading all tournament teams in rim rate.
But head coach Nate Oats quickly threw out that game plan from the opening tip as BYU defenders were helpless to stop the onslaught from beyond the arc, consistently leaving shooting open to fire at will once past half court.
Mark Sears unloaded his entire arsenal of playmaking hitting 10 three-pointers and scoring 34 points, using the majority of his eight assists to feed open teammates. The last player to hit 10 3s in the regional round was Purdue’s Carsen Edwards against Virginia, in the 2019 South Regional Final.
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Aden Holloway hit six threes of his own and finished with 23 points and Chris Youngblood added 21 points on 5-11 shooting from 3-point land as Alabama shot 53% for the game.
BYU kept the game close by turning its offense into a virtual layup line, with little resistance from the Crimson Tide defense, but it was not enough. The Cougars had 44 points in the paint and kept the game close when outside shots were not falling.
Richie Saunders had 25 points, Egor Demin added 15 for the Cougars, who simply couldn’t slow the game down even though they entered the foul bonus with more the 13 minutes left in the second half. While Alabama was setting record from beyond the arc, BYU hit only six of their 30 attempts.
Holloway’s sixth three pointer of the night gave Alabama and 18-point lead with 9:28 left, effectively ending the competitive part of the game.
Extra points
Sears finished one 3-pointer shy of the all-time single game NCAA Tournament record set by Loyola Marymount against Michigan in 1990. Four other players have hit 10 three-pointers in a tournament game.
Alabama’s 51 3-point attempts is most of any team in any NCAA game. The previous record was, Saint Joseph’s who had 43 attempts against Boston College, in 1997.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Alabama sets NCAA Tournament 3-point record in BYU blowout
Continue reading...
