Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s in an 113-88 victory over BYU in an NCAA Tournament East Region semifinal.
Alabama has chipped into Duke's lead over the first four minutes of the second half. Grant Nelson blocked a Cooper Flagg dunk and Mark Sears hit a 3-pointer. Duke leads 52-45 at the under-16 timeout with Alabama's Chris Youngblood looking to cap an and-one after the TV timeout.
Duke didn't leave much of a doubt, dominating Alabama from start to finish. Four of the five Blue Devils' starters scored 14 or more points, with Kon Knueppel leading the way with 21. Freshman Cooper Flagg ended with 16 points and nine rebounds. The Blue Devils earned their first Final Four berth in the Jon Scheyer era and their 18th of all time.
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One year after making its first Final Four, No. 2 Alabama established a new NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers made (25) in a win over BYU.
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And his former player, assistant coach and handpicked successor, Jon Scheyer, got the country's top recruit Cooper Flagg to come to Duke — then retooled the Blue Devils around him and got them back to the Final Four in just his third year in charge.
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