Mar 27, 2025, 09:45 PM ET

NEWARK, N.J. — Led by Mark Sears, Alabama broke the 35-year-old record for 3-pointers in an NCAA tournament game Thursday night, making 25 in a 113-88 victory over BYU in an East Region semifinal.

Sears finished 10-for-16 from 3 to help the Crimson Tide knock Loyola Marymount‘s high-octane 1990 team out of the top spot. Sears fell one short of the individual record set by Loyola Marymount’s Jeff Fryer in a memorable 149-115 second-round win over Michigan.

Alabama’s Mark Sears was 10-of-16 from the 3-point line in Thursday’s win over BYU. He finished with a game-high 34 points. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Alabama also broke a week-old record for 3-point attempts in March Madness with 51. Texas Tech shot 46 last week in a first-round win over UNC Wilmington.

Aden Holloway made six from behind the arc and Alabama shot 49%. The 25 makes were also the most for the Crimson Tide in any game in program history.

Alabama took only 15 shots from inside the arc, and made 10 of those.

The Crimson Tide reached the Elite Eight in consecutive years for the first time in program history.