Led by Mark Sears, Alabama breaks the record for 3-pointers in a March Madness game with 25

NEWARK, N.J. — There was no such thing as a bad shot for Alabama in the Sweet 16. Certainly not from beyond the arc, where the Crimson Tide set March Madness records by making 25 3-pointers, attempting 51 and knocking one of college basketball’s most memorable teams, Loyola Marymount, out of a perch it had held for 35 years. Mark Sears highlighted Alabama’s 113-88 win over BYU on Thursday night by going 10 for 16 from 3 and finishing with 34 points. Sears ended up one long-range basket short of breaking the record Jeff Fryer set in Loyola Marymount’s record-breaking 149-115 tournament blowout of Michigan back in 1990. “The amount of preparation we put in, it led to the success we had tonight.” Aden Holloway made six 3s, Chris Youngblood hit five and Alabama shot 49% from behind the arc.