Alabama vs. BYU: Live updates, score, highlights
NEWARK, N.J. – No. 2-seed Alabama (27-8, 13-5 SEC) will face 6-seed BYU (26-9, 14-6 Big 12) in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament tonight. The Crimson Tide and Cougars will face off at 6:09 p.m. CT inside Prudential Center. The matchup will air live on CBS.
Alabama opened this year’s NCAA Tournament with a 90-81 win over 15-seed Robert Morris last Friday in Cleveland and defeated 7-seed Saint Mary’s, 80-66, in the Round of 32 two days later to advance to the Sweet 16. BYU beat 11-seed VCU in Round 1, 80-71, and then upset 3-seed Wisconsin, 91-89, on Saturday before making the trip to New Jersey.
Alabama and BYU have met twice before on the hardwood, with the Tide claiming a 2-0 edge in the all-time series. The teams last met on Nov. 24, 2017, where UA was victorious, 71-59.
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Alabama has reached the Sweet 16 three years in a row and four of the last five. A win over BYU would propel the Tide to back-to-back Elite Eights for the first time in program history.
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FINAL: Alabama 113, BYU 88
03/27/2025 08:31:35 PMThe Crimson Tide advances to the Elite Eight for a second straight year.
UA sets tournament, program record
03/27/2025 08:25:38 PMAlabama breaks the record for most 3s in a single NCAA Tournament game, passing Loyola Marymount’s 21 against Michigan in 1990.
It also set the school record for the most 3s in a single game, passing 23 made against LSU in 2021. (There’s still 3:24 to go in Newark.)
Historic shooting night for the Tide
03/27/2025 08:06:49 PMAlabama 86, BYU 68 (9:28, 2H)
Aden Holloway’s sixth 3 gives UA 19 for the game, which is now the second-most in a single game in NCAA Tournament history.
The all-time record is 21 made 3s by Loyola Marymount in 1990.
Omoruyi’s first foul of the tourney
03/27/2025 07:58:00 PMAlabama 75, BYU 61 (11:58, 2H)
UA is on a 7-0 run over the last 1:11.
Here’s a crazy stat: Cliff Omoruyi just picked up his first foul of the NCAA Tournament. He went over 108 minutes without a foul.
Timeout Cougars: Tide goes up by 13
03/27/2025 07:39:01 PMAlabama 63, BYU 47 (16:48, 2H)
UA is on an 8-0 run over the last 1:13. It was fueled by 2 Mark Sears 3s. He’s now 7-10 from deep and up to 25 points over 21 minutes.
HALF: Alabama 51, BYU 40
03/27/2025 07:08:58 PMThe Crimson Tide made 12 first-half 3s.
Tide leads by 8 at under-4 break
03/27/2025 06:51:16 PMAlabama 44, BYU 36 (3:40, 1H)
UA is 12-of-26 from 3. BYU is 16-of-30 from the FIELD. Tide leads by 8 at the under-4 media break.
Sears has his swagger back
03/27/2025 06:40:15 PMAlabama 35, BYU 30 (7:37, 1H)
Mark Sears is up to 14 points on 4-of-5 from 3-point range. UA has made nine (!) 3s at the under-8 of the 1H. BYU has 22 paint points.
Threes falling for Alabama, Sears
03/27/2025 06:30:55 PMAlabama 27, BYU 25 (10:43, 1H)
UA has already made seven 3s, including a 3-4 start for Mark Sears. Meanwhile, BYU has scored 18 points in the paint and has a 6-0 edge in second-chance points.
BYU leads by 1 at first media timeout
03/27/2025 06:18:44 PMBYU 13, Alabama 12 (15:32, 1H)
Both teams are shooting 60% or better from the floor, but BYU has scored 4 points off of 3 turnovers for the Tide at the under-16.
Usual starting five for Alabama
03/27/2025 05:18:19 PMIf it ain’t broke, don’t fix. Nate Oats goes with his usual starting lineup against BYU.
Labaron Philon, Mark Sears, Chris Youngblood, Grant Nelson and Clifford Omoruyi.
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