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Mark Sears total points scored prop bet featured a total of 20.5 against BYU in this year's Sweet 16.
Sears racked up 22 points (5-12 FG, 1-5 3Pt, 11-13 FT), five rebounds and 10 assists over 33 minutes during Friday's 90-81 win over Robert Morris and 12 points, well under the current 20.5, against Saint Mary's.
Chris Youngblood led six players in double figures, including Sears, with 13 points and No. 2 seed Alabama powered its way past seventh-seeded Saint Mary’s 80-66 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 for a third straight year.
The Crimson Tide (27-8) will face sixth-seeded BYU in Newark, New Jersey, in the East Region semifinals on Thursday, the nation’s highest scoring team looking every bit a threat to reach the sport’s biggest stage yet again.
“It’s tough to guard us when you’ve got six guys capable of getting double digits,” Alabama head coach Nate Oats said.
Egor Demin and Richie Saunders led BYU to an 80-71 victory over VCU in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, giving first-year Cougars coach Kevin Young a better memory of Ball Arena than his last one.
The former Suns assistant watched the Denver Nuggets bounce Phoenix from the playoffs at this arena in 2023, leading Young to say this week that he still has nightmares of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.
“I do have the comfort of the familiarity of being in the building. Even though they hurt us oftentimes, I still had a couple big wins in here,” Young said. “Just the familiarity for me was actually something that was kind of calming and soothing.”
Player Prop Bets
Aden Holloway
Alabama
(10.5)
Chris Youngblood
Alabama
(9.5)
Clifford Omoruyi
Alabama
(9.5)
Dallin Hall
BYU
(6.5)
Dawson Baker
BYU
(6.5)
Egor Demin
BYU
(11.5)
Fousseyni Traore
BYU
(9.5)
Grant Nelson
Alabama
(11.5)
Keba Keita
BYU
(8.5)
Labaron Philon
Alabama
(10.5)
Mark Sears
Alabama
(20.5)
Mawot Mag
BYU
(7.5)
Mouhamed Dioubate
Alabama
(8.5)
Richie Saunders
BYU
(18.5)
Trevin Knell
BYU
(9.5)
