No. 4 Alabama is heading to its first Ultimate 4 in program historical past after an 89-82 victory over No. 6 Clemson on Saturday. The Crimson Tide surprised the Tigers within the Elite Eight due to an all-around staff effort paced by a ho- taking pictures efficiency from Mark Sears, who showcased a shining instance of onerous work paying off.
As a freshman at Ohio, Sears shot solely 28% from three-point vary. Nevertheless, he is since developed a behavior of taking 15,000 threes in observe, elevating his three-point hit price to 43% and setting the stage for seven makes from past the arc towards Clemson on the massive stage.
The Alabama native completed with a game-high 23 factors, taking pictures 8-of-18 from the sphere and 7-of-14 from three.
To say Sears was feeling it from deep can be an understatement. Whereas none of his makes an attempt had been cheapies, one among his seven-made threes got here from one other zip code whereas additionally giving the Crimson Tide some much-needed respiration room late.
