Mark Sears scores 30 of his 34 points from behind the arc and Alabama breaks a 35-year-old LMU mark in an 113-88 victory over BYU to reach the East Region final.

That performance occurred two weeks after LMU star Hank Gathers collapsed during the West Coast Conference semifinals and later died. Afterward, LMU guard Bo Kimble, a friend of Gathers ...

That Lions team starred Hank Gathers before his fatal collapse on the court and was coached by Paul Westhead, whose team cracked 100 points in all but three games that season. Fun fact ...

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.

That Lions team starred Hank Gathers before his fatal collapse on the court and was coached by Paul Westhead, whose team cracked 100 points in all but three games that season. Fun fact ...

That Lions team starred Hank Gathers before his fatal collapse on the court and was coached by Paul Westhead, whose team cracked 100 points in all but three games that season. Sears, a first-team ...