Early in Alabama basketball’s dominant Sweet 16 win over BYU, it became clear the three-point shot was going to be key for the Crimson Tide. When all was said and done, no team had ever made as many as UA did.

A long shot by Mark Sears late in the second half broke Loyola Marymount’s 1990 record of 21 for most made threes in a single game. Alabama finished the game with 25 made threes.

That wasn’t the only record the Crimson Tide shattered though. Alabama attempted 51 threes, which broke another NCAA Tournament record.

St. Joseph’s had set the previous record in 1997. It tried 43 against Boston College that year.

Sears broke the record as part of a huge day himself. After struggling early in the tournament, the point guard from Muscle Shoals showed off his best self against the Cougars.

“He can still shoot, I assure everybody,” Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats said on the CBS broadcast following the Alabama win.

Sears came one shot short of the NCAA Tournament individual record for most made threes in a game. He finished with 10, one behind Jeff Fryer, who set it at 11 for Loyola Marymount, in the same 1990 game against Michigan where his team broke the record.

Even without that one, Sears still found his way into the record books. He broke Alabama’s individual tournament record for most three-pointers, ahead of the eight that Jean Felix made in 2006 against Marquette.

Sears also tied the school’s overall record of 10 three-pointers in a single game, which John Petty did twice. Sears finished Thursday’s game with 34 points, and somehow had time to collect eight assists along the way.

Finally, Alabama broke the school record for most points in an NCAA Tournament game. That one wasn’t as old, as the Crimson Tide put up 109 in the first round of last year’s tournament against College of Charleston.

Alabama will play again on Saturday, in its third-ever Elite Eight. The Crimson Tide will face the winner of Thursday’s game between top-seeded Duke and No. 4-seed Arizona, also being played in Newark.

“I sure hope so,” Oats said on the CBS broadcast when asked if his team saved any makes for Saturday’s game. “We’re gonna need them. Because whether it’s Duke or whether it’s Arizona, they’re both really good, so we’re gonna need a few threes on Saturday.”