Alabama (65) vs Duke (85) · Mar 29, 2025 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Mar 29, 2025

Game Recap

Duke's great D sends Blue Devils to their 18th Final Four with an 85-65 win over Alabama. Duke freshman Cooper Flagg swooped across the paint and swatted an Alabama player’s shot completely off the court.

Box Score

	1	2	T
ALA	37	28	65
DUKE	46	39	85

ALABAMA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Grant Nelson	30	5-10	0-2	0-0	7	1	1	1	1	4	10
11Clifford Omoruyi	13	1-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	2	0	2	4
0Labaron Philon	31	4-9	3-6	5-6	5	3	3	0	2	2	16
8Chris Youngblood	24	4-9	1-5	1-1	4	1	1	1	0	1	10
1Mark Sears	31	2-12	1-5	1-3	0	6	0	0	5	3	6
35Derrion Reid	13	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2
10Mouhamed Dioubate	14	2-6	0-1	2-2	3	1	2	1	1	2	6
22Aiden Sherrell	9	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
15Jarin Stevenson	15	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2Aden Holloway	20	2-8	1-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5
TOTAL	-	23-6535.4%	8-3225.0%	11-1478.6%	27	14	9	5	10	18	65

DUKE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Cooper Flagg	36	6-16	1-2	3-3	9	3	0	1	4	2	16
9Khaman Maluach	31	6-7	0-0	2-2	9	1	1	2	4	1	14
7Kon Knueppel	35	6-15	2-4	7-7	5	5	3	0	2	4	21
5Tyrese Proctor	36	7-10	2-5	1-2	5	2	2	0	2	2	17
14Sion James	27	2-3	0-0	5-6	7	1	0	0	1	1	9
6Maliq Brown	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Mason Gillis	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21Patrick Ngongba II	6	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	3	0	0	0	2	1
3Isaiah Evans	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Caleb Foster	15	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	2	5
TOTAL	-	30-5653.6%	6-1346.2%	19-2286.4%	38	19	6	3	13	15	85

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfaladuke

(20:00) Start game
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Duke
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Alabama
+3 (19:41) Cooper Flagg made Three Point Jumper.
03
(19:06) Mark Sears missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:03) Alabama Deadball Team Rebound.
(19:03) Alabama Turnover.
(18:41) Cooper Flagg Turnover.
+2 (18:18) Clifford Omoruyi made Layup. Assisted by Grant Nelson.
23
+2 (18:07) Kon Knueppel made Layup.
25
(17:53) Clifford Omoruyi missed Dunk.
(17:49) Sion James Defensive Rebound.
(17:44) Kon Knueppel missed Jumper.
(17:40) Khaman Maluach Offensive Rebound.
+3 (17:38) Kon Knueppel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Khaman Maluach.
28
+3 (17:29) Labaron Philon made Three Point Jumper.
58
+3 (17:08) Tyrese Proctor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cooper Flagg.
511
(16:55) Mark Sears Turnover.
(16:55) Tyrese Proctor Steal.
+2 (16:52) Tyrese Proctor made Layup.
513
(16:37) Grant Nelson missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:31) Kon Knueppel Defensive Rebound.
(16:11) Sion James missed Layup.
(16:11) Clifford Omoruyi Block.
(16:11) Duke Offensive Rebound.
(16:11) Clifford Omoruyi subbing out for Alabama
(16:11) Mouhamed Dioubate subbing in for Alabama
(16:06) Cooper Flagg missed Layup.
(16:02) Chris Youngblood Defensive Rebound.
(15:59) Labaron Philon Turnover.
(15:59) Kon Knueppel Steal.
(15:53) Foul on Grant Nelson.
(15:53) Official TV Timeout
(15:53) Labaron Philon subbing out for Alabama
(15:53) Grant Nelson subbing out for Alabama
(15:53) Chris Youngblood subbing out for Alabama
(15:53) Aden Holloway subbing in for Alabama
(15:53) Jarin Stevenson subbing in for Alabama
(15:53) Aiden Sherrell subbing in for Alabama
+1 (15:53) Sion James made Free Throw.
514
+1 (15:53) Sion James made Free Throw.
515
(15:53) Sion James subbing out for Duke
(15:53) Caleb Foster subbing in for Duke
+3 (15:37) Aiden Sherrell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mouhamed Dioubate.
815
(15:21) Khaman Maluach Turnover.
+3 (15:08) Aiden Sherrell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Sears.
1115
(14:46) Cooper Flagg missed Jumper.
(14:44) Khaman Maluach Offensive Rebound.
(14:42) Khaman Maluach Turnover.
(14:42) Mouhamed Dioubate Steal.
(14:36) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:33) Caleb Foster Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:30) Cooper Flagg made Layup. Assisted by Caleb Foster.
1117
(14:13) Aiden Sherrell missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:10) Mouhamed Dioubate Offensive Rebound.
(14:10) Foul on Cooper Flagg.
+1 (14:10) Mouhamed Dioubate made Free Throw.
1217
(14:10) Kon Knueppel subbing out for Duke
(14:10) Khaman Maluach subbing out for Duke
(14:10) Isaiah Evans subbing in for Duke
(14:10) Patrick Ngongba II subbing in for Duke
(14:10) Mark Sears subbing out for Alabama
(14:10) Labaron Philon subbing in for Alabama
+1 (14:10) Mouhamed Dioubate made Free Throw.
1317
+2 (13:54) Isaiah Evans made Dunk. Assisted by Patrick Ngongba II.
1319
+2 (13:35) Aden Holloway made Jumper. Assisted by Labaron Philon.
1519
+2 (13:15) Tyrese Proctor made Jumper. Assisted by Patrick Ngongba II.
1521
(12:58) Mouhamed Dioubate Turnover.
(12:58) Mouhamed Dioubate subbing out for Alabama
(12:58) Aiden Sherrell subbing out for Alabama
(12:58) Clifford Omoruyi subbing in for Alabama
(12:58) Derrion Reid subbing in for Alabama
(12:43) Isaiah Evans missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:39) Labaron Philon Defensive Rebound.
(12:37) Foul on Tyrese Proctor.
(12:29) Aden Holloway missed Layup.
(12:26) Cooper Flagg Defensive Rebound.
(12:21) Caleb Foster missed Layup.
(12:21) Clifford Omoruyi Block.
(12:17) Aden Holloway Defensive Rebound.
(11:58) Labaron Philon missed Jumper.
(11:55) Cooper Flagg Defensive Rebound.
(11:51) Cooper Flagg Turnover.
(11:51) Labaron Philon Steal.
+2 (11:46) Labaron Philon made Layup. Assisted by Aden Holloway.
1721
+2 (11:28) Caleb Foster made Layup. Assisted by Patrick Ngongba II.
1723
(11:17) Foul on Patrick Ngongba II.
(11:17) Official TV Timeout
(11:17) Caleb Foster subbing out for Duke
(11:17) Cooper Flagg subbing out for Duke
(11:17) Tyrese Proctor subbing out for Duke
(11:17) Patrick Ngongba II subbing out for Duke
(11:17) Kon Knueppel subbing in for Duke
(11:17) Khaman Maluach subbing in for Duke
(11:17) Sion James subbing in for Duke
(11:17) Mason Gillis subbing in for Duke
(11:17) Labaron Philon subbing out for Alabama
(11:17) Jarin Stevenson subbing out for Alabama
(11:17) Derrion Reid subbing out for Alabama
(11:17) Mark Sears subbing in for Alabama
(11:17) Grant Nelson subbing in for Alabama
(11:17) Chris Youngblood subbing in for Alabama
+1 (11:17) Clifford Omoruyi made Free Throw.
1823
+1 (11:17) Clifford Omoruyi made Free Throw.
1923
(11:17) Clifford Omoruyi subbing out for Alabama
(11:17) Aiden Sherrell subbing in for Alabama
+2 (11:06) Khaman Maluach made Dunk. Assisted by Kon Knueppel.
1925
(10:44) Chris Youngblood missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:41) Grant Nelson Offensive Rebound.
(10:40) Grant Nelson missed Layup.
(10:37) Khaman Maluach Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:22) Sion James made Layup.
1927
(10:13) Aiden Sherrell missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:10) Chris Youngblood Offensive Rebound.
(10:08) Aden Holloway missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:04) Aiden Sherrell Offensive Rebound.
(10:04) Aden Holloway subbing out for Alabama
(10:04) Labaron Philon subbing in for Alabama
(9:52) Mark Sears Turnover.
(9:52) Khaman Maluach Steal.
+3 (9:34) Kon Knueppel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sion James.
1930
(9:06) Mark Sears missed Layup.
(9:06) Khaman Maluach Block.
(9:05) Alabama Offensive Rebound.
+3 (9:01) Chris Youngblood made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Sears.
2230
(8:41) Kon Knueppel missed Jumper.
(8:37) Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(8:35) Foul on Mason Gillis.
(8:35) Isaiah Evans subbing out for Duke
(8:35) Mason Gillis subbing out for Duke
(8:35) Cooper Flagg subbing in for Duke
(8:35) Tyrese Proctor subbing in for Duke
(8:28) Labaron Philon missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:24) Tyrese Proctor Defensive Rebound.
(8:15) Kon Knueppel missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:11) Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(7:57) Aiden Sherrell subbing out for Alabama
(7:57) Mouhamed Dioubate subbing in for Alabama
(7:57) Mark Sears Turnover.
(7:57) Kon Knueppel Steal.
(7:57) Official TV Timeout
(7:43) Tyrese Proctor missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:40) Labaron Philon Defensive Rebound.
(7:37) Mark Sears missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:33) Sion James Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:27) Kon Knueppel made Layup.
2232
(7:27) Foul on Labaron Philon.
(7:27) Mark Sears subbing out for Alabama
(7:27) Aden Holloway subbing in for Alabama
+1 (7:27) Kon Knueppel made Free Throw.
2233
(6:58) Grant Nelson missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:53) Cooper Flagg Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:47) Cooper Flagg made Layup.
2235
(6:46) Alabama Timeout
(6:46) Official TV Timeout
(6:46) Grant Nelson subbing out for Alabama
(6:46) Chris Youngblood subbing out for Alabama
(6:46) Jarin Stevenson subbing in for Alabama
(6:46) Derrion Reid subbing in for Alabama
(6:36) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Layup.
(6:36) Cooper Flagg Block.
(6:36) Alabama Offensive Rebound.
(6:27) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Layup.
(6:27) Khaman Maluach Block.
(6:26) Duke Defensive Rebound.
(6:11) Kon Knueppel Turnover.
(5:59) Jarin Stevenson missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:55) Cooper Flagg Defensive Rebound.
(5:49) Sion James Turnover.
(5:49) Derrion Reid Steal.
+2 (5:45) Derrion Reid made Layup.
2435
+2 (5:27) Khaman Maluach made Dunk. Assisted by Tyrese Proctor.
2437
+3 (5:11) Aden Holloway made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Labaron Philon.
2737
(5:06) Khaman Maluach subbing out for Duke
(5:06) Sion James subbing out for Duke
(5:06) Caleb Foster subbing in for Duke
(5:06) Patrick Ngongba II subbing in for Duke
(5:06) Labaron Philon subbing out for Alabama
(5:06) Mouhamed Dioubate subbing out for Alabama
(5:06) Mark Sears subbing in for Alabama
(5:06) Grant Nelson subbing in for Alabama
(4:53) Cooper Flagg missed Jumper.
(4:52) Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(4:52) Foul on Patrick Ngongba II.
+2 (4:42) Grant Nelson made Dunk. Assisted by Mark Sears.
2937
(4:33) Duke Timeout
(4:33) Patrick Ngongba II subbing out for Duke
(4:33) Maliq Brown subbing in for Duke
(4:33) Aden Holloway subbing out for Alabama
(4:33) Labaron Philon subbing in for Alabama
(4:13) Cooper Flagg missed Layup.
(4:09) Jarin Stevenson Defensive Rebound.
(4:02) Jarin Stevenson missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:56) Tyrese Proctor Defensive Rebound.
(3:49) Kon Knueppel missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:44) Labaron Philon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:33) Grant Nelson made Dunk. Assisted by Labaron Philon.
3137
(3:13) Cooper Flagg missed Layup.
(3:10) Maliq Brown Offensive Rebound.
+3 (3:06) Caleb Foster made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cooper Flagg.
3140
(2:53) Derrion Reid missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:49) Cooper Flagg Defensive Rebound.
(2:42) Foul on Labaron Philon.
(2:42) Official TV Timeout
(2:42) Labaron Philon subbing out for Alabama
(2:42) Jarin Stevenson subbing out for Alabama
(2:42) Derrion Reid subbing out for Alabama
(2:42) Aden Holloway subbing in for Alabama
(2:42) Chris Youngblood subbing in for Alabama
(2:42) Clifford Omoruyi subbing in for Alabama
+1 (2:42) Tyrese Proctor made Free Throw.
3141
(2:41) Tyrese Proctor missed Free Throw.
(2:40) Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:17) Mark Sears made Jumper.
3341
(1:50) Foul on Clifford Omoruyi.
(1:50) Maliq Brown subbing out for Duke
(1:50) Khaman Maluach subbing in for Duke
(1:50) Clifford Omoruyi subbing out for Alabama
(1:50) Aiden Sherrell subbing in for Alabama
(1:45) Kon Knueppel missed Layup.
(1:45) Chris Youngblood Block.
(1:44) Aiden Sherrell Defensive Rebound.
(1:44) Foul on Kon Knueppel.
(1:25) Aden Holloway missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:20) Tyrese Proctor Defensive Rebound.
(1:14) Foul on Chris Youngblood.
+2 (1:06) Khaman Maluach made Layup.
3343
+2 (0:45) Chris Youngblood made Layup.
3543
+2 (0:16) Cooper Flagg made Layup.
3545
(0:16) Foul on Aiden Sherrell.
(0:16) Caleb Foster subbing out for Duke
(0:16) Sion James subbing in for Duke
+1 (0:16) Cooper Flagg made Free Throw.
3546
+2 (0:00) Grant Nelson made Layup.
3746
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

ALA

DUKE

65Points85

23-65(35.4%)Field Goal(%)30-56(53.6%)

8-32(25%)3-Point(%)6-13(46.2%)

11-14(78.6%)Free Throw(%)19-22(86.4%)

30(10)Rebounds(Offensive)41(7)

14Assists19

9Steals6

5Blocks3

11Turnovers13

18(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

0Largest Lead20

Game Details

Saturday, March 29, 2025 · 8:59 PM

Prudential Center · Newark, NJ

attendance: 18,793 (100.4%)

tv: TBS

spread: DUKE -6.5

over/under: 175.5