Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Duke Blue Devils

Mar 29, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
ALA	37	28	65
DUKE	46	39	85

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.

Player Stats

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 Jr.	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

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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.
(16:06) 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.
+1 (15:53) Sion James made Free Throw.
514
+1 (15:53) Sion James made Free Throw.
515
+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
+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.
(12:43) 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.
+1 (11:17) Clifford Omoruyi made Free Throw.
1823
+1 (11:17) Clifford Omoruyi made Free Throw.
1923
+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.
(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.
(8:28) 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) Mark Sears Turnover.
(7:57) Kon Knueppel Steal.
(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.
+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
(6:36) 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
(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
(4:13) 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.
+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.
(1:45) 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.
+1 (0:16) Cooper Flagg made Free Throw.
3546
+2 (0:00) Grant Nelson made Layup.
3746

2nd half

Team Stats

ALA

DUKE

65Points85

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

8-32(25.0%)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