St. Mary's vs. Alabama: Box score, stats, game summary and more ft. Chris Youngblood

No. 2 seed Alabama cruised to an easy second round NCAA Tournament win over No. 7 seed St. Mary's in an 80-66 victory. Alabama advances to Newark for regional play, where the Tide will face No. 6 seed BYU on Thursday. A potential regional final matchup with Duke could await if the bracket's seeding holds.

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St. Mary's vs. Alabama Box Score

St. Mary's

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
P. Murauskas	7	1	1	0	0	0	1
L. Barrett	6	7	1	2	0	0	2
M. Saxen	15	5	1	3	0	3	4
A. Marciulionis	11	2	4	1	0	2	2
J. Ross	8	4	1	0	0	0	2
K. Gad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. Hardaway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. McKeever	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
H. Wessels	12	8	0	0	3	0	2
M. Lewis	7	0	0	1	1	0	2
J. Dent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. Bennett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Alabama

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
G. Nelson	12	8	2	0	1	2	1
C. Omoruyi	10	11	2	0	2	0	0
L. Philon	6	6	5	3	2	1	2
C. Youngblood	13	1	0	1	0	2	3
M. Sears	12	0	3	0	1	1	3
M. Scharnowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. Reid	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
M. Dioubate	10	5	0	0	1	1	2
A. Sherrell	0	4	0	0	0	1	1
J. Stevenson	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
A. Holloway	12	1	3	0	0	2	2

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St. Mary's vs. Alabama Game Summary

The two teams played evenly, with the game tied at 13 before Alabama reeled off eight straight points to grab the lead. That run finished with a Chris Youngblood 3-pointer. The Tide extended the lead to 13 on a pair of occasions, taking a 42-29 edge into intermission.

St. Mary's trimmed the lead to seven at 48-41 on a Harry Wessels jumper with 15:47 to play. While St. Mary's got the lead down to eight on a couple more occasions, Alabama's high scoring offense remained a step ahead of St. Mary's.

The Tide shot 52% for the game, including 7-for-17 (41%) from 3-point range. Alabama also won the battle on the glass, grabbing 41 rebounds to 36 for St. Mary's. St. Mary's shot just 34% for the game and 3-for-14 (21%) from 3-point territory.

Alabama had six players in double figures. Chris Youngblood's 13 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, led the Tide. Grant Nelson had 12 points and eight rebounds, while Mark Sears added 12 points on 5-for-15 shooting and Aden Holloway also scored a dozen points.

Clifford Omoruyi tallied 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Mouhammed Dioubate chipped in with 10 points and five rebounds.

Mitchell Saxen led St. Mary's with 15 points and five rebounds. Harry Wessels added 12 points and eight boards. Augustas Marciulionis tallied 11 points on just 3-for-11 shooting.

Alabama now faces BYU in Newark on Thursday. The Crimson Tide are coming off the program's first Final Four appearance a season ago. The path to another Final Four would lead through Duke or the winner of Oregon and Arizona.