Hofstra Pride vs Alabama Crimson Tide, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 1st Round

College Basketball

24-11

70-90

Final

24-9

Benchmark International Arena

TV: truTV

Team	1H	2H	T
HOF	35	35	70
ALA	37	53	90

Who won: Alabama 90-70

The Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Hofstra Pride 90-70 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Alabama outscored the Hofstra 53-35 in the 2nd half. Labaron Philon Jr. led the Alabama in points (29). Preston Edmead led the Hofstra in points (24).

Leaders

HOFALA

Points

Preston Edmead

24

Labaron Philon Jr.

29

Assists

Cruz Davis

6

Labaron Philon Jr.

7

Rebounds

Victory Onuetu

9

Aiden Sherrell

15

Scoring

2nd Half

17:57

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 16-foot pullup jump shot

37-44

17:32

TipShot

Biggie Patterson makes 0-foot tip in layup

39-44

17:23

JumpShot

Labaron Philon Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper

39-47

16:21

DunkShot

London Jemison makes 2-foot dunk (Labaron Philon Jr. assists)

39-49

15:52

MadeFreeThrow

Amari Allen makes free throw 2 of 2

39-50

15:28

JumpShot

Biggie Patterson makes 16-foot turnaround jump shot

41-50

14:27

LayUpShot

Labaron Philon Jr. makes driving layup

41-52

13:53

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 7-foot floating jump shot

43-52

13:30

MadeFreeThrow

Labaron Philon Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

43-53

13:30

MadeFreeThrow

Labaron Philon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2

43-54

12:59

LayUpShot

Labaron Philon Jr. makes driving layup

43-56

12:35

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cruz Davis assists)

46-56

12:22

JumpShot

Amari Allen makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aiden Sherrell assists)

46-59

11:51

LayUpShot

Cruz Davis makes layup (Victory Onuetu assists)

48-59

11:51

MadeFreeThrow

Cruz Davis makes free throw 1 of 1

49-59

11:02

JumpShot

Latrell Wrightsell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amari Allen assists)

49-62

10:46

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 24-foot three pointer

52-62

9:36

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 22-foot three point jumper (Cruz Davis assists)

55-62

9:25

MadeFreeThrow

Aiden Sherrell makes free throw 1 of 2

55-63

9:25

MadeFreeThrow

Aiden Sherrell makes free throw 2 of 2

55-64

9:15

LayUpShot

German Plotnikov makes layup (Cruz Davis assists)

57-64

8:54

DunkShot

German Plotnikov makes 2-foot dunk

59-64

8:27

JumpShot

Labaron Philon Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper

59-67

7:14

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cruz Davis assists)

62-67

6:18

LayUpShot

Labaron Philon Jr. makes driving layup

62-69

5:55

DunkShot

Victory Onuetu makes 3-foot dunk (Cruz Davis assists)

64-69

5:43

MadeFreeThrow

Labaron Philon Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

64-70

5:43

MadeFreeThrow

Labaron Philon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2

64-71

4:49

LayUpShot

Cruz Davis makes layup (Victory Onuetu assists)

66-71

4:40

LayUpShot

Amari Allen makes driving layup

66-73

4:14

MadeFreeThrow

Aiden Sherrell makes free throw 2 of 2

66-74

3:34

JumpShot

Labaron Philon Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot

66-77

2:59

LayUpShot

Latrell Wrightsell makes driving layup

66-79

2:12

MadeFreeThrow

Latrell Wrightsell makes free throw 1 of 2

66-80

2:10

DunkShot

Taylor Bol Bowen makes 2-foot dunk (Amari Allen assists)

66-82

1:24

JumpShot

Taylor Bol Bowen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Labaron Philon Jr. assists)

66-85

1:05

JumpShot

Preston Edmead makes 24-foot three pointer

69-85

0:47

DunkShot

Taylor Bol Bowen makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Labaron Philon Jr. assists)

69-87

0:26

MadeFreeThrow

Biggie Patterson makes free throw 2 of 2

70-87

0:14

JumpShot

Noah Williamson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Preston Murphy Jr. assists)

70-90

Scores shown as HOF-ALA.

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