which player recorded the most free throw attempts in a march madness game

Dwight Howard has the most free-throw attempts in a March game, with 39 attempts against the Magic on March 12, 2013.

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Which player recorded the most free throw attempts in a march madness regular-season game?

	NAME	FTA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	3/12/2013	LAL	@	ORL	38	39	16	2	1	3	7	13	53.8	0	0		25	64.1	64.7	3	13	0	3	+16
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	48	100	25	2			36	63	57.1				28	87.5	64.9				2
3	LeBron James L. James	28	3/12/2006	CLE	@	MIA	45	47	7	4	0	1	11	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	3/14/2002	LAL	@	GSW	43	40	13	0	1	2	13	20	65.0	0	0		14	50.0	61.9	4	9	6	5	+14
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	3/2/2008	LAL	vs	DAL	51	52	11	4	1	2	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	20	74.1	66.9	1	10	5	2	+4
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	26	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	45	70	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	26	3/10/2004	ORL	vs	WAS	46	62	10	5	1	0	20	37	54.1	5	14	35.7	17	65.4	64.0	3	7	6	1	+10
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25	3/4/2016	TOR	vs	POR	37	38	3	2	0	0	7	19	36.8	0	0		24	96.0	63.3	1	2	4	3	+2
9	James Harden J. Harden	25	3/19/2015	HOU	vs	DEN	40	50	10	4	1	0	12	27	44.4	4	12	33.3	22	88.0	65.8	1	9	4	2	+22
10	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	25	3/10/1997	GSW	@	LAC	40	41	2	2	3	1	9	17	52.9	1	4	25.0	22	88.0	73.2	0	2	2	5	-6
11	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	25	3/21/1978	NOJ	vs	NJN	37	33	17	4			6	12	50.0				21	84.0	71.7				6
12	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	25	3/18/1977	CHI	vs	KCK	39	42	15	9	1	4	11	14	78.6				20	80.0	84.0	5	10		5
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25	3/8/1970	MIL	@	BOS	48	44	14	2			12	17	70.6				20	80.0	78.6				2
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	3/6/1966	PHI	@	BOS	48	32	30	5			10	19	52.6				12	48.0	53.3				2
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	3/5/1965	PHI	@	CIN		48	22	1			17	32	53.1				14	56.0	55.8				1
16	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	3/5/1964	SFW	vs	STL	48	44	23	2			15	25	60.0				14	56.0	61.1				2
17	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25	3/3/1959	STL	vs	CIN	39	28	16				6	15	40.0				16	64.0	53.8				4
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	24	3/14/2023	MIL	@	PHX	35	36	11	8	1	1	11	23	47.8	0	3	0.0	14	58.3	53.6	4	7	3	1	+11
19	John Wall J. Wall	24	3/25/2013	WAS	vs	MEM	45	47	7	8	1	1	13	22	59.1	2	4	50.0	19	79.2	72.2	0	7	2	2	+26
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	3/16/2011	ORL	@	MIL	46	31	21	2	2	3	9	12	75.0	0	1	0.0	13	54.2	68.7	7	14	5	4	+3
21	Kevin Martin K. Martin	24	3/7/2008	SAC	vs	MIN	42	48	6	1	0	0	12	23	52.2	2	5	40.0	22	91.7	71.5	2	4	1	3	-2
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24	3/16/1988	PHI	vs	NYK	43	36	9	5	1	1	8	10	80.0	0	0		20	83.3	87.5	4	5	7	2
23	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	24	3/11/1954	SYR	vs	BOS	50	35	22	2			8	18	44.4				19	79.2	61.3				6
24	LeBron James L. James	23	3/12/2008	CLE	@	NJN	46	42	11	7	1	2	12	23	52.2	2	7	28.6	16	69.6	63.4	3	8	6	5	-4
25	LeBron James L. James	23	3/22/2006	CLE	vs	CHA	50	37	11	12	0	1	10	21	47.6	1	5	20.0	16	69.6	59.4	0	11	5	4	+5

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