Alabama Men's Basketball Falls To Auburn
For Second Time This Season
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics/Kent Gidley |
The Bama defense was unable to contain the three-point shooting of the Tiger offense, with Auburn able to connect on 15 three-pointers (15-of-27) in the game for a 56 percent shooting average. Last night Auburn was able to snap a seven-game losing streak to Alabama at Coleman Coliseum. This is also the first season the Tigers have swept the Tide since the 2009 basketball season.
Three players scored in double-figures for Alabama. Leading the way were freshman Braxton Key and senior Corban Collins with a game-high 17 points apiece. Just one-point back was redshirt freshman Dazon Ingram pumping in 16 points. Ingram also ended the night with five rebounds as well as a career-high five steals on the evening. Riley Norris was just one-point back of scoring in double figures, pumping in nine points on Saturday.
A disappointed men's head basketball coach Avery Johnson said, "[Last night] we weren't at our best on the defensive end, especially defending the three-point line. We are a much better defensive team than we showed [last night] in front of a capacity crowd that gave us their all. We just didn't give them our all. We started off the game lethargic. We had some of the most uncharacteristic turnovers I have ever seen. In terms of just giving them the ball, it wasn't anything to do with their defense in that situation. Give them credit, they made three-point shots.
"We finally decided to go absolutely small, play without a center and just try and trap and, boy, our team showed a lot of heart, a lot of character. Our crowd did not give up on us, most of our fans were still in the building and we appreciate that, but our guys fought hard. I am really proud of the way our guys fought back. I learned a little bit more about this team every day, but we just cannot allow a team to make 15 three-pointers on us."
Alabama shot 43 percent from the field and 25 percent on three-pointers on Saturday night, while the Auburn Tigers hit 51 percent from the floor and 56 percent from beyond the arc. Alabama won the battle of the boards, out-rebounding Auburn 47-28, as well as outscoring the Tigers on second chance points last night, 19-5.
"Some of the three-pointers we didn't even contest," Johnson commented. "We were playing their guys like they couldn't even shoot, but I will do a better job of making sure I explain the scouting report. Hopefully we will get better at executing. When we out-rebounded a team by 20, you should win that game. Unfortunately we didn't do that [last night]."
Alabama's overall record now falls to 13-9 on the season, 6-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Auburn improves to 15-8 overall, 4-6 SEC.
Next up for the Crimson Tide will be the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday, February 7th. Alabama will travel to Columbia, South Carolina for the 5:30 p.m. CT contest which will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
| Game Stats | AU | UA |
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| FG% | .509 | .431 |
| 3FG% | .556 | .250 |
| FT% | .591 | .591 |
| RB | 28 | 47 |
| TO | 14 | 15 |
| STL | 8 | 9 |
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics/Kent Gidley |
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics/Kent Gidley |
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Avery Johnson Press Conference Following Loss
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| Click HERE to view press conference via Tide TV |
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2017 Top-25 Football Projected S&P
Bill Connelly of www.sbnation.com had an interesting article from which I wanted to share a few tidbits, The crew of sbnation put together a formula for recruiting, returnees, and other factors to put together a projected 130-ranking for 2017. I invite you all to check them out and see how they worked the formula and the complete list. I have chosen to only list the Top-25 here, and any other SEC schools falling outside that mark.
Three schools from the Southeastern Conference made the Top-10, with those being ALABAMA Crimson Tide (1), LSU (4) and Auburn (8). Four additional schools from the SEC made up the Top-25, for a total of seven. Those additional schools are Florida (15), Texas A&M (19), Georgia (20) and Tennessee (24). The other schools from the SEC and their rankings are Ole Miss (26), Mississippi State (30), Arkansas (32), South Carolina (36), Kentucky (41), Missouri (53) and Vanderbilt (63).
1 ALABAMA Crimson Tide
2 Ohio State
3 Florida State
4 LSU
5 Oklahoma
6 Clemson
7 USC
8 Auburn
9 Penn State
10 Michigan
11 Wisconsin
12 Stanford
13 Washington
14 Louisville
15 Florida
16 Texas
17 Notre Dame
18 Miami
19 Texas A&M
20 Georgia
21 TCU
22 Oklahoma State
23 Oregon
24 Tennessee
25 Virginia Tech
26 Ole Miss
30 Mississippi State
32 Arkansas
36 South Carolina
41 Kentucky
53 Missouri
63 Vanderbilt
*List courtesy of www.sbnation.com
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The Alabama women's basketball
team (15-7, 3-6 SEC) travels to Baton Rouge, Louisiana this afternoon for a road game with the formidable LSU Lady Tigers (15-7, 4-5 SEC). The game will be airing live on the SEC Network beginning at 3
p.m. CT.
LSU leads the overall series by a pretty hefty margin, 38-18, and has won 22 of the 25 meetings in Baton Rouge. The Crimson Tide's last win on the road to the Tigers came back on January 29, 1998, with a 67-54 victory. Today's matchup with LSU will be the lone meeting for 2017.
Tight end Malcolm Epps is no longer committed to the University of Alabama, according to his dad in a statement to AL.com. Malcomb is a four-star recruit in the class of 2018 out of Dekaney, Texas, and had committed to the Tide almost a year ago.
Epps told a reporter with 247Sports that Alabama is still his number one school, but he didn't believe he could experience the full recruiting experience if he was a committed player.
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Tide Women's Basketball Faces LSU This Afternoon
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
LSU leads the overall series by a pretty hefty margin, 38-18, and has won 22 of the 25 meetings in Baton Rouge. The Crimson Tide's last win on the road to the Tigers came back on January 29, 1998, with a 67-54 victory. Today's matchup with LSU will be the lone meeting for 2017.
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4-Star Tight End Malcolm Epps
No Longer Committed To Bama Football For 2018
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| Malcolm Epps Photo Credit: 247Sports |
Epps told a reporter with 247Sports that Alabama is still his number one school, but he didn't believe he could experience the full recruiting experience if he was a committed player.
