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Alabama Men's Basketball
Tide Men Fall 74-66 At Ole Miss
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The University of Alabama men's basketball team (9-4, 0-1 SEC) lost their Southeastern Conference opener last night 74-66 to christen the new Ole Miss basketball facility, The Pavilion.
RETIN OBASOHAN led the Tide in scoring with 23 points, followed by ARTHUR EDWARDS with 17, MICHAEL KESSENS with 10, JUSTIN COLEMAN put in 8, SHANNON HALE had 4 and finally with 2 points each RILEY NORRIS and JIMMIE TAYLOR.
The Tide was 31-of-74 (44.9%) from the field, including 9-of-25 from three-point land. Alabama also hit 13-of-18 free throws.
Kessens led the Tide in rebounds with 7, followed by Obasohan with 6, Norris and Edwards with 4 each, with 2 each for Hale, Hall and Taylor, and with 1 rebound was Coleman.
Fouls nagged the Crimson Tide all night with four players being charge with four fouls each. Hall fouled out of the game.
Bama finished with 10 steals and 7 blocks on the night.
The next task, and it's a big one, for the Crimson Tide is Saturday, January 9th when they host the No. 9/8 Kentucky Wildcats in Coleman Coliseum. The game will air on the SEC Network, with the tipoff scheduled for 5 p.m. CT. Bama has won the last three of four contests with the Wildcats at home.
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Tide Football Continues Prep Work
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It was another two hours of work yesterday for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Alabama practiced Thursday in full pads on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields in preparation for their upcoming national championship contest. This was the fourth of six practices for Bama.
Alabama (13-1) will meet Clemson (14-0) this Monday, January 11th at Phoenix Stadium in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Game time is 7:30 p.m. CT and will air live on ESPN. This is the Tide's fourth time in seven years to play for the national championship.
The Tide has a final home practice this morning before departing for Arizona this afternoon. Plans for Saturday include an hour-long media day, as well as another practice in the evening. Sunday morning both head coaches will participate in a press conference, a team picture and then a walk through.
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Tide Women Drop One To Kentucky 73-48
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The Alabama women's basketball team fell hard to the Kentucky Wildcats last night 73-48 in their first SEC road game. The Tide drops to 12-3, 1-1 SEC while Kentucky improves to 12-1, 1-1 SEC.
Tide head coach KRISTY CURRY said, "We got manhandled inside and didn't do a good job of being aggressive on the outside. You can't come into Kentucky and shoot 12 free throws. That's an
aggressive statistic, nor can you get out-rebounded by 15. You can't do
those two things, and those are aggressive statistics that we've got to
do a better job with and grow up. I thought our bench really hurt us at
times in the first half. It was just a culmination of things you cannot
do on the road. The bright side of it is you have a great opportunity to
learn from tonight and bounce back and come home and defend your home
court. We've got 14 more of these, so we've got to continue to grow and
try to improve along the way."
It was sophomore KARYLA MIDDLEBROOK leading Alabama in scoring with 12 points, while HANNAH COOK followed with 10. Senior NIKKI HEGSTETTER had a team-high eight rebounds.
On the night the Tide was 30.4% (17 of 56) from the floor, while Kentucky went 43.5 percent (27 of 62). The Wildcats outrebounded the Tide,
45-30, and outscored Alabama, 30-10, in the paint.
Bama will return home to Foster Auditorium to host the Vanderbilt Commodores this Sunday, January 10th. The game will air on SEC Network+ and tips off at 2 p.m. CT.
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Cavin Ridley Commits...Again
For the second time in a week, receiver Cavin Ridley, brother of Alabama's CALVIN RIDLEY, has committed to play football at a college. No, not South Carolina again. No, not ALABAMA with his brother.
Georgia.
The younger Ridley, who may go by Riley in college, yesterday announced he will play for Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs, and will be an early enrollee. He is a four-star receiver from Deerfield Beach, Florida.
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Jaquan Yulee Decommits
Alabama football has lost another commitment. This one is linebacker prospect Jaquan Yulee who had been committed to the Tide for several months now. H says he will still consider Alabama but wanted to make sure he was making the right choice. Yulee is a four-start recruit out of Chesapeake, Virginia.
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This is the complete list of 17 prospects committed to the University of Alabama's 2016 football recruiting class as of 1/8/16.
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2016 Football Recruiting Class
This is the complete list of 17 prospects committed to the University of Alabama's 2016 football recruiting class as of 1/8/16.
- Raekwon Davis, DT (6'7", 315 lbs), Meridian High, Meridian, Mississippi
- T.J. Simmons, WR (6'2", 185 lbs), Clay-Chalkville High School, Pinson, Alabama*
- Jonah Williams, OL (6'5", 283 lbs), Folsom High, Folsom, California
- Brendan Scales, TE (6'4", 230 lbs), Lafayette, Ballwin, Missouri
- Chris Owens, OL (6'3", 312 lbs), Lamar High, Arlington, Texas
- Deonte Brown, OL (6'3", 330 lbs), Austin High, Decatur, Alabama*
- Joshua Perry, DB (6'3", 190 lbs), Amite High, Amite, Louisiana
- Kendell Jones, DT (6'4", 360 lbs), Shoemaker High, Killeen, Texas
- Charles Baldwin, OL (6'5", 305lbs), ASA College, Brooklyn, New York
- Jalen Hurts, QB (6'2", 208 lbs), Channelview High, Channelview, Texas
- Riley Cole, LB (6'3," 210 lbs), Oneonta High Schol, Oneonta, Alabama*
- Miller Forristall, TE (6'5", 220 lbs), Cartersville High School, Cartersville, Georgia
- Quinnen Williams, DL (6'4", 265 lbs), Wenonah High School, Birmingham, Alabama*
- B.J. Emmons, RB (5'11", 230 lbs), Freedom High School, Morganton, North Carolina
- Shawn Jennings, DB (6'2", 218 lbs), Dadeville High School, Dadeville, Alabama*
- Trevon Diggs, ATH (6'0", 186 lbs), Avalon School, Rockville, Maryland
- Tyler Simmons, WR (5'11", 194 lbs.), McEachern High School, Powder Spring, Georgia
*In-state recruits
