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Retin Obasohan Is SEC Player Of The Week
Alabama Guard Retin Obasohan
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University of Alabama men's basketball senior guard RETIN OBASOHAN has been named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week for this past week's performance. The announcement was made yesterday afternoon by the SEC offices. This is the first time an Alabama player has won the honor twice in the same season since 2004-05 when KENNEDY WINSTON did it.
Obasohan was selected following his outstanding performance in the games against both Mississippi State and Missouri last week. The young man averaged 20.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in those wins. The Antwerp, Belgium native is averaging 56 percent shooting, and 36 percent in three-pointers.
The Bama guard is averaging 16 points on the season, as well as 1.4 steals, shooting just under 47 percent from the field and just over 37 percent from beyond the arc.
The Crimson Tide hosts the Texas A&M Aggies this Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum.
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Bama Women's Golf Tied For Lead
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It was more of a struggle on Monday by far for the Alabama women's golf team during the second round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. After being the only team to shoot under par on Sunday, the Tide shot an 11-over 295 yesterday on the par-71, 6,017-yard Palos Verdes Golf Club course. Bama has a two-day total of 573 (+5) and is deadlocked with the Washington Huskies for first place.
Alabama and Washinton are tied for first place, five strokes ahead of Florida with a 578. Duke is in fourth place with a 583 (+15) and USC sits at fifth with a 584 (+16).
The tournament's final round begins at 10:30 a.m. CT this morning. Alabama is grouped with Washington, Florida and Duke for today's play and will start on the course's first four holes.
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Derrick Ansley Returns To Bama As Defensive Coach
Alabama head football coach NICK SABAN has added a new defensive coach to the staff. He is DERRICK ANSLEY, a native of Tallasee, Alabama who is no new-comer to the Bama staff. Ansley served as a graduate assistant at UA from 2010-11, and will now be serving at the Tide's new defensive assistant coach.
Ansley is expected to serve as Alabama's secondary coach, according to The Tuscaloosa News.
Experience in recruiting as well as his abilities as a coach helped him land the position with the Crimson Tide football staff. Saban has been know to go after former graduate assistants after they have gained experience with another program.
Ansley was recently named as co-defensive coordinator at Kentucky. He had one season at the University of Tennessee in 2012 before heading to Lexington, Kentucky where he was secondary coach.
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Track & Field Teams Ranked In Top 30
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The Alabama men's and women's track and field teams are again both ranked inside the top 30 of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Team Computer Rankings. The numbers were released yesterday by the association. The Alabama men are ranked at number 15 this week, with the women coming in at number 28.
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Tide Baseball Tickets Are Available
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2016 Crimson Tide baseball tickets are on sale now according to the University of Alabama Athletics TIDE PRIDE/Ticket Office. Single-game tickets, mini-plan packages as well as group seating options are now available for seating at the newly renovated Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The start of the new season is less than two weeks away.
The Tide is hosting its final three scrimmages this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The season begins February 19th with a contest against the Maryland Terrapins.
