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Women's Basketball
Auburn Outlasts Bama Basketball 59-55
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The Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team came up short against the Auburn Tigers yesterday 59-55. The loss marred Bama's annual Power of Pink/Play4Kay game in Foster Auditorium. Bama falls to 14-10, 3-8 SEC while the Tigers move to 16-8, 6-5 SEC.
Tide head coach KRISTY CURRY said, "At the end of the day, the best thing is that we have to continue to grow up and learn from a day like today and hope that in the
rest of the month of February we improve. We just have to become a wiser basketball team. Maybe sometimes that
comes from having a hard experience, but we've had a lot of them. We
have to try and continue to try and turn that corner here."
MEOSHONTI KNIGHT said, "Of course we have a young team, but as we come against games
like this we all have to grow. We have to learn, and we
have to get better each day."
The Crimson Tide was 17-of-51 (33.3 percent) while Auburn was 22-of-46 (47.8 percent) from the field. Bama was able to out-rebound Auburn 35-33.
Alabama will head to Columbia, Missouri on Thursday, February 11th to battle the No. 21 Missouri Tigers. Tip off is at 7 p.m. CT with the game airing on SEC Network +.
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Men's Tennis Sweeps Double-Header
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It was a big doubleheader sweep yesterday for the Alabama men's tennis team over Troy and Lipscomb at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility. Bama is now 7-3 on the season, with Troy falling to 1-8 and Lipscomb to 0-4.
Tide head coach GEORGE HUSACK said, "Tough day today, and the hard work paid off. The guys were focused and energized. They were pushed and responded very well."
Husack mentioned how emotional a match the Oklahoma contest was for the Crimson Tide. "Both Troy and Lipscomb could smell blood and came after us hard. The matches made us tougher and allowed us to continue progressing in the right direction.
The Crimson Tide will meet Michigan in Ann Arbor this Saturday. First serve is set for 5 p.m. CT.
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Tide Women's Golf Leads In Northrop Grumman Challenge
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The University of Alabama women's golf team holds a seven-stroke lead after the opening round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge yesterday. The Tide shot a 6-under 278 on the par-71, 6,017-yard Palos Verdes Golf Club course.
The Crimson Tide was the only team with an opening round under par. Duke and Washington are at 285 (+1) for a tie at second place, with Florida fourth at 287 (+3) and North Carolina fifth at 288 (+4).
Alabama tees off today at 12:12 p.m. CT. The Tide will be paired with Duke, Washington and Florida for today's second round.
