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Women's Basketball
Tide Loses See-Saw Battle With Mizzou 63-52
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
It was a tough loss for the Alabama women's basketball team last night, falling to Missouri 63-52. There were 10 lead changes as well as four ties on the night as the Lady Tide hung tough with the Tigers in Columbia, Missouri. Alabama is now 14-11, 3-9 SEC with the Tigers improving to a respectable 19-6, 6-6 SEC.
Crimson Tide head coach KRISTY CURRY said, "We have just got to understand critical possessions. I loved our fight in the third quarter. We battled. These kids are
competing. They're trying, but we've got to cut down on mistakes.
Mistakes win and lose games. The fewer mistakes you have, the better
chance you have to win, and we just had too many at critical times
tonight."
Alabama was 16-25 (35.6 percent) from the floor with Mizzou only a little better at 21-54 (38.9 percent). Missouri led in rebounds 36-31 as well as in assists 16-8.
HANNAH COOK led the Tide in scoring with 15 points, followed by KARYLA MIDDLEBROOK with 11. No other player for Bama scored in double-digits. Middlebrook led in rebounds with six, followed by SHAQUERA WADE with five.
This weekend is a bye for the Tide. They return to the hardwood on Thursday, February 18th when they travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas to battle the Razorbacks. Game time is 7 p.m. CT.
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Bama Softball Opens This Weekend
The University of Alabama softball team opens their season tonight for the first of a three-day series at the UCF Knights Invitational at the UCF Softball Complex in Orlando, Florida.
The Crimson Tide faces Fordham today at 1 p.m. CT to officially begin the season. Later this afternoon, 5:30 p.m., Alabama will do battle with the host team, UCF.
On Saturday the Tide will face Rutgers at 11 a.m. CT, and then play James Madison at 3:30 p.m.
Sunday's contest will be against Liberty with a 9 a.m. CT start.
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Get Ready For Crimson Tide Baseball
Alabama head coach MITCH GASPARD returns for his seventh season to lead the Crimson Tide baseball team into the 2016 season. Last season Gaspard and the Tide posted a 30-28 record with no true home games. Overall Gaspard boasts a 202-167 record at the helm of the Crimson Tide.
Alabama will open 2016 in their new 42.5 million dollar stadium on February 19th when they host the Maryland Terrapins in a three-game series. The Tide can now boast one of the top stadiums in the country.
The three games for Maryland and their start times are as follows:
Friday, February 19th, 6:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, February 20th, 3:30 p.m. CT
Sunday, February 21st, noon CT
