Alabama Women's Basketball
Falls In Battle Of The Unbeatens
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – Any loss is a tough loss. The first one of the season is extremely tough. The University of Alabama women's basketball team picked up its first loss of the season participating in the Puerto Rico Clasico tournament on Thursday afternoon at Cardinal Gibbons High School, Bama was bitten by the NC State Wolfpack 68-49.
Crimson Tide head coach Kristy Curry said, "We didn't play well, I thought we got dominated inside. We got outrebounded by 15, (Chelsea) Nelson had 18 (points) and 13 (rebounds), we can't have our post players getting beat down low like that. We've got to learn from it and grow from it and bounce back tomorrow."
Bama senior Hannah Cook led UA with 17 points hitting five-of-nine shooting from the floor. Tide senior Meoshonti Knight had pumped in nine points and provided three assists. Ashley Knight added seven points while Ashley Williams contributed five.
Alabama forced 17 turnovers, but the Wolfpack continued to bang the boards and control the second half.
The Crimson Tide will fight on in the Puerto Rico Clasico today battling Elon at 4 p.m. CT.
| Game Stats | UA | ST |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | .316 | .426 |
| 3FG% | .333 | .412 |
| FT% | .429 | .625 |
| RB | 32 | 47 |
| TO | 13 | 17 |
| STL | 13 | 2 |
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Crimson Tide Men's Basketball
To Face BYU This Afternoon At Barclays Classic
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| Alabama Men's Basketball prepping at Barclays Center Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
BROOKLYN, New York – The 25th-ranked University of Alabama men's basketball
team will open play at the Barclays Classic this afternoon taking on the BYU Cougars at 1:30 p.m. CT. The contest
will be televised on Stadium Television through facebook. Access it online by going to WatchStadium.com.
The venue for the Alabama-BYU matchup has been changed from the Barclays Center to the campus of LILU Brooklyn, located nearby due to the Brooklyn Nets playing a home game themselves in the center.
The Crimson Tide will close the Barclays Classic on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. CT against No. 14 Minnesota, which will be played at the Barclays Center. That contest will also be televised on WatchStadium.com.
The venue for the Alabama-BYU matchup has been changed from the Barclays Center to the campus of LILU Brooklyn, located nearby due to the Brooklyn Nets playing a home game themselves in the center.
The Crimson Tide will close the Barclays Classic on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. CT against No. 14 Minnesota, which will be played at the Barclays Center. That contest will also be televised on WatchStadium.com.
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2018 University Of Alabama Football Commits
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team currently has 12 student-athletes who have committed to furthering their football careers at the Capstone. As new commits and signees are announced the list will be updated and released.
Here is the complete list of 2018 commitments and signees to UA as of 011/24/17:
- Jordan Davis, DE (6-6, 240), Memphis, Tennessee
- Xavier Williams, WR/ATH (6-1, 185), Hollywood, Florida
- Quay Walker, OLF ( 6-4, 220), Cordele, Georgia
- Jalyn Armour-Davis, CB (6-0, 160), Mobile, ALABAMA*
- Skyler DeLong, P (6-4, 180), Ft. Mill, South Carolina
- Stephon Wynn, Jr., DE (6-4, 285), Anderson, South Carolina
- Tommy Brown, OT (6-5, 313), Santa Ana ,California
- Slade Bolden, ATH (5-11, 192), West Monroe, Louisiana
- Cameron Latu, DE (6-5, 236), Salt Lake City, Utah
- Jarrett Bell, OG, (6-5, 295), Norco, California
- Vernon Jackson, LB, (6-3, 240), Boling, Texas
- Emil Ekiyor, OL (6-2, 322), Indianapolis, Indiana
