Alabama Women's Basketball Dominates Georgia Southern
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
STATESBORO, Georgia – The Alabama women's basketball traveled to Statesboro, Georgia and returned to Tuscaloosa, Alabama still undefeated on the young season by dominating Georgia Southern, 84-36 on Sunday afternoon in Hanner Fieldhouse. Bama took a huge 48-point win, and is the largest road win since January of 1994 for the Crimson Tide (4-0) when UA defeated Troy by a score of 119-43.
University of Alabama women's basketball head coach Kristy Curry commented, "I loved the workmen-like approach that we had ever since we got on the bus in Tuscaloosa. Our senior class did a great job with our leadership and I loved how they came to work today. They were very business-like, they enjoyed the trip, but when it was time to go to work on the court, they did so today."
Ten different players provided points for the Tide in its first road game of the season. Three UA Crimson Tide seniors scored in double figures for the second consecutive game. Meoshonti Knight led all scorers with 14 points, while Hannah Cook pumped in 13 points and Quanetria Bolton rounded out those scoring in double-digits with 10 points. Sophomore Jordan Lewis contributed nine points and a career-high six steals in her first action of the season after returning from injury, and senior Alana da Silva provided eight points and career-highs in rebounds (9) and assists (5).
Alabama returns to action on Thursday, November 24th for the Puerto Rico Clasico tournament. The Tide will face NC State at 1:30 p.m. CT in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
| Game Stats | UA | GS |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | .465 | .242 |
| 3FG% | .294 | .174 |
| FT% | .813 | .000 |
| RB | 58 | 33 |
| TO | 14 | 18 |
| STL | 10 | 8 |
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Alabama Volleyball Comes Back To Defeat LSU
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Even though The University of Alabama volleyball team dropped the opening set in Sunday's home match against LSU, the Crimson Tide rolled back for wins in the next three sets to come out on top of a comeback victory over the Tigers.
Alabama (18-12, 6-10 SEC) defeated LSU (19-7, 10-5 SEC), losing 15-25 in the first set, but posting a big 25-14 win in the second. The other two were closer, the Tide taking the third set 25-23 and the fourth 25-17 for the match victory.
Four Bama players had double-digit digs. Freshmen Kaylee Thomas led the group with a career-best 19. It was Tide sophomore Hayley McSparin leading the Alabama offense with 15 kills and a .462 hitting percentage, with sophomore Ginger Perinar one back with 14. Senior Leah Lawrence led the UA defense at the net racking up five blocks, and accounted for three of the team's eight service aces. Freshman Meghan Neelon claimed her fourth consecutive double-double and 13th overall with 40 assists and 10 digs. Mahalia Swink contributed 10 kills and three blocks in the contest.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will close out its regular season this week with a trip to Columbia, Missouri for a midweek road match against the Missouri Tigers (19-10, 12-4 SEC) on Wednesday, November 22nd at 5 p.m. CT before returning home to play the Texas A&M Aggies (8-15, 5-11 SEC) on Saturday, November 25th at Noon CT.
| Game Stats | LSU | UA |
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| Kills | 53 | 51 |
| Errors | 24 | 18 |
| Hitting % | .185 | .214 |
| Points | 63.0 | 69.0 |
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Blocks | 7.0 | 10.0 |
| TA | 157 | 154 |
| Assists | 50 | 46 |
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Alabama Crimson Tide Football
Alabama By The Numbers
0 Games Lost
13 Games Won
58 Touchdowns
13 Opponents touchdowns
35 Number of rushing touchdowns
6 Opponents rushing touchdowns
22 Number of passing touchdowns
6 Opponents passing touchdowns
143 Total number 1st downs rushing
54 Opponents 1st downs rushing
102 Total number 1st downs passing
80 Opponents 1st downs passing
12 Fourth down conversions attempted
12 Fourth down conversions made
58 Number of trips to red zone
23 Opponents trips to red zone
52 Number of scores made in red zone
17 Opponents scores in red zone
42 Number of touchdowns in red zone
11 Opponents touchdowns in red zone
254 Total number of passes
158 Total passes completed
747 Total number of offensive plays
688 Opponents number of offensive plays
3156 Yardage via rushing
1260 Opponents yardage via rush
2298 Yardage via passing
1724 Opponents yardage via pass
5271 Total yards
2685 Opponents total yards
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College GameDay Headed To The Plains
AUBURN, Alabama — It's the biggest rivalry in college football, and ESPN's College GameDay will be there. Lee Corso will don the headgear this week at the Iron Bowl prior to the contest between the No. 1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the No. 6 Auburn Tigers.
The winner of this year's annual rivalry will be headed to Atlanta, Georgia in December for the Southeastern Conference Championship game. The Iron Bowl is this Saturday, November 25th at Jordan-Hare Stadium, and will be broadcast live on CBS with a start time of 2:30 p.m. CT set. Alabama is a perfect 11-0 overall, 7-0 SEC) while Auburn is 9-2 overall, 6-1 SEC).
Auburn has hosted College GameDay eight times and is 5-3 in those games.
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What Auburn Has To Say About This Year's Iron Bowl
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| Alabama's Nick Saban & Auburn's Gus Malzahn Photo Courtesy of Bing.com |
AUBURN, Alabama - This is the week! It signals the end of the college football regular season for these two teams, and begins bragging rights for another year. It's the 2017 Iron Bowl, being played this year on the Plains on the campus of Auburn University. This top-ranked Crimson Tide will bring its unblemished record to Jordan-Hare Stadium to decide once-and-for-all which team will represent the SEC West against the East in the Southeastern Conference Championship in December.
Concerning the Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn football head coach Gus Malzahn answered the question of his thoughts on facing Alabama in the Iron Bowl this year, "They're undefeated and they're number one in the country. That's probably the best way I can answer that right now. I'll be better to answer that on Tuesday after watching a little bit more film."
Malzahn was talking with reporters following Auburn's win this past Saturday. When asked for a comment on how the Iron Bowl will decide the winner of the SEC West, he mentioned his team and said,"I want them to enjoy this and relax their bodies and minds tonight, and then be ready to go. I know they will be ready. They've worked extremely hard getting to this point. That was their goal to begin with. We made that clear, so we'll be ready to go."
Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham offered this comment concerning this Saturday's contest, saying, "I am excited. This is why you play here at Auburn, for games like this against a team like Alabama. They are a very good team, and are going to have to play our best ball to beat them. It is going to be fun."
The Tigers' Derrick Brown said, "I think we have put ourselves in a great position. All we have to do is listen to the coaches and have a great week of practice and just take it to the next game."
AU running back Kerryon Johnson commented, "It's going to be a crazy atmosphere. It should be one for the ages, but we've got to come out and play because if we don't we'll lose. We've got to protect the ball. We've got to limit our penalties. We've got to execute, and I'm confident that we'll come out on top if we do that."
Alabama and Auburn play this coming Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on CBS and will begin at 2:30 p.m. CT.
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Alabama Football Continues Its Reign,
Remains No. 1 In Amway Coaches Poll
The University of Alabama football team remains the No.1 team in the nation this week, according to the Amway Coaches Poll. The top 9 teams actually remained the same this week from last week's rankings. Five teams from the Southeastern Conference made this week's poll, three of which remain in the top 10.
The teams representing the SEC this week are ALABAMA (1), Auburn (6), Georgia (7), Mississippi State (16) and LSU (19).
Here is a look at the Amway Coaches Poll:
1. Alabama
2. Miami
3. Oklahoma
4. Clemson
5. Wisconsin
6. Auburn
7. Georgia
8. Ohio State
9. Notre Dame
10. TCU
11. USC
12. Penn State
13. UCF
14. Washington State
15. Washington
16. Mississippi State
17. Memphis
18. Oklahoma State
19. LSU
20. Stanford
21. Michigan State
22. South Florida
23. Northwestern
24. Virginia Tech
25. Boise State
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Associated Press College Football Poll
The Alabama Crimson Tide picked up all but three first place votes to remain the No. 1 team this week in the Associated Press college football poll. Miami picked up the other three first place votes to come in at No. 2. Oklahoma, Clemson and Wisconsin round out the top 5.
A total of five teams from the Southeastern Conference made this week's rankings, with three showing up in the top 10. The teams from the SEC are ALABAMA (1), Auburn (6), Georgia (7), Mississippi State (16) and LSU (19).
Here is the AP top 25:
1 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
2 Miami
3 Oklahoma
4 Clemson
5 Wyoming
6 Auburn
7 Georgia
8 Ohio State
9 Notre Dame
10 TCU
11 USC
12 UCF
13 Penn State
14 Washington State
15 Washington
16 Mississippi State
17 Memphis
18 Oklahoma State
19 LSU
20 Stanford
21 Michigan State
22 South Florida
23 Northwestern
24 Virginia Tech
25 Boise State
