Tide Women's Basketball Defeats Berry College, 102-50
11/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TUSCALOOSA -The Alabama women's basketball team exploded for 102 points in a 52 point victory over Berry College in its preseason exhibition finale.
Junior Manisha Redus led five Tide hoopsters in double figures scoring 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field including a pair of three-pointers. Also scoring in double digits for Alabama were Oreal Taylor (12), Dee Merriweather (10), Monique Bivens (13) and Beth Vice (17) and was 5-8 from the three-point line.
All ten players who were available to play for the Tide scored in the game.
Alabama head coach Rick Moody was pleased with his team's offensive output.
"Obviously, this was the last exhibition game and my desire going in was to give as many people as possible an opportunity to exhibit to me that they are ready to play," Moody said. "So we played a lot of people."
Moody was also pleased with his team's teamwork and effort.
"I like the chemistry of our team and the way they play and work together," Moody said. "Very rarely do I have to ask for effort."
For the game the Crimson Tide shot 57 percent from the field, including a blistering 63 percent in the first half, while limiting Berry to just 34 percent.
Alabama was also solid beyond the arc hitting 46 percent of its three-point shots (12-for-26).
The Tide will now move into regular season action, opening against Samford in Birmingham on Friday at 5 p.m. The game can be heard on WACT 1230 AM in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama 59-43—102
Berry College 25-25—50
