Women's Basketball Game Notes: Birmingham Southern
11/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TIDE WELCOMES BSC FOR HOME OPENER
The Alabama women's basketball team will open the home portion of their 2002-03 schedule against in-state foe Birmingham-Southern on Tuesday night. The game marks just the second meeting on the hardwood between UA and BSC. The pair squared off against each other last season in Birmingham with UA earning the win.
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
Alabama owns a 231-78 (74.8%) in 309 all-time games at Coleman Coliseum, and in the 90s the Tide was a phenomenal 104-17 (86.0%). In 28 seasons, Bama has suffered just one losing record at home... a 5-7 mark in the 1982-83 season.
Non-SEC Home Winning Streak
Coleman Coliseum has always been a difficult place to play for visiting teams, but it has been years since a non-SEC team has left the 'old building' with a win against the Tide. Alabama has won 48 straight non-SEC home contests. Bama's last home loss to a team outside the SEC was 79-68 to Clemson on Dec. 19, 1992.
BAMA ALSO STRONG IN HOME OPENERS
In over a quarter century of existence, the Crimson Tide has proven to be a tough foe in their home debuts posting a 23-5 mark all-time including last year's 96-44 victory versus Samford. Coach Rick Moody is partially responsible, as the Tide have amassed a 11-2 record under his guidance.
JJ HAS CAREER NIGHT VS SAMFORD
Senior center Jamilah Johns has played extremely strong in the early going for the Tide. Johns is coming off her best game at Alabama after posting her first career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds against Samford. Johns' scoring and rebounding totals were also career highs in those categories. In addition, Johns attempted a personal high 19 shots versus the Bulldogs.
UA PLAYING RARE HOME GAME
Tonight's game is the first of just 3 home games for the Tide in their pre-conference slate. Alabama is scheduled to play 12 contests for SEC play.
BAMA-BSC SERIES NOTEBOOK
*Alabama and Birmingham-Southern met for the first time on the hardwood last year at BSC's Battle Coliseum with the Crimson Tide coming away with a 73-38 victory.
All-Time Scores in the Series
2002 UA, 73-38 Birmingham
*Tonight's game between UA and BSC features 17 players hailing from the state of Alabama. The Tide claims 8 in-state players on its roster while the Panthers boast 9 players from within the state's borders.
STATE CHAMPIONS
Alabama owns a 132-46 (74.2%) all-time record in 178 games versus other in-state schools. The Tide has played 17 schools from the state's borders and owns a winning record against all of them except one (Talladega — 4-6). UA holds a 29-25 advantage over archrival Auburn thanks to its current 5-game win streak. Against non-SEC in-state opponents, Bama has won 55 of its last 57
Tide All-Time Versus Alabama Schools:
Auburn (28-25) Alabama A&M (1-0)
UAB (13-6) UAH (6-0)
Alabama State (11-2) AU-Mont. (2-0)
B'ham-Southern (1-0) Jacksonville St. (4-0)
Livingston (4-0) Montevallo (5-0)
North Alabama (4-0) Samford (6-0)
South Alabama (21-2) Stillman (3-0)
Talladega (4-6) Troy State (15-3)
Tuskegee (3-2)
UA STAFF FULL OF MOODY PUPILS
The Crimson Tide staff is almost entirely made up of people who have played for Coach Rick Moody. Assistants Brittney Ezell and C.C. Moorer were both standout players for Moody at Alabama. Moody mentored Moorer while he was a UA assistant coach and Ezell was his starting point guard for four years. Graduate assistant Dan Cranford played for Moody when he guided the Guntersville High School boys program. Only Kelly Brooks did not play for Moody, but Brooks' sister Bridgette was a teammate of Moorer's at Alabama.
TREYS AWAY FOR TIDE
The Tide has made atleast one three-pointer in 66 straight games since going 0-for-12 against Georgia on Feb. 24, 2000. This year's squad includes 8 different players who've hit a trey in their careers.
Tide's 3-Point Club
Player Career 3s In 02-03
Beth Vice 199 1
Katie Sipe 47 0
Manisha Redus 30 1
Monique Bivins 27 0
Shun Hunter 12 0
Capper Reed 4 0
Natasha Gamble 1 1
Oreal Taylor 1 1
RECORD OF SUCCESS
*UA's current overall record is 524-305 (63.2%) in 829 games.
*Alabama posted a 479-260 (64.8%) overall record in the 1900s.
*The Tide is 45-35 in its 80 games in the 2000s
*During the decade of the 90's, the Crimson Tide really made its mark on the national scene posting a 219-92 (70.4%)... Bama made eight NCAA Tournament appearances reaching the Sweet 16 five times and earned one trip to the Final Four (1994). Alabama's 219 wins ranked 21st nationally for most wins in the decade and was the third highest for teams in the SEC.... The Tide's success was not limited to just overall play. Alabama tallied a 68-45 mark in the Southeastern Conference, the league's third best total.
TIDE'S HOME GROWN TALENT
The Alabama roster this season features 8-of-13 players from the State of Alabama. This year's crop of four Tide freshmen includes a trio of in-state products including the reigning 'Miss Basketball' - Kate Mastin (the 8th Alabama 'Miss Basketball' to continue her career wearing the Crimson and White).
TIDE SIGNS THREE EARLY
Here's a list of the Crimson Tide's early signees for the 2003-04 season...
Class of 2003
Tamisha Hamilton (6-5, FR, C, Corpus Christi, TX)
Navonda Moore (5-10, FR, G/F, Jackson, MS)
Krista Watson (6-4, FR, F/C, Gainesville, GA)
*Hamilton is a two-sports All-State performer. She is the reigning Texas High School Shot Put champion
*Moore is an All-State standout at Mississippi Prep state champion Murrah High School, the same school that produced current Bama men's star Mo Williams.
*Watson was a member of the Georgia 2A champion Greater Atlanta Christian team last season before transferring to Gainesville High for her senior year. Watson has spent the past two summers being personally trained by former UVA and NBA standout Ralph Sampson.
ALABAMA PICKED TO FINISH 9th IN SEC
In a preseason poll of the media in attendance at SEC Basketball Media Day, the Crimson Tide was tabbed to finish ninth this season in the league. Bama has drawn that preseason spot the past three seasons and finished higher than expected each of those years.
BAMA'S MAGIC NUMBER: 70
Since the start of the 1997-98 seasons, when Alabama has scored 70 or more points they own a 65-16 mark. If the Tide can keep their opponents under that total, Bama is 76-15 over that span.
UA DUO TO BE REDSHIRTED
With an abundance of talented and experienced players on the perimeter, Coach Rick Moody plans to redshirt freshmen Kate Mastin and Leah Drury for this season. Both players will travel with and practice with the team this year.
TIDE HIGH IN SEASON OPENERS
Alabama is now 23-6 all-time in season openers. With its 68-46 win over Samford in 2002-03, Coach Rick Moody has guided the Tide to a 12-2 mark in season starters including his current six game win streak. Alabama's last opening night defeat was a 74-65 loss at Stanford in the season debut of 1996-97.
BAMA FANS GET FREE HOOPS
The Crimson Tide's game with Arkansas on Sunday, Feb. 2 has been designated as the 'Fan Appreciation' Game for the 2002-03 season. There will be no admission charged.
RETURN OF CRIMSON DOUBLEHEADER
It's not uncommon to play a doubleheader in baseball, but on Tuesday, Dec. 3 the Alabama women's and men's basketball teams will play their first doubleheader since Jan. 31, 1996. This season's version of a twinbill features the Tide women ...hosting Providence at 5:00 followed by the Bama men and UNC-Greensboro at 7:30. The last time the Bama hoops duo played a double dip the women earned a 105-42 win over Alabama State while the men dropped a 68-65 decision to Florida.
HOOP STREAKS
*Senior Beth Vice has hit a trey in 16 straight games. Vice has also made her last 17 FTs.
*Sophomore Katie Sipe has played in 31 (of a possible 32) games in her Bama career and started every one of them. Sipe missed just one game as a freshman due to mono.
*Sophomore Monique Bivins has never missed a game in her career at Alabama (32 games), but is still looking for her first career start
*Bama entered the 2002-03 season having finished the last 13 seasons with a winning record... The Tide has also qualifed for postseason play the past 11 years.
*The Tide has defeated at least one nationally-ranked team in each of the past 11 seasons.
*UA has captured a tournament crown in each of the last four seasons and in 12 of the past 13 years.
