Alabama vs. South Carolina Postgame Notes
2/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2009
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Alabama vs. South Carolina Postgame Notes
Final Notes
- Alonzo Gee finished the contest with a team-high 18 points, tied for his second-most in SEC play this season and his 21st time in double-figures in 24 games this season.
- The last three meetings between Alabama and South Carolina have been decided by a total of seven combined points.
- The win was South Carolina's first in Tuscaloosa since January 22, 1997.
- South Carolina entered the game shooting 39.1 from three-point range and was held to just 23.8 percent shooting from beyond the arc, its second-worst percentage in SEC play this season by 3/10ths of a percentage point.
- Eleven of Senario Hillman's 17 points came in the second half on 5-of-6 shooting.
- UA was held scoreless for the first 3:30 of the second half as South Carolina rattled off 9-straight points.
- The rebounding fortunes shifted in the second half with USC holding a 21-18 overall advantage and a 12-6 lead on the offensive glass to outscore UA 15-4 in second-chance points.
- Turnovers helped allow USC back into the game as UA committed 13 second-half turnovers to USC's five.
- South Carolina missed five more three-point attempts than Alabama attempted in the games.
- USC earned 11 more free-throw attempts than Alabama, the third-biggest difference for UA in the league this season.
- Alabama fell to 13-4 when leading at half with the loss.
First Half Notes
- Alabama started the combination of Alonzo Gee, Anthony Brock, Mikhail Torrance, Demetrius Jemison and Justin Knox for the first time this season. It was the fourth different starting five the Tide has used this season.
- The start was the first of Brock's career.
- UA used a 13-1 run to jump out to an early 12-point, 19-7 lead. The Tide held USC without a field goal for 4:39 during the run.
- UA later ran out to a 15-point (23-10) lead twice, its largest lead at any point in an SEC game this season. The previous high was a 12-point lead opened up against Georgia.
- During a 3:50-span, Alonzo Gee and Mikhail Torrance combined to score all 15 UA points (Gee 6, Torrance 9).
- Mikhail Torrance scored 12 first-half points, his most points in a game since January 21 against Mississippi.
- Alonzo Gee's 13 first-half points tied for his third-most in a first half this season.
- UA's 41 first-half points were its second-most in an SEC game this season, just behind the 43 scored in the opening half at Vanderbilt.
- The 10-point halftime lead was also UA's biggest in SEC play this season.
- UA held a +7 advantage in rebounding, its largest in the first half of an SEC game this season.
- As a result, the Tide held a 12-0 advantage in second-chance points.
