Alabama vs. NC State: Post Game Notes
11/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2010
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• Alabama went with the starting lineup of senior guard LaToya King, senior forward Tierney Jenkins, senior forward Katie Hancock, junior forward Alicia Mitcham and junior guard Ericka Russell. The Crimson Tide is now 2-0 with this starting five.
• Alabama is now 3-1 all-time versus NC State and 20-18 against opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• Today's win marked the Tide's first 3-0 start since the 2004 season.
• Alabama is now 294-129 in Coleman Coliseum.
• The Tide's 95 points scored was the most in regulation since Dec. 2, 2006, when it scored 102 against Savannah State.
• Alabama's 95 points was also the most the Wolfpack have given up since then 14th-ranked Washington had the same number on Dec. 21, 1997.
• The Tide was fouled twice from three-point range and hit both shots despite the contact. Freshman guard Jasmine Robinson completed her four-point play.
• Alabama led in points in the paint outscoring NC State 50-40 down low. The Tide leads its opponents 136-76 in points in the paint this season.
• The Tide had 13 steals in the game and forced 30 Wolfpack turnovers.
• The Tide had five players finish with double-digit points led by senior forward Tierney Jenkins with 22.
• Senior forward Tierney Jenkins moved up to No. 17 on Alabama's scoring leaders list and now has 1,085 for her career. She now needs seven to pass Cassandra Crumpton for No. 16 (1,091).
• With her seven three-point field goal attempts, junior Ericka Russell passed Kate Mastin for the No. 9 spot on the Tide's career three-point field goal attempts list. Russell now has 408 in just over two years at the Capstone.
• Alabama has now scored 80-plus points in each of its three games this season. The last time the Tide scored that many points in three consecutive games was to start the 2004 season.
• Of the 10 Alabama players appearing in the game, nine made it in the scoring column.
