Alabama women's basketball vs. Belmont: Postgame Notes
12/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 18, 2010
• Alabama went with the starting lineup of senior forward Tierney Jenkins, senior forward Katie Hancock, junior guard Ericka Russell, freshman guard Jasmine Robinson and freshman forward Kaneisha Horn. The Crimson Tide is now 4-2 with this starting lineup and 4-0 at home.
• Alabama is now 5-3 all time against Belmont and 4-0 in Coleman Coliseum.
• The Tide is now 21-1 at home under Head Coach Wendell Hudson in non-conference action. Alabama has won 20 in a row.
• Alabama began the game on an 8-0 run while holding Belmont scoreless until the 17:14 mark of the first half.
• The Bruins did not score a two-point basket until 3:17 in the first half.
• Alabama forced 28 Belmont turnovers in the game and scored 30 points off those turnovers.
• The Tide outscored the Bruins 22-10 in the paint.
• Alabama's largest lead of the game came at the 8:56 mark of the second half when the Tide went up by 24.
• Belmont never led in the game.
• Alabama was led on offense by junior Ericka Russell, who finished with a game-high 17 points.
• Senior Tierney Jenkins was just two rebounds shy of her 10th double-double this season. She finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Jenkins entered the game as the nation's leader in double-doubles.
• Belmont scored 24 of its 46 points (52.2 percent) from three-point range.
• Alabama's leading scorers, senior Tierney Jenkins and junior Ericka Russell, only played seven minutes in the first half as each had two fouls.
• Freshman Shafontaye Myers had a career-high three steals at halftime.
• Belmont's 16 first-half points were the fewest allowed by Alabama all season.
• Alabama led by double-digits at the 5:15 mark of the first half and held at least a 10-point margin from that point on.
• The Tide was 44.4 percent (4-of-9) from the three-point line in the second half.
• Alabama had 16 second-chance points compared to Belmont's four.
