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Alabama Women’s Basketball Returns Home for Sunday Matchup with Grambling State
12/9/2017 3:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team returns home for its first game in Coleman Coliseum in nearly a month when it hosts Grambling State on Sunday. Tip is slated for 2 p.m. CT.
THE BROADCAST
• Sunday's game will stream live on SEC Network + via the WatchESPN app. Eli Gold (play-by-play) and Rick Moody (analyst) will be on the call.
• The game can also be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network on 93.3 FM in Tuscaloosa with Roger Hoover on the broadcast.
OPENING TIP
• The Crimson Tide enters Sunday's game with a 3-0 record at home this season and is outscoring opponents by an average of 26.0 points per game (76.7-50.7) in Coleman Coliseum.
• Alabama has won all six meetings in the series and is outscoring Grambling State by an average of 24.5 points per game (85-60.5).
• The series began in 1992 and continued through the 1996 season. The other two meetings came in 1999 and 2015.
• The Crimson Tide won the last meeting, 72-57, in Tuscaloosa on Dec. 20, 2015.
SCOUTING ALABAMA
• Alabama enters Sunday's game with a 5-3 overall record following Thursday's win at Lipscomb.
• The Crimson Tide is led in scoring by senior Hannah Cook, who averages 12.3 points per game. Fellow senior Ashley Williams is averaging a team-best 7.1 rebounds per contest, while sophomore Jordan Lewis leads the way in assists with 2.6 per game.
• Sophomore Ashley Knight leads the team and ranks fourth in the SEC and 19th nationally in blocks per game with an average of 2.75.
• Williams has been one of the best at getting to the free throw line and converting as she ranks fourth in makes (35) eighth in attempts (44) and eighth in percentage (.795) in the SEC.
• As a team, the Crimson Tide is averaging 69.8 points per game, 12.9 more than its opponents, and is outrebounding the opposition 41.8-36.8.
SCOUTING GRAMBLING STATE
• Grambling State heads into Sunday's contest with a 3-3 overall record.
• The Lady Tigers are riding a two-game winning streak with victories at McNeese State and home against Southeastern Louisiana.
• Grambling State was selected to finish second in the SWAC, while junior Shakyla Hill was chosen as the preseason player of the year in the conference.
• The Lady Tigers have four averaging double-figure points, led by redshirt sophomore Deja McKinney's 15.3 point-per-game average. Senior Monisha Neal is averaging a team-best 6.0 rebounds per game, while Hill is dishing out a team-high 5.3 assists per contest.
• As a team, Grambling State is averaging 61.7 points per game and 33.2 rebounds per outing.
• The Lady Tigers are under the direction of Freddie Murray, who is in his second full season as head coach. Last year, he helped Grambling State to its first postseason appearance since 2000 after finishing second in the SWAC in 2016-17.
