Alabama Opens Up Regular Season Against Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday

Wednesday, November 7

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

7 p.m. CT

Alabama

Southeastern Louisiana

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Alabama Opens Up Regular Season Against Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday

11/6/2018 3:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Crimson Tide will take on the Lady Lions at 7 p.m. inside Coleman Coliseum

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team officially opens the 2018-19 regular season against Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT inside Coleman Coliseum.

PROMOTIONS

Beat Auburn Beat Hunger: Fans who bring a canned food item to Wednesday's game will receive free admission.
BAMA Salute: All military and first responders will receive free admission to Wednesday night's game. Family members will receive discounted admission of $3 per ticket with promo code. Limited edition Bama Salute buttons will also be available fans at the game.

THE BROADCAST

Wednesday'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 and will be joined by sideline reporter Mackenzie McClintock.
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

Wednesday's matchup opens the regular season for both Alabama and Southeastern Louisiana.
The Crimson Tide leads the overall series against the Lady Lions 8-2.
Alabama has won the last eight meetings against Southeastern Louisiana, including the last five matchups by a double-digit margin.
The last time the Tide and Lady Lions met was on Nov. 25, 2012 in Tuscaloosa, where UA won by its biggest margin ever against SLU in its 97-62 win.
Alabama is 4-1 in season openers under head coach Kristy Curry, including winning its last four openers.

TWO EXHIBITIONS, TWO WINS

The Crimson Tide rolled through the preseason with exhibitions wins over Faulkner (100-44) on Oct. 21 and Mississippi College (82-53) on Nov. 1.
In the two exhibitions, junior Jasmine Walker and freshman De'Sha Benjamin led the team in scoring by averaging 12.5 points per game respectively.
Coach Curry is 7-0 all-time in exhibitions at Alabama.

IN THE RECORD BOOKS

Junior Ashley Knight is just 39 blocks away from breaking Alabama's all-time block record, with 149 blocks in her career. Last year she finished No. 4 in the Tide record books with 59 blocks in a single-season. Knight still holds the single-season record for blocks with 90 in 2016-17.
Knight also currently holds the highest career field goal percentage (.561 – min. 295 attempts) in Alabama history. The Austin, Texas native, has made 166-of-296 attempts in her two-year career.
Junior point guard Jordan Lewis is currently sitting at No. 7 all-time at Alabama in career assists per game with 3.9 in her two-year stint with the Tide. Lewis also came in at No. 8 in the UA record books in single-season assists with 154 during the 2016-17 season.

ABOUT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

The Lady Lions finished with an 8-21 record last year under first-year head coach, Ayla Guzzardo.

SLU finished with a 7-11 mark in the Southland in 2017-18, which was ninth-best in the conference.
The Lady Lions have five seniors on their roster, including returning their second-leading scorer in Jyar Francis (10.4 points per game) and leading rebounder from last season, Caitlyn Williams (6.9 rebounds per game).

CLEAR BAG POLICY

Alabama Athletics' clear bag policy, which has been used at Bryant-Denny Stadium since the 2016 season, will now be implemented at all home ticketed sporting events, including the women's basketball regular season opener on November 7.
Fans are strongly encouraged to not bring any unauthorized types of bags to ticketed Alabama sporting events.
For more information on Alabama Athletics' Clear Bag Policy, visit RollTide.com/allclear.

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