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Alabama Hosts LSU for We Back Pat Game on Sunday
1/19/2019 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide will also celebrate the 25th Anniversary the 1994 Final Four team
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team is slated to take on LSU on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT in the annual We Back Pat game inside Coleman Coliseum. UA will also celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1994 Final Four team at halftime of the game.
The Crimson Tide (10-8, 2-3 SEC) is coming off a historic win against No. 20 Tennessee, while the Lady Tigers (11-6, 2-3 SEC) have last two contests.
PROMOTIONS
• We Back Pat Game
• 25th Anniversary of the 1994 Final Four team
• Baby Race at halftime
THE BROADCAST
• Thursday's game will air live on SEC Network with Melissa Lee (play-by-play) and Blair Schaefer (analyst) on the call.
• The game can also be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network on 93.3 FM in Tuscaloosa with Roger Hoover and Rick Moody on the broadcast.
OPENING TIP
• The Tide will try and win its ninth home game of the season when it hosts LSU on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 1 p.m. CT inside Coleman Coliseum.
• The Crimson Tide (10-8, 2-3 SEC) got back on track after defeating No. 20 Tennessee, 86-65, on Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, after dropping three-straight SEC contests.
• The Lady Tigers (11-6, 2-3 SEC) have lost their last two SEC games after falling to No. 21 South Carolina, 76-53 (Jan. 13) and No. 16 Kentucky, 64-60 (Jan. 17).
ABOUT LSU
• The Lady Tigers ended non-conference play with a 9-3 mark, while picking up two league wins against No. 21 Texas A&M (63-52) on Jan. 6 and versus Ole Miss (55-41) on Jan. 10. The Lady Tigers have lost their last two games, both of which were at home.
• LSU ranks No. 19 in the country in total steals with 182 in 17 games, which ranks third in the SEC.
• Ayana Mitchell leads LSU with 13.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Khayla Pointer is the only other player averaging double figures with 11.9 points per contest.
• Last season the Lady Tigers ended the year 19-10 overall and 11-5 in SEC play. LSU finished the season in the NCAA Tournament after getting upset by No. 11 seed Central Michigan, 78-69 in the Columbus Regional.
NEWS AND NOTES
• Alabama won its fifth-straight game against No. 20 Tennessee, 86-65, on Thursday night in Coleman Coliseum. The win over a ranked opponent was the first for the Tide at home since 2014. The Crimson Tide became only team in the SEC and just the eighth program in history to win five or more consecutive games against the Lady Vols. The 21-point win is the largest for the Crimson Tide over UT in the two program's history. The 21-point win was also the largest margin of victory against a ranked opponent since Feb. 14, 1998 and the biggest margin ever for an unranked Alabama team against an Associated Press top-25 opponent. The 86 points were the most scored by a Crimson Tide team versus the Lady Vols in the series' history.
• Sophomore Jasmine Walker has made great improvements this season with the Tide. The Montgomery, Ala. native, is currently the team's leading scorer and rebounder with 13.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Walker also leads the team with three double-doubles this season and has five games in which she has registered double-digit rebounds. At 38.3 percent from the three-point line, Walker is first on the team in percentage and three-pointers made (31). Her 13.9 points ranks 13th in the league, while her 7.2 rebounds per contest ranks 14th in the SEC.
• In five conference games, Walker is averaging 15.6 points per game which is ninth in the league. Walker has been on fire from beyond the arc in the last five games, knocking down 14-of-29 from the three-point land, which is second in the conference.
• Alabama has impressed the most when it's on its home court, compiling an 8-2 record, while combining for a 2-6 mark in games away from Coleman Coliseum. During its 10 home games, the Tide is outscoring its opponents by an average margin of 13.6 points and has a rebounding margin of +7.8.
• Getting off to a hot start has been key for the Tide this season, when leading at half UA is 9-0, while when trailing, 1-8.
• Junior Ashley Knight is just 27 blocks away from breaking Alabama's all-time block record, with 161 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 (56.0) in Alabama history. The Austin, Texas native, has made 188-of-336 attempts in her career at Alabama.
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