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Women’s Basketball Heads to Memphis for Final Non-Conference Road Matchup
12/18/2020 10:31:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Crimson Tide and Tigers to tip at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN+
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Crimson Tide women's basketball team travels to Memphis this weekend for its final road game on the non-conference slate, taking on the Memphis Tigers on Saturday. The game is set for a 2 p.m. CT tip in Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
FOLLOW ALONG
The game will be streamed live via the ESPN+ app and can also be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network (WTBC-AM 1230 in Tuscaloosa) with Gray Robertson on the call.
OPENING TIP
- The Crimson Tide is 6-0 on the season after wins over Samford (83-68), Houston (88-66), USC Upstate (98-59), at Oklahoma State (76-72), at Mercer (78-61) and Nicholls (86-46).
- Alabama is looking for its first 7-0 start since 2016 when it won seven consecutive games to begin the season.
- Saturday's meeting between the Crimson Tide and Tigers will mark the 13th in the series that began in 1976.
- The two teams played each other nearly every season for a decade before a 15-year break through 1999.
- Alabama has won the last three contests against Memphis, including the most recent which came in the first round of the 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament.
- The Tide came out on top, 80-69, at Memphis to advance to the tournament's second round game at Northwestern that season.
LAST TIME OUT
- Jasmine Walker netted her 1,000th career point and led the Crimson Tide offensively with 21 on the night in Alabama's 86-46 victory over Nicholls. With the win, the Tide moves to 6-0 overall, while the loss drops the Colonels to 1-4.
- Walker is the 30th member of Alabama's 1,000 Point Club, which she entered in under three full seasons. She also finished with a game-high 11 rebounds to record her third double-double of the season and 13th of her career.
- Walker was joined in double figures by Keyara Jones, who had a season-best 17 points, including 15 from three-point range, and Allie Craig Cruce with 10 points. Hannah Barber was the team's leader in assists with seven.
- Alabama forced 28 Nicholls' turnovers and capitalized by scoring 36 points off those miscues. The bench was also huge for the Tide, contributing 40 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and six steals.
ABOUT MEMPHIS
- The Tigers enter Saturday's contest with a 2-3 overall record and 0-1 mark in American Athletic Conference play. Memphis' wins came at home against Liberty and Mercer, while losses were against Little Rock, at Saint Louis in overtime, and most recently, to No. 23/24 South Florida.
- Memphis led after the first quarter against the top-25 ranked Bulls, however late foul trouble would hinder the Tigers toward the end of the game.
- Forward Dulcy Mendjiadeu Fankam, a preseason AAC Second Team selection, has been a double-double machine, recording double-digit points and rebounds in the last four games for Memphis.
- The Tigers are under the direction of Melissa McFerrin, who is in her 13th season as head coach. During her tenure, Memphis has had 18 all-conference selections and 24 total postseason individual honors.
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