Alabama
LSU
Crimson Tide Continues SEC Homestand with LSU on Thursday
1/6/2021 1:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game is set for 6 p.m. CT tip in Coleman Coliseum
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama women's basketball (8-1, 1-1 SEC) will play its second home game of the week when it hosts the LSU Lady Tigers (4-4, 2-0 SEC) on Thursday in Coleman Coliseum.
FOLLOW ALONG
Thursday's game will air live on SEC Network+ with Eli Gold and Rick Moody and can also be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network (WTBC-AM 1230 in Tuscaloosa) with Roger Hoover the call.
OPENING TIP
- After winning its first eight games of the season, Alabama collected its first loss of the season last time out against No. 5/4 South Carolina, 77-60.
- The Crimson Tide won its first eight games of the season for the first time since the 2000-01 season when it won nine consecutive contests.
- Alabama finished its non-conference schedule at 7-0. Albeit an abridged pre-SEC slate, this is the first season Alabama entered conference play undefeated.
- Alabama and LSU will be meeting for the 62nd time when the two teams face off on Thursday in Coleman Coliseum.
- The Lady Tigers lead the series that began in 1977, 42-19.
- The Crimson Tide was the dominant team from the late 80s to early 2000s, however LSU would claim 16 straight from 2003-13.
- Alabama has won three of the last four meetings in Tuscaloosa, but the Lady Tigers have come out on top in the last three contests against the Tide.
Last Five Meetings
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Feb. 5, 2017 |
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L |
41-48 |
Baton Rouge, La. |
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Jan. 11, 2018 |
W |
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65-51 |
Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
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Feb. 25, 2018 |
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L |
78-79 OT |
Baton Rouge, La. |
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Jan. 20, 2019 |
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L |
56-62 |
Tuscaloosa, Ala. |
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Jan. 2, 2020 |
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L |
60-71 |
Baton Rouge, La. |
ABOUT LSU
- LSU enters Thursday's game at 4-4 overall and 2-0 in SEC play after wins against Auburn (56-43) and at Ole Miss (77-69 OT).
- The Lady Tigers are riding a three-game winning streak heading into the matchup with the Crimson Tide.
- LSU is led by seniors Khayla Pointer and Faustine Aifuwa, who combine for an average of 24.0 points, 13.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. Pointer was a member of the 2020 All-SEC Second Team, while Aifuwa earned All-Defensive Team honors.
- As a team, the Lady Tigers average 56.8 points per game and 32.6 boards per contest.
- LSU is under the direction of Nikki Fargas, who is in her 10th season in Baton Rouge. Fargas has produced five 20-win seasons and six NCAA Tournament appearances highlighted by back-to-back trips to the NCAA Sweet 16. She is the second-winningest women's basketball coach in program history, behind the legendary Sue Gunter.
LAST TIME OUT
- Jordan Lewis set a career high in points with 28 in the 77-60 loss to No. 5 South Carolina in Coleman Coliseum.
- The 28 points gives Lewis back-to-back games of 20-plus after she scored a then-career-high 27 at Missouri. She has three recorded three games of 20 points or more this season and 13 for her career.
- Lewis was joined in double figures by Jasmine Walker, who finished with 16. Walker was the team's leading rebounder with eight boards.
- South Carolina never trailed in the game, scoring the game's opening bucket. The lead stayed at single digits for most of the first half, however a late run in the second extended it out to 11 by quarter's end. The Gamecocks would continue to lead for the duration.
- Walker has scored in double figures in each of the Tide's nine games this season.
- Lewis had another productive evening from the line, scoring nine of her 28 points from the charity stripe. In the last three games, she's gone 24-26.
- South Carolina won the battle of the boards, outrebounding Alabama, 55-31, 26 of which were scooped up on the offensive glass.
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