Alabama
Memphis
Alabama Hosts Memphis inside Coleman Coliseum Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT
11/29/2021 5:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The contest will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus, with Roger Hoover and Richard Hendrix on the call
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama women's basketball team returns to Coleman Coliseum for its fourth game in seven days, hosting Memphis on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The contest will be broadcast on SEC Network, with Roger Hoover and Richard Hendrix on the call.
Tickets to the nonconference contest start at just two dollars. Both single game tickets and season tickets are on sale now at RollTide.com, or fans can call the TIDE PRIDE/Athletic Ticket office at 205-348-BAMA.
Free parking is available to fans in the large parking lot adjacent to Coleman Coliseum.
The Crimson Tide is 5-2 to begin its season and is riding a three-game win streak. Alabama is coming off an 89-45 triumph over Bethune-Cookman Sunday, where the Tide shot 47.1 percent from the field and outrebounded the Lady Wildcats, 53-41, to win the fourth straight meeting between the two programs. JaMya Mingo-Young and Khyla Wade-Warren led Alabama in scoring with 16 points apiece, while five players posted double figures in the game.
Brittany Davis is currently leading the Southeastern Conference and ranks 32nd nationally in points (120), while she is second in the conference and top-30 nationally in both 3-pointers (21) and 3-pointers per game (3.00). She has scored in double figures in all seven games this season, sinking at least two 3-pointers in each contest. Mingo-Young also leads the conference and ranks top-10 nationally in steals (23).
Opening Tip
- Alabama will host Memphis on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. CT, marking the Crimson Tide's fourth game in seven days.
- The Crimson Tide are 5-2 this season, including 5-1 inside Coleman Coliseum.
- The Tide is on a three-game win streak.
- The Crimson Tide is shooting 42.7 percent from the field (189-443) and 34.1 percent from long range (60-176), while it is averaging 79.0 points per game.
- The Tide is holding its opponents to 34.0 percent shooting from the field and 25.3 percent from long range, while keeping them to 52.1 points per game.
- Two players are averaging double figures through the first seven contests in Brittany Davis (17.1ppg) and Megan Abrams (13.3ppg).
- Davis also leading the team with 7.3 rebounds per game, followed by Mingo-Young with 5.5 rebounds per game.
- Davis leads the team in 3-point makes with 21, followed by Megan Abrams with 15.
- Eight different players have scored in double figures this season, while five different players have produced 15-plus point games and two different players have produced 20-plus point games.
- UA has outrebounded its opponents in six of seven games this season.
- Alabama has won the turnover battle in every contest this season, ranking second in the Southeastern Conference and 11th nationally in turnover margin at +8.71.
About Memphis
- Memphis is 6-1 to start the season, including 2-1 in true road games.
- The Tigers are on a four-game win streak.
- The Tigers are coming off a pair of wins at the Loyola Marymount Thanksgiving Classic Nov. 26-27, defeating LMU, 73-65, and Pennsylvania, 73-68, in overtime.
- Memphis is shooting 42.2 percent from the field and 28.8 percent from long range, averaging 71.0 points per game.
- The Tigers are holding its opponents to 37.0 percent shooting from the field and 29.5 percent shooting from long range, while keeping them to 58.1 points per game.
- Jamirah Shutes is the only Tiger averaging double-digit scoring, posting 12.7 points per game.
- Seven Memphis players are averaging more than 6.0 points per game.
- Tyler Frierson is leading the team in rebounds, grabbing 6.6 boards per game.
- Head coach Katrina Merriweather is in her first year leading the Memphis program, joining the Tigers after five successful seasons at the helm of Wright State.
- There, Merriweather won three Horizon League Championships and led Wright State to its first-ever NCAA Tournament win, upsetting No. 4-seed Arkansas, 66-62.
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