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No. 11/11 Alabama Breaks Program’s SEC Scoring Record in 115-82 Victory Over Georgia
2/13/2021 6:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Crimson Tide scores second-most points in program history in the 33-point win
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 11/11 Alabama men’s basketball team set a program record for points in an SEC game and scored the second-most points in a game in school history in its 115-82 victory over Georgia on Saturday afternoon inside Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide shot season highs of 64.3 percent from the field (36-of-56), 60.0 percent from three-point range (18-of-30) and 83.3 percent (25-of-30) from the charity stripe en route to the team’s largest margin of victory on the year (33 points).
The win marked the Crimson Tide’s 13th win in its last 15 games as UA improved to 17-5 overall and 12-1 in Southeastern Conference play – the second-best start in league play in school history.
Forward Herbert Jones led five players in double figures with a career-high 21 points and led the team with five rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots. Freshman Joshua Primo scored 19 points – all of which came in the second half – while guard Jaden Shackelford added 18. Guards Jahvon Quinerly (16) and John Petty Jr. (13) also reached double figures for the Crimson Tide.
Georgia (12-8, 5-8 SEC) was led by K.D. Johnson’s 24 points and Sahvir Wheeler added 16 for the Bulldogs.
Coach Nate Oats Postgame Comments
“It’s good to finally see the ball go in again. It’s good to see Herb Jones a lot closer to 100 percent. He’s still not quite there, but man, did he look better. That makes our offense a whole lot better when Herb is playing explosive like he was. Defensively, we weren’t as good as we wanted to be, but that’s a good offensive team. They didn’t shoot it particularly well, which obviously helped us. We shot it well. We got to the free throw line and made free throws. We made threes. Outside of the turnovers on offense, I thought our offense was pretty good. They’re a really good offensive rebounding team. We held them to 28 percent offensive rebounding rate, which is lower than their average by a lot. We have some work to do. I’m really happy for the guys. We had 115 [points], which is an SEC record for points in a game. Darius’ (Miles) dunk he put down at the end. We know how talented that kid is. We’ve been trying to get him to put it all together, so I was really happy to see him be able to do that. I thought a lot of guys shot the ball well. It’s a feel-good win, but we definitely have some work to do on the defensive side of it.”
Team Stats
- Alabama’s 115 points topped the former school record for points in an SEC game of 113 which came on Jan. 17, 1976
- The only time an Alabama team scored more points in a game came on Dec. 9, 1971 (124 points vs. South Florida)
- The Crimson Tide put 64 points up in the second half which is the second time this season UA has put up at least 60 points in a half (also scored 60 in the first half vs. LSU on 1/19/21)
- With his first three-point attempt, Petty broke the school record of threes made in a career (currently as 745) and now owns every three-point record in program history (threes made for a career, threes made in a single game)
- UA went just 4-of-5 from the foul line in the first half but connected don 21-of-25 in the second half to finish 25-of-30 for the contest
- Alabama led for 35:35 of the contest while Georgia led for just 1:29
- Quinerly (4-of-4), Jones (3-of-4), Primo (3-of-4) and Shackelford (2-of-3) combined to hit 12-of-15 (80.0 percent) from beyond the arc
Gallery: 02-13-21 MBB vs Georgia
First Half
- Trading threes early on, both teams set a high pace with the game knotted at 8-8 at the first TV timeout
- Alabama was able to create some separation with a 9-2 run to take a 19-12 lead with 13:29 to go
- Georgia capitalized on a few Alabama turnovers to cut the lead to one with the Tide up 23-22 with 10:10 to go in the first half
- That’s as close as Georgia would come as Alabama went on a 13-4 run over the next five-plus minutes to take its first double-figure lead at 36-26 with just over four minutes left before the half
- The Tide took its largest lead of the half when Petty’s dunk made it 46-31 with 2:38 remaining
- Shooting 11-18 from three, the Crimson Tide led almost the entire first half and took a 51-38 advantage into the locker room
Second Half
- After extending the lead to 18, Alabama then gave up a 7-0 run to cuts its lead to 56-45 just over two minutes into the half
- The Bulldog rally did not last as the Tide would go on a 16-5 run to take a commanding 72-52 lead with 12:48 remaining
- Alabama would continue to grow its lead as a Quinerly three-pointer put the Tide over the 100-point mark (102-76) with 2:18 left to play
- Darius Miles put an exclamation point in the victory with an emphatic dunk to give his team a 31-point lead, 112-81
Next Up
- Alabama will travel to take on Texas A&M on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
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