Crimson Tide Hosts Gators in Coleman Coliseum Sunday on We Back Pat, Alumnae Day

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama women's basketball team will return home to host Florida inside Coleman Coliseum Sunday, Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. CT to celebrate We Back Pat week and Alumnae Day. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus, with Roger Hoover and Richard Hendrix on the call.

Tickets to the conference contest start at just five dollars. Both single game tickets and season tickets are on sale now, 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 10-6 this season, including 9-2 at home and 1-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama is coming off a loss at RV/RV Ole Miss, 86-56, in Oxford, Miss., last Thursday. Brittany Davis paced the team in scoring for the second straight game, recording her third 20-point game of the season on 20 points. She added seven rebounds and a pair of assists to her stat line. Off the bench, Khyla Wade-Warren contributed 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, while Hannah Barber and JaMya Mingo-Young added eight points apiece.

Since the conference schedule began, Davis has led the team in scoring average (14.2) and in rebound average (7.4). Barber has stepped up in point production since the turn of the year, tacking on an average of 10.2 points per game, while Davis and Barber are tied for the team lead in 3-pointers with 36 apiece, which ranks in the top five in the league.

About Alabama

Alabama will return home to host Florida Sunday, Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum for its annual We Back Pat game and Alumnae Day.
The Crimson Tide is 10-6 this season.
- The Tide is 9-2 in Coleman Coliseum.
- The Tide is 1-4 in the Southeastern Conference.
- The Tide is 1-1 in SEC games at home.
The Crimson Tide is coming off at RV/RV Ole Miss, 86-56, on Jan. 13, its third straight loss.
- It marked the Crimson Tide's third straight game against an opponent that was either receiving votes or ranked in either or both the Associated Press and Coaches Poll.
- Four of the Tide's six losses this season have come by way of just four points or less. Furthermore, in five of its six losses this season, it has led its opponents in the second half.
In conference action, the Crimson Tide is shooting 34.3 percent from the field and 32.7 percent from long range, averaging 57.2 points per game.
- In conference action, the Tide is holding its opponents to shooting 43.2 percent shooting from the field and 25.0 percent from long range, averaging 67.6 points per game.
In SEC games, two players are averaging double-figure scoring in Brittany Davis (14.2) and Hannah Barber (10.2).
- Both Davis and Barber are ranked in the SEC top five in three-point field goals made and three-point field goals per game, with 36 and 2.25, respectively.
In SEC games, Brittany Davis is leading Alabama in rebounds per game (7.4), followed closely by Jada Rice (6.8).
Alabama has used the same starting combination all season, including guards Megan Abrams, Hannah Barber, Brittany Davis and JaMya Mingo-Young and center Jada Rice.

About Florida

Florida is 12-5 to start the season, including 2-2 in true road games and 2-2 in the SEC.
- In the Gators' most recent game, it defeated Auburn, 68-63, at home.
  - In that contest, three Gators scored in double digits, including Kiara Smith (19) and Nina Rickards and Alberte Rimdal (14).
In conference action, Florida is shooting 42.2 percent from the field and 32.8 from long range, averaging 72.5 points per game.
- In conference action, the Gators are holding its opponents to shooting 42.2 percent from the field and 22.6 percent from long range, averaging 74.8 points per game.
Overall this season, Florida is ranked in the SEC top five in free-throw percentage (71.7), rebounds (667) and steals (160).
- Kiara Smith is ranked third in the conference and 10th nationally with 46 steals, and she is ranked fifth in the conference and 34th nationally with 73 assists.
In SEC games, three players are averaging double-figure scoring, including Kiara Smith (19.0), Zipporah Broughton (16.0) and Jordyn Merritt (10.8).
- In SEC games, Smith is also leading the Gators in rebounds per game (6.8).

Inside the Series

Alabama leads the all-time meetings with Florida, 33-29, in a series that began in 1976.
The Crimson Tide has won four of the last five meetings with the Gators, including the last two straight meetings.
In the most recent matchup between the two programs, UA defeated UF, 77-70, in Gainesville, Fla. In that game, Jasmine Walker scored a team-high 22 points in the game.

Last Time Out

The University of Alabama dropped to RV/RV Ole Miss, 86-56, in Oxford, Miss., Thursday. The Crimson Tide fell to 10-6 (1-4), while the Rebels improved to 14-2 (2-1).
Brittany Davis scored a team-high 20 points against the top scoring defensive team in the Southeastern Conference, connecting on 6-of-13 from the field, to lead the Crimson Tide in scoring for the second straight game. Davis added a team-high seven rebounds and two assists to her stat line. Coming off the bench, Khyla Wade-Warren contributed 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting in the game. Hannah Barber and JaMya Mingo-Young added eight points apiece.
Ole Miss (32-of-67) had 20 more shot attempts than Alabama (18-of-47), as it forced the Crimson Tide into committing 21 turnovers and scoring 26 points off those miscues, nearly the difference in the game. Alabama trailed Ole Miss in rebounds, 39-30, pulling down just nine off the glass in the second half.

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