Crimson Tide, Razorbacks Contend in Late Night SEC Network Game Thursday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama women's basketball team will return home to host Arkansas inside Coleman Coliseum Thursday, Jan. 20 at 8:02 p.m. CT for its Welcome Back Students game. The contest will be broadcast on SEC Network, with Courtney Lyle and Christy Thomaskutty on the call and Steffi Sorensen on the sideline.

Tickets to the conference contest start at just five dollars, while fans attending the Alabama-LSU men's basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 19 may use their ticket stub to get in free. 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. Masks are strongly encouraged for all spectators.

Free parking is available to fans in the large parking lot adjacent to Coleman Coliseum.

The Crimson Tide is 10-7 this season, including 9-3 at home and 1-5 in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama is coming off a loss to Florida, 85-77, in Coleman Coliseum last Sunday. Despite the program being without four players and two coaches due to COVID-19 protocol, three starters produced a double-digit scoring night.

Megan Abrams paced the team in scoring for the eighth time this season, recording her fifth 20-point game of the season with 22 points on 64.3 percent shooting. She added seven rebounds and a pair of assists to her stat line. Brittany Davis had her fourth double-double game in 2021-22, logging 19 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, and 10 rebounds. JaMya Mingo-Young rounded out the threesome with 18 points, seven rebounds and four steals.

Since the conference schedule began, Davis has led the team in scoring average (15.0) and in rebound average (7.8). 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 both rank in the SEC top five in three-point field goals made with 39 and 36, respectively.

About Alabama

Alabama will return home to host Arkansas Thursday, Jan. 20 at 8:02 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum, for a "Welcome Back Students" event.
The Crimson Tide is 10-7 this season.
- The Tide is 9-3 in Coleman Coliseum.
- The Tide is 1-5 in the Southeastern Conference.
- The Tide is 1-2 in SEC games at home.
The Crimson Tide is coming off a 85-77 loss to Florida at home on Jan. 16, its fourth straight loss.
- Five of the Tide's seven losses this season have come by way of just eight points or less. Furthermore, in six of its seven losses this season, it has led its opponents in the second half.
In conference action, the Crimson Tide is shooting 35.8 percent from the field and 32.1 percent from long range, averaging 60.5 points per game.
- In conference action, the Tide is holding its opponents to shooting 43.9 percent shooting from the field and 28.4 percent from long range, averaging 70.5 points per game.
In SEC games, two players are averaging double-figure scoring in Brittany Davis (15.0) and Hannah Barber (10.2).
- Both Davis and Barber are ranked in the SEC top five in three-point field goals made with 39 and 36, respectively.
In SEC games, Brittany Davis is leading Alabama in rebounds per game (7.8), followed closely by Jada Rice (6.3).
Alabama has used the same starting combination in all but one game, due to COVID-19 complications, including guards Megan Abrams, Hannah Barber, Brittany Davis and JaMya Mingo-Young and center Jada Rice.

About Arkansas

Arkansas is 11-6 to start the season, including 1-3 in true road games and 1-3 in the SEC.
- In the Razorbacks' most recent game, it lost to then-No. 1/1 South Carolina, 61-52, at home.
  - In that contest, two Razorbacks scored in double digits, including Makayla Daniels (17) and Amber Ramirez (14). Arkansas managed to hold South Carolina to just 61 points, and forced the Gamecocks into 19 turnovers, scoring 16 points off those miscues.
In conference action, Arkansas is shooting 32.5 percent from the field and 27.1 percent from long range, averaging 62.2 points per game.
- In conference action, the Razorbacks are holding its opponents to shooting 41.9 percent from the field and 33.9 percent from long range, averaging 64.5 points per game.
Overall this season, Arkansas is ranked No. 1 in the SEC and top 20 in the nation in both three-point field goals made and three-point field goals per game with 153 and 9.0, respectively.
- Amber Ramierez is ranked second in the conference in three-point field goals per game, knocking down 2.3 per contest.
In SEC games, three players are averaging double-figure scoring, including Amber Ramirez (19.0), Makayla Daniels (13.0) and Sasha Goforth (11.0).
In SEC games, Daniels is also leading the Razorbacks in rebounds per game (6.5).

Inside the Series

Arkansas leads the all-time meetings with Alabama, 25-15, in a series that began in 1980.
The Razorbacks have won the last four meetings with the Crimson Tide, including the most recent matchup on Feb. 28, 2021, when Arkansas took down Alabama, 94-76, in Fayetteville, Ark.
The last time Alabama defeated Arkansas was Jan. 7, 2018, 83-76, on the road.

Last Time Out

Megan Abrams produced her fifth 20-point scoring game of the season, as Alabama fell to Florida in a close game down the stretch, 84-77, inside Coleman Coliseum Sunday.
Three Crimson Tide players scored 18 points or more in the conference contest, as Megan Abrams paced the team with 22 points on 64.3 percent shooting (9-of-14). The senior guard added seven rebounds, two assists and a steal in 34 minutes of action. Brittany Davis put together her fourth double-double of the season on 19 points (7-of-17), including a trio of 3-pointers, and 10 rebounds, tacking on a couple of assists and a pair of steals. Rounding out the threesome, JaMya Mingo-Young put up 18 points (6-of-14), grabbing seven off the glass and creating four steals.
Despite Alabama taking its biggest lead in the game on a nine-point advantage early in the fourth quarter, Florida clawed its way to a tied game just under four minutes and eventually the lead. The Crimson Tide shot 42.0 percent from the field in the game but was unable to connect on 10 of its 11 attempts in the final minutes.

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