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Alabama Defeats Southern Illinois in Charity Exhibition Game Presented by Alabama Supe Store
10/29/2022 5:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Alabama’s final tune-up before the season is a win over the Salukis
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's basketball team came away with a 73-64 win over Southern Illinois in Saturday's Charity Exhibition contest inside Foster Auditorium. Proceeds of the Charity Exhibition will benefit the Community Service Programs of West Alabama's Alberta Head Start Program as a social injustice initiative supporting the local community.
Alabama's newcomers scored 61 of the Crimson Tide's 73 point in Saturday's contest, led by Brandon Miller scoring a game-high 14 points. The Tide went on a run in the second half to jump out to a 67-46 lead, their biggest lead of the game, with just over six minutes left in the game and closed out the game for the victory.
A solid day's work at Foster!
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Head Coach Nate Oats Postgame Comments
"I thought it was good for us to play in front of the crowd. I thought the students gave us good energy there. We played well for 34 minutes. I wasn't happy with how we closed for the last six minutes, but I thought our effort was a lot better than the closed scrimmage. I just didn't think we closed the game the way we needed to close it. I talked to our guys and said we shouldn't be playing a scoreboard. You get up 21 with about six [minutes] to go, and I think we had four turnovers in the last four minutes and just didn't play like we needed to on defense. As far as rebounding, we did a great job on the glass, I thought our defensive energy was up. I thought we played hard; we didn't shoot well. I think we're going to be a pretty good shooting team this year, but for whatever reason we didn't shoot it well today. We have got to figure out why we're not getting better looks. I thought we did get some good looks, but we just got to make them. Some of that's going to come with just playing together and getting our chemistry a little bit better, but I didn't think particular guys played great offensive games. I thought our energy on the defensive end was good and we'll have better offensive games. All in all, I was pretty pleased with the effort today."
Team Stats
- Alabama had four players score in the double figures, led by Miller with 14 points to go along with six rebounds
- The UA lead grew to as many as 21 points before settling for the nine-point victory
- The Tide dominated the paint, outscoring the Salukis 44-28 inside the paint
- Alabama outrebounded SIU 46-29
- The Crimson Tide forced 16 turnovers, leading to 24 points
- Nick Pringle flirted with a double-double, scoring 10 points along with eight rebounds.
- Dom Welch led Alabama with three assists
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