Alabama Opens 2022-23 Season Against Alabama A&M

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama women's basketball opens its 2022-23 season Monday, hosting Alabama A&M at Coleman Coliseum at 5 p.m. CT on SECNetwork+.

The Game

Alabama A&M: Monday, Nov. 7 – 5 p.m. CT on SECNetwork+

How To Follow

Fans can watch Monday's game on SECNetwork+ with Roger Hoover (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst)
Updates will be provided on the team's official Twitter account, @AlabamaWBB

Parking

As part of a double header with the men's team, free parking will be available at the Capstone Deck
The lot between Coleman Coliseum and UA School of Law will be considered reserve parking

Promotions

Monday's game is the Tide's annual Bama Salute
The women's team will recognize Shaquera Wade, a former Guard for the Crimson Tide

About the Tide

Head Coach Kristy Curry begins her 10^th season at the helm of the Alabama women's basketball team
Alabama was picked to finish fourth by the league coaches for the 2022-23 season
Guard Brittany Davis was named by Southeastern Conference coaches to the All-SEC First Team in addition to being a second-team selection by a from the media
Davis paced the SEC in three-point field goals made (93) and three-point field goals per-game (2.74)
The Crimson Tide returns all five starters from last season's 20-14 team that finished with a 6-10 record in SEC play
The Tide went 2-1 in the SEC Tournament and was one of just three teams to win at least two games in Nashville
UA finished the 2021-22 season with a 12-6 home record which included a 9-1 home mark in non-conference action
The Tide finished last season having won seven of its final nine games, including four of their last six games
Alabama returns seven players who contributed over 95 percent of the Crimson Tide's points from a year ago
Included in the mix are graduate students Megan Abrams, Hannah Barber, Brittany Davis and Jada Rice as well as senior JaMya Mingo-Young
In all, the five starters from last season scored 1,972 of the 2,431 total points (80 percent of the team's points)
In addition to a strong core of returners, UA rounds out its roster with six newcomers including five transfers
Megan Abrams reached the 1,000-point club and was also named to the SEC Community Service Team

About Alabama A&M

Alabama A&M concluded last season with a 15-14 record, including a 4-8 mark in road contests and a 13-5 record in the SWAC
Alabama A&M won seven of their last eight games, including a double overtime victory over Southern University to close out the regular season
During the SWAC schedule, the Bulldogs shot 37.3 percent from the field and 27.4 percent from long range, while it averaged 59.6 points per game
The team is coming off a record season that saw Alabama A&M capture seven straight wins to close the regular season
The Bulldogs finished second in the SWAC with a 13-5 record, but fell in the tournament to Grambling in the quarterfinals

For all the latest information on the team, follow AlabamaWBB on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. General athletic news can be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.

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