Sunday, December 11
Hattiesburg, Miss.
2 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
Southern Miss
Alabama Women’s Basketball Heads To Southern Miss For Sunday Matinee
12/10/2022 2:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide tips off on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. CT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team returns to action on Sunday to face Southern Miss at the Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Miss. The contest between the Crimson Tide and Lady Eagles will tip off at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
The Game
- Alabama (6-2) vs. Southern Miss (5-3)
- Series History: 8th Meeting vs. the Lady Eagles (Alabama leads 4-3 all-time)
How to Follow
- ESPN+
- Lee Roberts (play-by-play) and Larry Boyd (analyst) on the call
- CTSN
- Roger Hoover (play-by-play) on the call
- Updates will be provided on the team's official Twitter account, @AlabamaWBB
About the Tide
- Sunday marks the sixth time in eight games that the Crimson Tide has competed on the road
- UA concludes its 2022 road slate with the Golden Eagles on Sunday before returning home for five-straight games at Coleman Coliseum
- Alabama has won its last four games, entering the weekend with a 6-2 record and a NET ranking of 30
- The Tide has held its last four opponents to 60 points or less (Wake Forest - 58, Gardner-Webb - 60, Mercer - 52, Chattanooga - 52)
- Jada Rice ranks sixth nationally in both blocks and blocks per game, averaging three blocks a game for a total of 24 blocks on the season
- Rice is tied with Jessika Carter from Mississippi State as both lead the conference in total blocks (24)
- Aaliyah Nye also holds a national ranking, ranking 15th for three-point percentage (51.6)
- Brittany Davis leads the team in points with 131 this season, averaging 16.4 points a game, as the graduate student has tallied double figures in seven of the Tide's eight games
- Davis also leads UA in rebounds with 49 while averaging 6.1 boards a game
- Loyal McQueen and Hannah Barber both hold a team-leading 18 assists, while JaMya Mingo-Young paces the team in steals with 12
- Alabama recorded a nine-point victory over Chattanooga in its last outing to remain undefeated at home
- UA was led by a 14-point game from Davis, while Rice paced the team in rebounds and blocks with seven and three, respectively
About Southern Miss
- The Lady Eagles are coming off a 71-59 loss to Samford which snapped a four-game winning streak
- Southern Miss had three players score double digits in the loss with Domonique Davis leading the team with 17 points
- Davis has scored a team-leading 185 points this year, while averaging 23.1 points per game to rank 17th and sixth, respectively, in the NCAA
- Asjha Leake has tallied 49 rebounds to pace the Golden Eagles in the category
- The Lady Eagles rank 18th in offensive rebounds per game (15.9)
- Prior to its loss against the Bulldogs, Southern Miss had defeated North Alabama (72-67), Nicholls (83-68), Lamar (56-48) and Mississippi College (74-42) for a four-game run
- Southern Miss is undefeated at home, holding a 5-0 record at Reed Green Coliseum
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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