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Alabama Records Eighth Consecutive Win with 55-45 Victory over Southeastern Louisiana
12/20/2022 5:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Aaliyah Nye tied a career-high seven three-pointers to lead the field, while Brittany Davis joined the 1,000-point club with a 14 point, 10 rebound double-double in the game
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team tallied its eighth consecutive win and ninth straight victory inside Coleman Coliseum with a 55-45 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday.
Several players highlighted the stat sheet for the Tide as Alabama moved to 10-2 on the year. Brittany Davis captured her 1,000th career point in the game as the graduate student recorded her second double-double of the season off of 14 points and 10 rebounds. Aaliyah Nye tied a career-high seven three-pointers as her season-high 21-point performance in the game led all scorers. Sarah Ashlee Barker tied a career-high 12 rebounds and tallied a season high-five assists while Jada Rice secured three blocks and three steals in the win.
Southeastern Louisiana (5-4) was led by Alexius Horne, who recorded 10 points, while Chrissy Brown tallied six points and a team-leading seven rebounds in the loss.
Alabama Head Coach Kristy Curry Said
"Southeastern Louisiana is a really well coached team. They do a really good job of packing the paint and making you make decisions. They are (ranked) at 84 in the NET this week and I think they're going to have a really good season, especially when they get a couple of players back that are injured. I think they'll go on to have great success in their league. But again, (they) did a really good job today of not giving a lot of looks at the rim and keeping us off the free throw line.
"We did a really good job late of sharing the basketball and making the extra pass with 16 assists on 19 baskets. We were making shots when we needed to and just finding the open person. I really liked our selflessness late in the game and I like the way we rebounded the ball. Sitting here, we all know that we have to continue to clean up our turnovers and our decisions have to improve. At the end of the day, I think the assists and sharing the basketball, finding a way to really dominate the glass and doing some of the things that we did, were able to counter the few possessions that we gave up. Proud of our team today against a good team again, I just want to credit them."
The Bucket that did it ????
— Alabama Women's Basketball (@AlabamaWBB) December 20, 2022
A double-double and 1,000 points in the same day? Brittany Davis you truly are one of a kind.#RollTide | #GritLoveGratitude pic.twitter.com/xlivI6lnr9
Game Stats
- Brittany Davis joined the 1,000-point club, becoming the 32nd player in program history to reach the milestone
- Alabama now has two players on the current roster that have tallied over 1,000 career points as Davis joins teammate Megan Abrams, who surpassed 1,000 points during the Tide's WNIT game against Tulane last season
- Nye tied a career-high seven three-pointers and captured a season-high 21 points in the game
- Barker pulled down 12 boards to tie her career high, while also posting a season-high five assists
- As a team, UA recorded 15 three-pointers as Alabama has made a combined 32 baskets from beyond the arc in its last two outings (17- Norfolk State | 15- Southeastern Louisiana)
- Alabama recorded its eighth consecutive victory this season and its ninth-straight home win with its 10-point victory over the Lions
- UA has held an impressive nine teams under 60 points this season, including its last eight opponents
How It Happened
- A trio of threes gave Alabama an early 11-5 advantage (5:51) to start the game
- UA would extend its lead to 11 (20-9) but a late layup from the Lions brought Southeastern Louisiana within nine points (20-11) by the end of the quarter
- A pair of threes from Aaliyah Nye highlighted an evenly paced second quarter as Alabama ended the opening half with a 12-point lead (30-18)
- Nye led the floor with 12 points off of four three-pointers in the half while Hannah Barber had six points and three boards and Sarah Ashlee Barker added five points, six boards, four assists and a steal
- Alabama shot 35.7 percent in the first half while Southeastern Louisiana was 30.4 percent from the floor
- SLU took a 6-2 run coming out of the break to come within eight points (32-24), but Alabama would push back out to 14 (38-24) with 3:14 on the clock with back-to-back three-pointers from Nye and Karly Weathers
- The two teams traded points to head into the final quarter with Alabama holding a 13-point lead (43-30)
- Southeastern Louisiana paced the opening three minutes with a 7-3 run
- The Lions would come within six points (49-43) with 2:31 to play, but back-to-back three-pointers from Nye kept the game out of reach for a 10-point win
- Alabama shot 38.8 percent from the field while SLU averaged 41.3 percent from the floor
Next Up
- Alabama will close its nonconference schedule on Thursday, tipping off against North Florida at noon on SEC Network+
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