Geauxing to Baton Rouge: Alabama Women’s Basketball, No. 8/8 LSU Square Off Thursday Night

BATON ROUGE, La. - The University of Alabama women's basketball team will travel to Baton Rouge, La., to meet No. 8/8 LSU Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. CT in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The contest will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus, with Lyn Rollins and Victor Howell on the call.

The Crimson Tide is 14-11 this season, including 5-9 in the Southeastern Conference and 3-4 in SEC road games. The Tide is on a two-game win streak and has won three of its last four games, including its last two straight road games.

The Tide will look for its second straight win over the Tigers, when the two teams square off in Baton Rouge. The matchup will mark Alabama's second appearance against an Associated Press Top 15 team in its last three games.

Alabama is coming off back-to-back wins against then-No. 12/8 Tennessee, 74-64, and at Texas A&M, 81-79, in double overtime. Brittany Davis, who was crowned SEC Player of the Week Tuesday, combined for 55 points, 11 three-point field goals and 12 rebounds between the pair of triumphs. It marked the first SEC Player of the Week honor of her career, and the team's first of the season.

Abrams, who suffered a slow start to conference action with a series of injury and illness, has had three straight 20-plus point games, while tacking on at least four rebounds in each of those contests. During that stretch, she has also gone 21-of-22 from the free-throw line.

JaMya Mingo-Young has put a damage on the boards of late, grabbing at least 10 rebounds in four of the last five games, a stretch that includes two double-doubles, while also making at least two steals in each game during that span.

Since the conference schedule began, Davis has led the team in scoring average (17.8). Megan Abrams, who was named to the 2021-22 SEC Community Service Team Wednesday, follows with 12.5 points per game, while Mingo-Young adds 11.9 points per game. Davis and Mingo-Young are tied for the team lead in rebounds per game with 6.9 apiece.

About Alabama

Alabama will travel to Baton Rouge, La., to face No. 8/8 LSU Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. CT in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The Crimson Tide is 14-11 this season.
- The Tide is 5-9 in the Southeastern Conference.
- The Tide is 3-4 in SEC road games.
- The Tide is on a two-game win streak, and has won three of the last four games.
Alabama is coming off a double overtime win at Texas A&M, 81-79, in Reed Arena.
- It marked the Crimson Tide's second straight road win, both of which featured extra minutes.
- Brittany Davis and Megan Abrams combined for 58 points in the victory against the Aggies.
In SEC games, the Crimson Tide is shooting 38.6 percent from the field and 32.2 percent from long range, averaging 65.4 points per game.
- In conference action, the Tide is holding its opponents to shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 30.8 percent from long range, averaging 73.6 points per game.
In SEC games, three players are averaging double-figure scoring in Brittany Davis (17.8), Megan Abrams (13.5) and JaMya Mingo-Young (11.9).
- Overall this season, Davis is fifth in the conference in points per game (16.9), while she is sixth in final points (423).
- Both Davis and Hannah Barber are ranked in the SEC top five in three-point field goals per game (2.60 and 2.21, respectively).
In SEC games, Brittany Davis and JaMya Mingo-Young are tied for the team lead in rebounds with 6.9 rebounds per game apiece.
Khyla Wade-Warren has made four straight starts after coming off the bench prior to.

About No. 8/8 LSU

LSU is 23-4, including 11-3 in the SEC and 6-1 in SEC home games.
- The Tigers are coming off a 66-61 win against ranked Florida in Baton Rouge, La.
  - With the win, the Tigers moved in front of the Gators for second place in the SEC standings.
  - In that game, Alexis Morris scored 20 points, while Autumn Newby and Jailin Cherry recorded eight rebounds apiece.
In SEC games, LSU is shooting 45.1 percent from the field and 33.0 percent from long range, averaging 75.3 points per game.
- In conference action, the Tigers are holding its opponents to shooting 37.3 percent from the field and 34.5 percent from long range, averaging 60.5 points per game.
In SEC games, three players are averaging double-figure scoring in Khayla Pointer (20.4), Alexis Morris (18.5) and Faustine Aifuwa (10.8).
- In conference action, Aifuwa is leading the team in rebounds (7.1).
Overall this season, LSU leads the conference in free-throw attempts (554), free-throws made (367) and scoring offense (75.3).
- Overall this season, Khayla Pointer leads the conference in field-goal attempts (413), field-goals made (178), final points (508), free-throw attempts (168) and free-throws made (112).

Inside the Series

LSU leads the all-time meetings with Alabama, 42-20, in a series that began in 1977.
In the last meeting, the Crimson Tide defeated the Tigers, 67-59, Jan. 7, 2021 in Tuscaloosa, Ala, although, the Tide has won just three of the last 11 pairings with the Tigers.
UA hasn't defeated LSU in Baton Rouge, La., since a 67-54 triumph on Jan. 29, 1998.
The last time Alabama defeated LSU in consecutive games was a three-game win streak in 1998-99.

Last Time Out

Just three days after downing the Tennessee Lady Volunteers by double digits, the University of Alabama women's basketball team used its momentum to defeat the Texas A&M Aggies, 81-79, in double overtime in Reed Arena Sunday, Feb. 20. The Crimson Tide, who is on a two-game win streak, improved to 14-11 (5-9), while the Aggies dropped to 14-12 (4-10) in 2021-22. The triumph marked the Crimson Tide's second straight road win in extra minutes, and its third road win in the last four road games.
Brittany Davis led the effort in scoring with a career-high 32 points on 12-of-26 from the field, including 7-of-15 from the arc. She added six rebounds and one steal. The senior's scoring effort came after going 1-of-10 from the field in the first half, scoring just three points in the first 20 minutes of action. She followed that up with 21 points in the second half and eight points in overtime. Megan Abrams scored 26 points on 9-of-23 shooting and 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. The veteran added eight rebounds, three steals and an assist. JaMya Mingo-Young added a double-double on 11 points and 10 rebounds, while recording four assists and a pair of steals. Hannah Barber had 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and a steal.
Alabama paced Texas A&M for less than 12 minutes in the game, but attempted to take control in the second half to force an overtime. The Crimson Tide and the Aggies were all squared, 7-7, in the first overtime, but outscored the Aggies, 9-7, in the second overtime.
The Crimson Tide shot 41.1 percent on 30-of-73 shooting, including 10-of-28 from the arc. The Tide also connected on 11 of its 19 attempts at the line. It marked the Tide's second straight game of scoring at least 10 three-point field goals. Texas A&M outrebounded Alabama, 54-42, scoring 19 second-chance points, however the Crimson Tide forced the Aggies to commit 19 turnovers, scoring 14 points off those miscues.

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