Alabama
No. 1/1 South Carolina
Alabama Women’s Basketball Falls at No. 1/1 South Carolina
2/3/2022 8:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide will take on Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. Sunday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. CT
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of Alabama women's basketball team lost to the top-ranked team in the nation South Carolina, 83-51, Thursday in Columbia, S.C. The Crimson Tide fell to a 11-10 (2-8) record on the season, while the Gamecocks improved to 21-1 (9-1) in 2021-22.
Brittany Davis had her sixth game of scoring 20-plus points, tying the game high with 20 points on 7-of-16 from the field and 3-of-7 from long range. She added a rebound and a steal in just 33 minutes of action. JaMya Mingo-Young scored nine points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds, while Hannah Barber tacked on eight points and grabbed a pair of boards.
The Crimson Tide shot 27.3 percent on 18-of-66 from the field, while the Gamecocks shot 53.2 percent on 33-of-62 from the field. South Carolina, the nation's leader in rebound margin, grabbed 46 off the glass, while Alabama grabbed 34 boards.
News and Notes
- Alabama is in its 48th season with an 802-624 (.562) all-time record.
- The Crimson Tide is 11-10 (2-8 SEC) in 2021-22.
- Kristy Curry is in her ninth season as the head coach of the Crimson Tide, holding a 144-128 record in her time at The Capstone.
- Curry is in her 23rd season as a head coach in her career, holding a 453-277 mark all-time.
- Alabama's starting combination included guards Megan Abrams, Hannah Barber, JaMya Mingo-Young and Brittany Davis, and center Jada Rice, the 18th time UA has used that starting combination.
- Brittany Davis scored first for Alabama in the game.
- Khyla Wade-Warren was the first sub for the Crimson Tide.
- South Carolina won the opening tip.
- Hannah Barber has now made a 3-pointer in 32 straight games, including every game this season, knocking down a couple at South Carolina.
- Brittany Davis has recorded double-digit scoring in 19-of-21 games this season.
- She has recorded at least two three-point field goals in 15-of-21 games this season, draining a trip of 3-pointers in Columbia, S.C.
- JaMya Mingo-Young logged her fourth game this season grabbing double-digit rebounds, flirting with a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds.
How It Happened
- South Carolina led Alabama, 36-19, at the end of the first quarter.
- The Gamecocks shot 70.0 percent from the field (14-of-20), while the Crimson Tide shot 38.1 percent from the field (8-of-21).
- UA got in early foul trouble, as Alabama had six fouls, compared to South Carolina's zero fouls.
- Alabama kept South Carolina scoreless for the first two-and-a-half minutes of the second quarter and held them to just two points in the first three minutes and 50 seconds of the second quarter.
- Jada Rice earned her third foul of the game just under the five-minute mark in the second quarter.
- The Crimson Tide went on a scoring drought for more than four minutes near the end of the second quarter, which ended thanks to a foul drawn by Brittany Davis at 1:39.
- She made both free throws to make the score 49-24, South Carolina.
- South Carolina led Alabama, 53-24, at halftime.
- Brittany Davis led the team with 12 points, which included a pair of 3-pointers, while JaMya Mingo-Young led the team with eight rebounds.
- The Gamecocks had just one more shot attempt than the Crimson Tide in the first half, while South Carolina made 55.3 percent of its attempts from the field and Alabama made just 24.3 percent of its attempts from the field.
- South Carolina also nearly doubled the amount of rebounds as Alabama, 30-16.
- Going into the fourth quarter, Alabama trailed South Carolina, 74-41.
- It was a low scoring fourth quarter, as the two teams made a combined 13 points before the three-minute mark.
- Alabama went on a 6-0 run under the three-minute mark, making the score 81-51, South Carolina. It was paced by Allie Craig Cruce's four points and Myra Gordon's put-back layup.
- The Crimson Tide outscored the Gamecocks, 10-9, in the fourth quarter.
Up Next
Alabama women's basketball will continue its road stretch, traveling to Nashville, Tenn., to meet Vanderbilt Sunday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. CT.
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