
Alabama Travels to Auburn for Sunday Game
1/7/2023 1:22:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide and Tigers will tip off at 4 p.m. CT on SEC Network
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team heads to Auburn for a Sunday game in Neville Arena. The two teams will tip off at 4 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
The Game
- Alabama (12-4, 1-2 SEC) vs. Auburn (10-5, 0-3 SEC)
- Series History: 97th meeting vs. Tigers (Auburn leads 43-53)
How to Follow
- SEC Network
- Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Tamika Catchings (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
- UA ranks 24th in the latest NET rankings
- Alabama leads the SEC in shots from beyond the arc, ranking eighth nationally in three-point percentage (38.2) and ninth nationally in three pointers per game (9.6)
- Jada Rice ranks fifth in the NCAA in blocks (41) and ninth in blocks per game (2.6)
- Brittany Davis ranks 20th nationally in three pointers with 42
- Davis leads the team in shooting (17.2ppg), rebounds (6.7rpg) and steals (1.7spg)
- Megan Abrams ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 8.8 points per game, while Aaliyah Nye ranks third with an 8.2 average
- Nye also ranks 17th nationally in three-point percentage (46.1)
- Hannah Barber paces the Tide in assists (2.9apg)
- Rice moved to ninth all-time in career blocks at Alabama with 96 and 10th all-time in single season blocks with 41 this year, while Davis ranks ninth all-time at UA in career threes with 167
- UA is coming off of a one-point loss to Missouri (66-65) on Thursday
- The Tide scored 10 of the last 13 points in the game, but was unable to find the go-ahead basket
- Alabama had an impressive fall which included two 60-plus point victories: Norfolk State (92-30) and North Florida (89-25)
- UA also defeated six teams by 25 or more points this season: Alabama A&M 98-51, Gardner-Webb 89-60, Mercer 88-52, Little Rock 69-44, Norfolk State 92-30, North Florida 89-25
The Tigers
- Alabama and Auburn will meet for the 97th time
- UA has won the last seven meetings as the Tide trails the all-time series 43-53
- Auburn is looking for its first SEC win and is coming off a 94-42 loss at No. 1 South Carolina in its last outing
- The Tigers have also suffered a loss to Ole Miss (79-47) and Missouri (62-56)
- The Tigers rank eighth nationally in blocks per game (5.7) and 25th in forced turnovers, averaging 20.93 per game
- Honesty Scott-Grayson ranks seventh nationally in three-point percentage (49.0)
- Aicha Coulibaly leads the team in points (16.7ppg), boards (5.9rpg) and steals (2.1spg)
- Sydney Shaw leads the team in assists (3.4apg), while Coulibaly and Romi Levy pace the Tigers in blocks (0.9bpg)
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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Players Mentioned
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