
Alabama Hosts Ole Miss in Regular Season Finale Sunday
2/25/2023 4:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide will recognize four student-athletes as a part of the team’s Senior Day Celebration
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team will close the regular season on Sunday as the team welcomes RV/RV Ole Miss to Coleman Coliseum. The Tide and Rebels will tip off at 2 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
The Game
- Alabama (20-8, 9-6 SEC) vs. Ole Miss (21-7, 10-5 SEC)
- Series History: 65th meeting vs. the Rebels (Ole Miss leads 36-28)
Promotions
- The Crimson Tide will recognize Megan Abrams, Hannah Barber, Brittany Davis and Jada Rice following the game as a part of the team's Senior Day Celebration
- The Leeds Jump Rope Team will perform at halftime
How to Follow
- SEC Network+
- Roger Hoover (PxP) and Richard Hendrix (Analyst)
- CTSN
- Gray Robertson (play-by-play) on the call
- Updates will be provided on the team's official Twitter account, @AlabamaWBB
About the Tide
- The Crimson Tide dropped to 27th in the NET Rankings
- The top three-point shooting team in the conference, Alabama ranks eighth nationally in three-point percentage (38.4) and 10th in three pointers per game (9.0)
- Additionally, the Crimson Tide ranks 42nd in field goal percentage with a 44.5 percentage
- Aaliyah Nye moved up to sixth nationally in three-point percentage, shooting 45.5 percent from distance
- Moving to third all-time at Alabama for single season blocks, Jada Rice ranks 12th nationally with 62 blocks this year
- She also ranks 17th nationally in blocks per game (2.21)
- Brittany Davis ranks fourth in the conference and 46th nationally in field goals (180), while ranking fourth in the SEC and 48th nationally in points per game (17.9)
- Alabama is entering Sunday's game on a two-game losing streak, falling on the road against Mississippi State and Florida
- Davis leads the team in points (17.9 ppg), rebounds (7.2 rpg) and steals (1.8 spg)
- Hannah Barber leads the team in assists (2.8 apg), while Rice leads the team in blocks (2.2 bpg)
The Rebels
- Alabama won the last meeting between the two teams, defeating Ole Miss, 63-58, in Oxford, Miss., on Jan. 15
- The Crimson Tide captured the win without its two leading point scorers, Davis and Abrams, who suffered injuries in the team's game against Auburn
- Ole Miss is coming off a win over Missouri, defeating the Tigers 72-64 last Thursday
- Prior to its win against the Tigers, Ole Miss fell to No. 1 South Carolina in overtime (64-57)
- The Rebels rank ninth nationally in field goal percentage defense (34.9), ninth in three-point percentage defense (25.5), 13th in rebound margin (8.8), 17th in rebounds per game (42.46), 21st in offensive boards (14.6) and 21st in scoring defense (55.9)
- Madison Scott ranks 48th nationally in double-doubles with 10 this season, while Myah Taylor ranks 55th nationally for assists/turnover ratio (2.06) and Rita Igbokwe ranks 55th nationally in blocks (40)
- Angel Baker leads the team in points (15.2 ppg), while Scott leads the team in boards (8.4 rpg) and ranks second for Ole Miss in points (11.6 ppg)
- Taylor paces the program in assists (4.0 apg) and steals (1.8 spg) and Igbokwe leads the team in blocks (1.5 bpg)
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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