Alabama
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Career-High Night From Brittany Davis Leads Alabama to 76-69 Win at Missouri
2/5/2023 7:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Davis scored a career-high 33 points to pace the Crimson Tide to the victory
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A career-high 33 points from Brittany Davis, including 23 in the second half, paced the Alabama women's basketball team to a 76-69 road win over Missouri on Sunday. With the victory, the Crimson Tide improved to 17-6 overall and 6-4 in SEC play.
In addition to her career-high in points, Davis tallied eight rebounds, three assists and three steals to lead the Tide in all three categories. Sarah Ashlee Barker also tallied eight boards in the game, while adding eight points and two assists. Hannah Barber had 13 points and two assists, while Aaliyah Nye had 10 points and four boards in the win.
Hayley Frank captured 26 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals to lead Missouri (15-9, 4-7). Haley Troup contributed 13 points, while Ashton Judd had 12 points and three boards in the loss.
Alabama Head Coach Kristy Curry Said
"It was a great environment. It was Play 4 Kay today. This is always a difficult place to play, especially on a Sunday. They do a tremendous job of supporting women's basketball here. They're so well coached and they execute, so the margin for error (is small), you know it's going to be so difficult down the stretch, so you just have to counter with scores. Aaliyah (Nye) makes a big play. We just had so many people make big plays. The second half, we found more assists, but I thought our kids just were all over the place on both sides of the ball just trying to make plays and hustle plays. Again, they make very few mistakes with their execution. So it's so important that we're able to find ways to score and get to the free throw line. We were 18-of-18 from the free throw line. If that's not toughness on the road, that just says everything about our team right there – stepping up and having the confidence in this environment to knock those down."
Game Stats
- Brittany Davis shot 13-of-21 from the floor and was 5-of-5 from the charity stripe
- Davis has scored 30 or more points three times in her career, tallying 32 points twice during the 2021-22 season
- UA gained the lead off a 15-3 run that started at the end of the second quarter and extended to 5:35 in the third, resulting in its first lead (38-33) since the opening minutes of the game
- Alabama outscored Missouri 49-39 in the second half and shot 55.6 percent from the floor which included five three pointers
- The Tide shot a perfect 18-of-18 from the free throw line, making 14 points from the charity strip in the second half
- Alabama led the game in points off turnovers (20-9), rebounds (32-25) and points in the paint (34-26)
How It Happened
- An early 8-2 run gave Missouri an 11-7 advantage at the 6:24 mark
- The Tigers would push out to an eight-point lead (19-11) after scoring six straight points near the end of the quarter (1:42)
- Missouri held an eight-point advantage thanks to six points from Hayley Frank at the beginning of the second quarter (6:26), but the Tide scored 10 of the next 14 points to make it a one-possession game by halftime (30-27)
- Davis recorded 10 points, going 5-of-10 from the floor, and had five boards in the half to lead the Tide
- Alabama shot 40.7 percent from the floor but was just 10 percent from distance, while the Tigers were 36 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from beyond the arc
- Alabama opened the third quarter with an 11-3 run to take a five-point lead (38-33) with 5:35 on the clock
- Moments later, seven unanswered points gave UA a nine-point advantage (48-39) with less than two minutes remaining in the third
- The Tigers closed the gap to two points (48-46) but Alabama would head into the final stanza with a 51-47 advantage
- Missouri came within three points (56-53), but the Tide recorded an 8-4 spurt to take a 64-57 advantage with 4:05 left in the game
- The two teams would trade points with Davis concluding the game with a pair of free throws for a career high in points
Next Up
- Alabama will face its second straight road opponent, traveling to Kentucky on Feb. 9
- The game against the Wildcats will tip off at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+
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