Sunday, January 14
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
2 p.m. CT
Alabama
vs
Arkansas
Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Women’s Basketball Hosts Arkansas Sunday in Coleman Coliseum
1/13/2024 7:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide and the Razorbacks will tipoff on SEC Network at 2 p.m. CT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team will welcome Arkansas to Coleman Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The two programs are set to tipoff at 2 p.m. CT and the contest will air on SEC Network.
Broadcast Information
- Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Holly Warlick (analyst) will be on the call for the television broadcast
- The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Roger Hoover on the call
About Alabama
- Alabama (15-3, 2-1 SEC) will enter Sunday's contest coming off a 81-63 road win against Georgia in Athens, Ga.
- In the NET rankings, the Crimson Tide ranks in the top 25 overall (No. 24) and third in the conference
- With Alabama's win over Georgia, the Tide is off to its best start to a season since beginning the 2016-17 campaign with a 14-3 record which was the previous best start to a season in the Kristy Curry era
- The Tide shot 55 percent from behind the arc and 77.8 percent from the free throw line against the Lady Bulldogs
- Aaliyah Nye earned her 1,000th career point after scoring her fifth three-point field goal during the fourth quarter - finished the game with 15 points
- Freshman Essence Cody collected a career high game with 16 points in her home state of Georgia
- Sarah Ashlee Barker and Cody tied for game-high eight rebounds, including 11 defensive rebounds
- The Crimson Tide has scored 1,367 points (75.9 ppg), which ranks third in the Southeastern Conference
- Alabama ranks 13th in the country and third in the SEC in scoring defense (53.2%)
- The Tide is third in three-point field goal percentage (.352) in the conference
- Essence Cody continues to pace the Tide in rebounds (6.7 rpg) and blocks (1.9 bpg) which ranks fifth in the conference
- Sarah Ashlee Barker leads Alabama with 278 points (16.4 ppg) and ranks fourth in the SEC in field goal percentage with .533
- Aaliyah Nye continues to lay down threes as she leads the team and conference in three-point FG made with 62
- Loyal McQueen has scored in double digits 12-out-of-18 games this season
About Arkansas
- Arkansas (13-5, 1-2 SEC) is 1-2 in conference play and will enter Sunday's contest coming off a 66-63 loss to Mississippi State on Thursday
- The Razorbacks' Taliah Scott leads the team in scoring (22.3 ppg), which ranks 10th in the NCAA for points per game
- Saylor Poffenbarger paces the team and conference in rebounding (12.8 rpg), while Makayla Daniels leads Arkansas in steals with 36
For all the latest information on the team, follow @AlabamaWBB on X, Instagram, and Facebook. General athletic news can be found at UA_Athletics on X and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.
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