Men's Basketball Welcomes Missouri Tuesday Night, Looks to Remain Undefeated in Conference Play

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's basketball team looks to improve to 4-0 in the Southeastern Conference as the Crimson Tide hosts Missouri Tuesday night at Coleman Coliseum.

Alabama is riding a four-game win streak overall entering the contest, including three consecutive SEC wins, thanks in large part to the Crimson Tide's backcourt. Over the last five games, the UA guards are scoring 57 of Alabama's 89 points per game average, led by Mark Sears (20.2 ppg), Rylan Griffen (13.4 ppg), Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (12.2 ppg) and Aaron Estrada (11.2 ppg).

Sears, who was one of 25 players named to the Naismith Award Watch List and was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week, averaged 26.5 points per game while shooting 64 percent from the field and 61 percent from deep in two wins last week. For the year, he is shooting 48.8 percent from three-point range, which ranks No. 2 in Division I.

The Broadcast

Tuesday's game is set for a 6 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on the SEC Network with Tom Hart (play-by-play), Dane Bradshaw (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (sideline reporter) on the call.

The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play) and Bryan Passink (analyst) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.

Notes You Need To Know

Head coach Nate Oats is one win away from reaching 200 career wins
Alabama is looking to start 4-0 in the SEC for the third time under Oats
Alabama has scored 1,441 points this season (90.1 ppg), the most any UA team has scored in the first 16 games of the season, surpassing the 2000-01 team (1,330 points)
The Crimson Tide owns the No. 1-ranked offense, according to KenPom
The Tide is currently ranked No. 4 in the NET, the highest-ranked team in the SEC
Alabama has four players that are shooting 40 percent or better from three-point range
Mark Sears is one of 25 candidates named to the 2024 John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 Watch List
For the first time in his career, Sears was named SEC Co-Player of the Week along with Tennessee's Dalton Knecht
Sears is one of four in Division I players in the country and the only Power 5 player that has 325 points, 40 three-pointers, 55 assists and 65 rebounds this season
Sears ranks No. 1 in the SEC in scoring (20.3 ppg), No. 3 in field goal percentage (54.5), and No. 11 in assists (3.6 apg)
Alabama is one of six schools in the country that has two players on its current roster that has scored at least 1,500 points throughout their career in Aaron Estrada (1,685 points) and Sears (1,679 points)
Alabama's trio of Estrada, Grant Nelson and Sears have each scored over 1,000 points throughout their college career, which is tied for the third most in the country (St. John's & TCU with four each)
Alabama head coach Nate Oats became the fastest coach in program history to reach 100 career wins at Alabama with UA's win over Liberty, surpassing Wimp Sanderson (150 games)
Alabama has posted the No. 1-ranked non-conference schedule in the nation, as its opponents have compiled a .719 winning percentage, posting a combined 115-45 record

About Missouri

Mizzou has four players scoring double-figures for the first time since 2012-13
Sean East II has scored at least 15 points in 10-straight games, which is the longest streak by a Tiger since 2017-18
East II ranks No. 7 in the SEC in scoring, averaging 17.1 ppg
In five of its six losses since Dec. 9 (in its previous seven games), Missouri has trailed at the break in five and has trailed by at least 10 points at some point during the first 20 minutes four times
During the last two seasons under Dennis Gates, Missouri is 31-7 when making at least seven triples in a game but just 2-11 with fewer
Mizzou currently ranks eighth nationally with 5.9 blocks per game

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