Thursday, January 18
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
8 p.m. CT
Alabama
vs
No. 10/9 LSU
Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Women’s Basketball Welcomes No. 10 LSU to Coleman Coliseum
1/17/2024 6:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide and Tigers will tipoff at 8 p.m. CT Thursday Night
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team will welcome the No. 10 LSU Tigers to Coleman Coliseum Thursday Night. The Crimson Tide and the Tigers are set to tipoff at 8 p.m. CT and will air on the SEC Network.
Broadcast Information
- Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Christy Thomaskutty (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 (15-4, 2-2 SEC) will enter Thursday's contest after dropping a 77-59 decision to the Arkansas Razorbacks on Sunday at home
- In the loss, the Crimson Tide was led by Sarah Ashlee Barker's 18 points followed closely by Jessica Timmons with 13 points
- Alabama will look to earn its first Southeastern Conference win at home this season, while the Tide remains undefeated in SEC road games (2-0)
- The Crimson Tide has scored 1,426 points (75.0 ppg), which ranks fourth in the SEC
- Alabama ranks 19th in the country and third in the SEC in scoring defense (54.4)
- The Tide is third in three-point field goal percentage (.354) in the conference
- Essence Cody continues to pace the Tide in rebounds (6.6 rpg) and blocks (1.9 bpg)
- Sarah Ashlee Barker leads Alabama with 296 points (16.4 ppg) which ranks seventh in the SEC, while also ranking fourth 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 63
- Loyal McQueen has scored in double digits 12-out-of-19 games this season
- Head coach Kristy Curry is on track to collect 500 career wins (3 away) and 200 wins at Alabama (12 away) during the season
About LSU
- LSU (16-2, 3-1 SEC) will enter Thursday's contest coming off its first SEC loss of the year to Auburn, 67-62, on Sunday
- The Tigers rank second in the nation in scoring offense (92.0 ppg), while pacing fourth in the country in free throws made, averaging 23.2 per game
- LSU owns the third spot in the nation in rebound margin (+15.3)
- Three Tigers currently average 15.0 points per game or more this season, including Angle Reese (20.1 ppg), Aneesah Morrow (18.3 ppg) and Mikaylah Williams (16.3 ppg)
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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