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Men's Basketball Closes this Week’s Homestand Against LSU Saturday Night
1/26/2024 1:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Crimson Tide look to remain atop the SEC standings
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's basketball team looks to remain atop the SEC standings as the Crimson Tide close out this week's homestand against LSU on Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT at Coleman Coliseum.
Alabama has been exceptional on offense this season at Coleman Coliseum, averaging 93.0 points per game with four players averaging double-figures. The Tide is currently riding a four-game winning-streak at home over LSU, winning by an average of 16.8 points.
The Broadcast
Saturday's game is set for a 7 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on ESPN with Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) on the call.
The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play), Bryan Passink (analyst) and Roger Hoover (sideline reporter) 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 picked up his 16th win over an AP Top-25 opponent during his tenure at UA with the win over No. 8 Auburn
- Alabama has won 12 straight SEC home games at Coleman Coliseum, the longest winning streak since 1988
- The Alabama-LSU matchup features two of the best scorers in the SEC in Alabama's Mark Sears (No. 1, 19.9 ppg) and LSU's Jordan Wright (No. 8, 15.6 ppg)
- Sears is one of two players in Division I and the only Power 5 player that has 375 points, 70 assists, 70 rebounds and 45 three-pointers this season
- Sears ranks No. 1 in the SEC in scoring, No. 5 in field goal percentage (52.4), and No. 5 in assists (3.8 apg)
- Sears (21.2 ppg) is one of three SEC players (Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, 27.2 ppg and Texas A&M's Wade Taylor IV, 23.5 ppg) that is averaging over 20 points per game during conference play
- Alabama is one of five SEC teams (Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Ole Miss) that has four players averaging double-figures during conference play in Sears (21.2 ppg), Rylan Griffen (13.8 ppg), Aaron Estrada (10.0 ppg) and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (10.0 ppg)
- The Crimson Tide owns the No. 2-ranked offense, according to KenPom
- The Tide (No. 7) is one of the three SEC teams currently ranked in the top-10 in the NET Rankings
- Alabama has scored 1,684 points this season (88.6 ppg), the most any UA team has scored in the first 19 games of the season, surpassing last year's team (1,597 points)
- Alabama is one of three schools (Purdue and Wright State) in the country that has two players on its current roster that has scored at least 1,700 points throughout their career in Sears (1,732 points) and Estrada (1,714 points)
About LSU
- LSU ranks No. 29 in the country in field goal percentage defense (39.9)
- LSU comes into the game with a 3-3 record in SEC, surpassing last year's win total (2) in conference play
- LSU is one of two teams in the SEC (Ole Miss) that has two players averaging at least 15 points this season (Jordan Wright, 15.9 ppg and Jalen Cook, 15.6 ppg)
- During SEC play, LSU is one of two teams (Tennessee) that has two players ranked in the top-12 in scoring in Jordan Wright (No. 7, 18.8 ppg) and Jalen Cook (No. 12, 16.2 ppg)
- Wright leads the team in points, rebounds (5.4), assists (2.5) and steals (2.1)
- Wright ranks No. 4 in steals, No. 8 in the SEC in scoring, No. 17 in rebounds
- Wright's 40 steals this season ranks No. 37 in the country
- LSU is averaging an SEC-best 9.3 steals per game
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