Sunday, January 7
Columbia, Mo.
5 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
Missouri
Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Alabama Travels to Missouri for First SEC Road Contest
1/6/2024 3:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide and the Tigers will tipoff at 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team will travel to Colombia, Mo., for its first Southeastern Conference road game when it takes on the Missouri Tigers. The two teams are set to tipoff Sunday night at 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
Broadcast Information
- Brenda VanLengen (play-by-play) and Aja Ellison (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 (13-3, 0-1 SEC) will look for its first SEC win after dropping the conference opener to Ole Miss, 55-45, last Thursday inside Coleman Coliseum
- Sarah Ashlee Barker (15 points) recorded her 12th double-digit game of the season, while Jessica Timmons (10) earned her 11th double-digit game on Thursday
- In the NET rankings, the Crimson Tide ranks in the top 30 overall (No. 29) and fourth in the conference
- UA is No. 11 in the nation in scoring defense (51.9)
- The Tide ranks in the top five in the SEC in the following categories: three-point field goal defense percentage (2nd), scoring defense (3rd), rebound defense (3rd), scoring margin (4th), field goal percentage (5th) and field goal percentage defense (5th)
- Aaliyah Nye sits third nationally with 54 three pointers made, which also leads the SEC
- Nye also ranks second in the SEC in three-point percentage (.431)
- Essence Cody leads the team in rebounds (6.9 rpg) and in blocks (1.9 rpg), which ranks 11th and sixth respectively in the conference
- Sarah Ashlee Barker paces the team with 15.5 ppg and ranks fifth in the SEC in field goal percentage (.531)
- Loyal McQueen ranks in the top 10 (9th) in the league in free throw percentage at 71.9 percent
- Nye (9th) and Barker (13th) are top 15 in steals in the conference
About Missouri
- Missouri (9-5, 0-1 SEC) opened SEC play against No. 7 LSU in Baton Rouge, La., but fell to the defending national champions, 92-72
- The Tigers were led by Hayley Frank's 22 points, her 12th 20-point game this season
- Mama Dembele leads the SEC in assists per game (6.8 apg), while ranking second in the conference in steals per game (3.5 spg)
- Missouri is third in field goal percentage (46.2) and eighth in rebounding (40.9) in the SEC
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