Alabama
No. 13/13 LSU
Women’s Basketball Faces No. 13/13 LSU in Season’s Second Meeting
2/10/2024 4:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide and the Tigers will tip off at 3 p.m. CT on ESPN2
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team travels to Baton Rouge, La., to meet No. 13/13 LSU for the second time this year on Sunday afternoon. The Crimson Tide and the Tigers will tipoff at 3 p.m. CT on ESPN2 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Alabama held a halftime lead over then-No. 10/9 LSU on Jan. 18 inside Coleman Coliseum, but the Tigers secured the 78-58 win after a 26-point third quarter which propelled the team to the victory.
Broadcast Information
- Sunday's contest will air on EPSN2 with Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) and Carolyn Peck (analyst) on the call
- The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Roger Hoover (play-by-play) on the call
About Alabama
- Alabama (19-6, 6-4 SEC) picked up its fourth consecutive win after defeating Tennessee, 72-56, on Thursday night
- Aaliyah Nye (23), Jessica Timmons (14) and Loyal McQueen (10) collected double-digits in the winning effort
- Essence Cody led the team with eight rebounds, while Nye forced three steals
- Sarah Ashlee Barker, who was named Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week for her performances against Arkansas (25 points, 11 rebounds) and Vanderbilt (24 points, nine rebounds, six assists), enters Sunday's contest 18 points away from 1,000 career points
- The Crimson Tide has scored 1,872 points which ranks fourth in the Southeastern Conference
- The Tide is third in three-point field goal percentage (.355) and second in three-point field goal percentage defense (.271) in the conference
- Alabama sits fifth in the SEC in field goal percentage (44.8)
- Aaliyah Nye leads the conference in three-point FG made with 82
- Essence Cody continues to pace the Tide in rebounds (6.7 rpg) and blocks (1.8 bpg)
- Barker leads Alabama with 406 points (16.9 ppg), which ranks eighth in the SEC, while also ranking fourth in field goal percentage with 52.0 percent
- Timmons is shooting 79.7 percent from the free-throw line, while McQueen is shooting 78.6 percent
About LSU
- LSU (20-4, 7-3 SEC) enters Sunday's contest coming off a 85-62 victory over Vanderbilt on Thursday in Nashville, Tenn.
- In the winning effort, five Tigers scored in double figures, including Flau'jae Johnson (17), Angel Reese (15), Hailey Van Lith (13), Aneesah Morrow (13) and Mikaylah Williams (10)
- Reese (15 points, 16 rebounds) and Morrow (13 points, 10 rebounds) collected double-doubles
- LSU holds a 7-3 record in conference play
- Reese leads the conference with 12.3 rebounds per game and sits second in point per game with 19.1
- The Tigers are second in the NCAA in scoring offense (90.3 ppg), scoring margin (27.4), rebounds per game (47.2 rpg) and rebound margin (15.2)
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