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Women’s Basketball Concludes Home Slate with Florida on Thursday
2/28/2024 7:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide will welcome the Florida Gators inside Coleman Coliseum for a 6 p.m. CT tipoff
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's basketball team will host the Florida Gators Thursday night for the final home contest of the season. The Crimson Tide and the Gators are set to tip off at 6 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum on SEC Network+.
Alabama (21-8, 8-6 SEC) enters Thursday after a 87-75 win over Mississippi State, which put the Tide in sole possession of fifth place in the Southeastern Conference standings as the team heads into the final week of regular season play.
Broadcast Information
- Thursday's contest will air on SEC Network+ with Gray Robertson (play-by-play) and Leah Drury (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
- The Crimson Tide has scored 2,136 points over the course of the season, which ranks fourth in the Southeastern Conference
- Alabama is fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.353) and second in three-point field goal percentage defense (.275) in the conference
- The Tide sits fifth in the SEC in field goal percentage (.433)
- Aaliyah Nye leads the conference in three-point field goals with 100, which is the most three-pointers made in a single season in program history
- Three UA players are averaging double figurers in scoring, including Sarah Ashlee Barker (16.8 ppg), Nye (14.3 ppg) and Jessica Timmons (11.6 ppg)
- Barker leads Alabama with 447 points (16.6 ppg), which ranks seventh in the SEC, while also ranking sixth in field goal percentage with 50.4 percent
- Essence Cody continues to pace the Tide in rebounds (6.4 rpg) and blocks (1.8 bpg)
- Loyal McQueen paces the Tide from the free-throw line, shooting 79.2 percent
About Florida
- The Gators (14-12, 5-9 SEC) enter Thursday's contest after losing to Georgia, 76-60, in Stegman Coliseum on Sunday
- Leilani Correa led the Gators with 21 points and four rebounds
- Florida holds the SEC's third-best scoring offense (76.2 ppg) but ranks 13th in scoring defense (71.0 ppg)
- Aliyah Matharu paces the team's offense (18.2 ppg) and ranks second in the SEC in scoring
- Two additional Gators hold double digits in scoring as Leilani Correa averages 17.6 ppg and Ra Shaya Kyle averages 12.4 ppg
- Jeriah Warren leads Florida in rebounds, knocking down 5.2 rebounds per game
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