Alabama
13-0,0-0SEC
Tulane
4-6,0-0American
No. 24 Alabama Continues its Historic Start, Downing Tulane 81-52
12/17/2025 8:19:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Crimson Tide improved to 13-0 with one non-conference game remaining
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Continuing its historic start to the 2025-26 season, the Alabama women's basketball team downed Tulane, 81-52, Wednesday inside Coleman Coliseum. With the 29-point win, the No. RV/24 Crimson Tide improved to 13-0 to start the season and earned its 42nd-consecutive non-conference home victory.
Alabama saw four players finish in double-figures for a second consecutive game as Jessica Timmons paced the squad with 18 points followed by Diana Collins (17), Naomi Jones (11) and Karly Weathers (10). Jones led the team in rebounding as she collected her first career double-double with a game-high 10 boards.
Tulane (4-6) was led by CC Mays who scored 12 points, while Dyllan Hanna grabbed a team-high nine boards for the Green Wave.
Head Coach Kristy Curry Comments
"I'm proud of our team today. I loved our players' approach. Today was our standard, and we just need to continue to build on that heading into our next game against a good Troy team who won at Old Dominion this morning and dropped 100 at Missouri. We have to continue to raise the standard as we move toward that game this weekend. It's going to be a great test. We hope everybody will come out and support us. We're really going to need a great crowd this weekend. I'm proud of our team - 20 assists on 27 made baskets and more made free throws at 14 than the 10 they shot. I just loved our ability to share the ball the way we did and found a way to rebound the ball - it's just all the little things. Especially through the adversity of having some injuries."
Game Notes
- Jessica Timmons collected her seventh game scoring 18 or more points
- Since making her first career start on Dec. 7, Naomi Jones has scored double figures in four consecutive games
- Diana Collins dished out a career-high seven assists to go along with her 17 points while adding five boards in 31 minutes of action
- Collins finished the contest with a plus/minus of plus 33 while Jessica Timmons finished with plus 32
- The Crimson Tide led for all but 30 seconds in the contest with its largest lead of 32 (75-43) coming late in the fourth quarter
- Alabama shot 27-of-62 (44 percent) from the floor, 13-of-33 (40 percent) from deep and 14-of-18 (78 percent) from the free throw line
- In comparison, Tulane shot 20-of-61 (33 percent) from the floor, 7-of-24 (30 percent) from the three-point line and 5-of-10 (50 percent) from the free throw line
How it Happened
- Alabama opened the game going on a 7-0 run in the first two minutes before Tulane would rally to tie the game at 9-9
- Diana Collins finished the first quarter with a team-high six points as the Crimson Tide would close out the opening 10 minutes with a seven-point advantage (22-15)
- UA began the second quarter going on a 6-2 run before Jessica Timmons and Collins closed out the half with back-to-back three-pointers giving Alabama a 16-point lead (39-23)
- The Tide continued to boost its lead in the third quarter after going 4-for-8 (50 percent) from deep and entered the final stanza with a 20-point advantage (60-40)
- Timmons shot 100 percent from the field, behind the arc and at the free throw line to pace the team with eight of its 21 total fourth quarter points to help Alabama to the 29-point win
Up Next
- Alabama will close out its non-conference slate with hosting in-state foes, Troy, Sunday at 2 p.m. on SEC Network+
