Alabama
LSU
Crimson Tide Posts Season-High Score in Front of Electrifying Crowd against No. 3 LSU
2/7/2025 11:52:00 PM | Gymnastics
Alabama scored a season-high 197.075 score which featured a season-high 49.500 rotation score on the floor exercise
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Over 10,000 fans piled into Coleman Coliseum Friday night as No. 14 Alabama delivered a season-high score of 197.075 against No. 3 LSU. Despite a season-high 49.500 rotation score on the floor exercise, three event titles and two career-high tying marks, the visiting Tigers (6-2, 3-1 SEC) narrowly defeated the Crimson Tide (1-4, 0-4 SEC) by a final score of 197.300-197.075.
Tide anchor Gabby Gladieux performed a near flawless routine on floor, scoring a career-high-tying 9.975 en route to her fifth event title of the season on the apparatus. Lilly Hudson and Chloe LaCoursiere posted consecutive 9.900 scores on the uneven bars to earn a share of the event title. Throughout the night, Hudson delivered a 9.875 on vault before rattling off three consecutive 9.900 scores to capture a second-place, 39.575 finish in the all-around, while Gladieux took third in the all-around with a 39.425.
Alabama Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said
"This was an extremely exciting night. I think first and foremost, I want to shout out our fans, our community – everybody that showed up tonight. The arena was packed, it was loud, it was electric and it certainly was a huge difference maker in our team's performance tonight.
"I'm really proud of how our team stepped in to compete today. This was the start of our second-third of the season. We've been training really hard, with a lot of intensity over the last couple of weeks, to start being more comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I felt like tonight, no matter what the opportunity was, everybody was ready to step in, deliver big performances and build on that momentum. [Tonight] was a great step in the right direction for us, and I'm excited to see a 197 [score]. While we can't control the score, we know what we earned and that we delivered [a strong] performance. This is a great place to build upon for next week."
Team Stats
- Alabama secured its highest score of the season via a 197.075
- Closing with back-to-back 9.900-or-higher scores, the Crimson Tide registered a season-high and meet-high 49.500 on the floor exercise
- Corinne Bunagan (9.925, vault) and Gabby Gladieux (9.975, floor) tied their career highs
- Lilly Hudson (9.900) and Chloe LaCoursiere (9.900) claimed a share of the event title on the uneven bars
- Gladieux (9.975) claimed her fifth-consecutive event title on the floor exercise
- Alabama registered six 9.900-or-higher scores
- Seven scores either tied a season high or set a season high for six UA gymnasts
- The Crimson Tide's 49.175 score on vault and 49.275 on bars is the second highest of the season on each apparatus
How it Happened
Vault
- Alabama opened the meet with a 49.175 rotation score, its second-highest score of 2025 on the apparatus
- Corinne Bunagan's career-high tying and team-leading 9.925 highlighted the first rotation
- Karis German recorded a season-high 9.850 in the No. 2 spot
Uneven Bars
- The Tide's 49.275 became the second-highest score of UA's season on the uneven bars
- The rotation was highlighted by back-to-back season-high 9.900 scores from Lilly Hudson and Chloe LaCoursiere
Balance Beam
- Alabama recorded a 49.125 team score on the third rotation
- Hudson highlighted the event with another season-high tying 9.900, competing in the No. 4 spot
Floor Exercise
- The Crimson Tide closed the night with a season-high and meet-high 49.500 score on the apparatus
- Hudson scored her third consecutive 9.900 score of the night, this time in the No. 5 spot
- Gabby Gladieux captured her fifth event title of the season on the apparatus after performing a near flawless, career-high tying and season-high 9.975 as UA's anchor
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