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02-14-2018, 08:59 AM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. â The Alabama men's basketball team led wire-to-wire, using a 26-3 surge in the second stanza to roll past LSU, 80-65, Tuesday night in Coleman Coliseum. Junior Donta Hall tied his career high with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including five dunks, while adding eight rebounds, two blocks and a pair of steals in the contest.
Three other Crimson Tide players scored double figures. Freshman Collin Sexton contributed 15 points while dishing out six assists, sophomore Braxton Key added 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench, while freshman John Petty scored 11 points, going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, and pulled down five rebounds.
"We had a decent first half but we didn't take care of the ball like we needed to," Alabama head coach Avery Johnson said. "In the second half, we had about a seven to 10 minute spurt there that was as good as the basketball we have played all year. I have a lot of respect for what [LSU head coach] Will Wade is doing with his program in his first year. He is an outstanding young coach.
"We felt coming into this game we had to slow down Tremont Waters and if we didn't slow him down we were going to have a tough night. I thought all the guys that defended him did as good of job as they possibly could trying to slow him down. Offensively, we shot the ball a lot better. We have been spending more time in practice shooting the basketball instead of doing all these "cute" drills, and the by-product of that was that we shot the ball with confidence and fortunately we were able to score enough points to win this game."
Alabama (17-9, 8-5 SEC) turned in a solid first-half performance, connecting on 13-of-25 field goals (52.0 percent), while holding the Tigers (14-11, 5-8 SEC) to just 35.5 percent shooting (11-of-31) to lead, 39-30, at the break.
The Crimson Tide opened the conference showdown hitting four of its first seven shots for the 9-5 lead at 15:55 media timeout. Alabama continued to maintain its advantage, using an 8-0 run, powered by back-to-back three-point plays by Hall, for the 25-14 lead at the 9:05 mark. The Crimson Tide capitalized on another 7-0 spurt over 1:29 for the 35-22 lead with 5:27 left, and ended the half up by nine.
In the second half, LSU hit three trifectas in the opening minutes to cut the Tide's lead to 45-44 at the 17:46 mark. However, Alabama exploded on a 26-3 run over the next 10:22 to go up by a score of 71-47. The Tide would go on to lead by as much as 25 points, 74-49, before settling with a 15-point victory.
Alabama shot 58.3 percent from the field and contained the Tiger offense to just 11-of-25 connections in the second half to capture its 12th victory inside Coleman Coliseum.
The Crimson Tide shot 55.1 percent from the field for the game and had 17 assists on 27 made field goals (27-of-49). Alabama also connected on 10 three-pointers on its way to the second consecutive wire-to-wire victory.
Daryl Edwards led LSU with a game high of 21 points, while Sklyar May contributed 13 points and a game high of nine rebounds.
Up next, Alabama will begin a two-game road swing when it takes on the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT on CBS. It will be the only meeting between the two teams this season.
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Three other Crimson Tide players scored double figures. Freshman Collin Sexton contributed 15 points while dishing out six assists, sophomore Braxton Key added 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench, while freshman John Petty scored 11 points, going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, and pulled down five rebounds.
"We had a decent first half but we didn't take care of the ball like we needed to," Alabama head coach Avery Johnson said. "In the second half, we had about a seven to 10 minute spurt there that was as good as the basketball we have played all year. I have a lot of respect for what [LSU head coach] Will Wade is doing with his program in his first year. He is an outstanding young coach.
"We felt coming into this game we had to slow down Tremont Waters and if we didn't slow him down we were going to have a tough night. I thought all the guys that defended him did as good of job as they possibly could trying to slow him down. Offensively, we shot the ball a lot better. We have been spending more time in practice shooting the basketball instead of doing all these "cute" drills, and the by-product of that was that we shot the ball with confidence and fortunately we were able to score enough points to win this game."
Alabama (17-9, 8-5 SEC) turned in a solid first-half performance, connecting on 13-of-25 field goals (52.0 percent), while holding the Tigers (14-11, 5-8 SEC) to just 35.5 percent shooting (11-of-31) to lead, 39-30, at the break.
The Crimson Tide opened the conference showdown hitting four of its first seven shots for the 9-5 lead at 15:55 media timeout. Alabama continued to maintain its advantage, using an 8-0 run, powered by back-to-back three-point plays by Hall, for the 25-14 lead at the 9:05 mark. The Crimson Tide capitalized on another 7-0 spurt over 1:29 for the 35-22 lead with 5:27 left, and ended the half up by nine.
In the second half, LSU hit three trifectas in the opening minutes to cut the Tide's lead to 45-44 at the 17:46 mark. However, Alabama exploded on a 26-3 run over the next 10:22 to go up by a score of 71-47. The Tide would go on to lead by as much as 25 points, 74-49, before settling with a 15-point victory.
Alabama shot 58.3 percent from the field and contained the Tiger offense to just 11-of-25 connections in the second half to capture its 12th victory inside Coleman Coliseum.
The Crimson Tide shot 55.1 percent from the field for the game and had 17 assists on 27 made field goals (27-of-49). Alabama also connected on 10 three-pointers on its way to the second consecutive wire-to-wire victory.
Daryl Edwards led LSU with a game high of 21 points, while Sklyar May contributed 13 points and a game high of nine rebounds.
Up next, Alabama will begin a two-game road swing when it takes on the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT on CBS. It will be the only meeting between the two teams this season.
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