MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 17 at MISSISSIPPI STATE
Game Notes
• Alabama takes to the road for the second time in SEC play on Saturday when it travels to nearby Mississippi State. • The Crimson Tide heads to Starkville with a 2-0 SEC record and a 13-3 overall mark after handling LSU, 69-53, on Wednesday. • Alabama used a pair of 9-0 runs to cruise past the Tigers for its fifth straight win. •
The Tide has a pair of true road wins this season with wins over
Georgia Tech and Georgia and is 6-2 away from campus this season. •
No. 20/20 Mississippi State continues its homestand after a 62-58 win
over Tennessee on Thursday to improve to 1-1 in the league and 14-3
overall. • After falling to Kansas State on Dec. 17, the Tide has won its last five games by an average of 18 points. • UA leads the all-time series between the programs by a 114-72 margin after sweeping the Bulldogs last season. • The Tide’s defense remains one of the top in the nation by allowing a scant 55.7 points per game this season, the eighth best average in the nation. • Only four of UA’s opponents have even reached the 60-point mark this season and four have failed to score 50 points. • UA’s last five opponents, including a Big 12, ACC and two SEC programs, have averaged 53.4 points per game against the Tide. • UA’s 16 opponents have converted on just 36.6 percent of their field goal attempts, the fourth lowest average in the nation. • Of UA’s 16 opponents, 10 scored their season low to date against the Tide’s defense and only two of UA’s opponents have scored more than one point per possession against UA. • Offensively, the unit has started to click and has scored more than a point per possession in five straight games
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