Live Hoops Updates: Alabama 100, Texas A&M 75; Final
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 15 Alabama (17-7, 9-2 SEC) will host the Texas A&M Aggies (15-9, 6-5) today at Coleman Coliseum. The SEC matchup will tip off at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN.
The matchup features two players in the running for the SEC Player of the Year in Alabama’s Mark Sears and Texas A&M’s Wade Taylor IV, as Sears leads the conference at 20.5 ppg and Taylor is third at 19.8 ppg. This is the first meeting of the two squads since the 2023 SEC Championship Game (then-No. 4 Alabama defeated then-No. 18 Texas A&M, 82-63).
The team will also debut its new “Crimson Tide” throwback uniforms as Alabama welcomes its 2003-04 team, which made a run to the Elite Eight of the 2004 NCAA Tournament.
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PREGAME
— Officials for Alabama-Texas A&M: Doug Shows, Rob Rock and Owen Shortt
— Nate Oats, on the CTSN pregame show, said Nick Saban spoke to the team yesterday.
“We had Coach Saban talk to our team yesterday. Always go back to his process. Like, honestly, the more you talk about championships, the less you’re focused on what you should be doing today. So they know where we’re at.”
— Alabama starters vs. Texas A&M: Mark Sears, Aaron Estrada, Latrell Wrightsell Jr., Rylan Griffen and Grant Nelson
FIRST HALF
— Alabama 9, TAMU 6 (15:54) | After a 1-3 start, Alabama has now made its last three field goals and takes a 3-point lead into the first under-16 media TO of the morning.
— Alabama 18, TAMU 8 (13:12) | Tide is heating up. UA has made 6 of its last 8 and is on a 13-2 run over the last 3:21. Timeout, Aggies.
— Alabama 21, TAMU 12 (11:53) | UA has made 4 of its last 6 threes. What’s keeping the Aggies in this one? Rebounding. A&M has a 10-5 edge at the under-12 media TO.
— Alabama 31, TAMU 23 (7:30) | Mark Sears will have a shot at an and-1 after the under-8 timeout. Aggies have made 5 of their last 7 and 3 consecutive field goals.
— Alabama 43, TAMU 28 (3:36) | Mark Sears drains UA’s seventh 3 of the day and extends the Tide’s run to 11-0 over the last 2:29.
SECOND HALF
— Alabama 55, TAMU 44 (15:50) | To start the 2H, UA shooting 2-8 from the field and being out-rebounded 6-3 at the under-16. Aggies are 4-7 from the floor.
— Alabama 62, TAMU 49 (11:46) | With the Latrell Wrightsell bucket, 9 of the 10 UA players who have seen the floor have scored. Mark Sears leads the group with 16 points. Rylan Griffen is up to 14.
— Alabama 67, TAMU 50 (10:46) | Latrell Wrightsell Jr. has scored the last 7 points for the Tide as it takes its largest lead. Timeout, Aggies.
— Alabama 73, TAMU 54 (7:52) | Tide has made 5 of its last 6 from the field, while the Aggies are 2 for their last 10. TAMU still has a big edge on the glass, 41-25, which includes a 24-10 lead in O boards.
— Alabama 88, TAMU 69 (3:55) | Mark Sears has now scored 20 or more points in eight consecutive games, 11 of his last 12 and 16 total games this season. Consistency.
POSTGAME
— Nate Oats: “That’s a big win. We have teams right on our tail in the SEC race, and we needed to take care of home court.”
— Oats on Alabama’s defense: “We were definitely improved. Not to the level I’d like to see us, not where we needed to be, but we were able to beat a pretty good team by 25.”
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