Alabama vs. Arkansas State: Live updates, score, highlights
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 2 Alabama (1-0) will face Arkansas State (1-0) tonight in its second game of the 2024-25 season. The Crimson Tide will host the Red Wolves at Coleman Coliseum at 7 p.m. CT, and the non-conference game will stream online via SEC Network+.
Alabama will welcome a familiar face back to Tuscaloosa tonight in Arkansas State head coach Bryan Hodgson, who is in Year 2 in Jonesboro after spending the previous eight with Nate Oats at Alabama and Buffalo. Last year, Hodgson led ASU to its first 20-win season, and prior to this season, the Red Wolves were picked to finish first in the Sun Belt conference.
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Final: Alabama 88, A-State 79
11/08/2024 09:27:02 PMThe Crimson Tide moves to 2-0 to start the 2024-25 season.
Alabama run leads to Hodgson timeout
11/08/2024 09:07:49 PMAlabama dug in on both ends and used a quick 7-0 run in less than two minutes (1:55) to increase its lead to nine points. Immediately after a Latrell Wrightsell layup, ASU head coach Bryan Hodgson called a timeout to try and rally the troops for the final four minutes.
Alabama 79, A-State 70 (3:21, 2H)
Dioubate snaps an 11-1 Red Wolves run
11/08/2024 09:07:11 PMArkansas State used an 11-1 run to tie the game at 68-68 with 7:08 to play. Mo Dioubate snapped that streak after cleaning up a missed Wrightsell 3-pointer. The Red Wolves had hit four of their last five from the field before Dioubate moved the Crimson Tide back in front.
Alabama 70, A-State 68 (6:40, 2H)
Threes not falling for Alabama
11/08/2024 08:44:00 PMAlabama is one for its last 16 from 3-point range, including a 1-for-10 start to the second half. Meanwhile, the Tide is 8-of-12 inside the arc in the first 8-plus minutes out of intermission. Grant Nelson, Clifford Omoruyi and Jarain Stevenson all made nice plays at the rim.
Alabama 62, A-State 55 (11:33, 2H)
Wrightsell sinks a much-needed 3
11/08/2024 08:32:01 PMAlabama had missed 10 straight 3-point tries before Latrell Wrightsell knocked down a much-needed triple. Neither team has shot it well from beyond the arc, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying. Before the Wrightsell make, UA and ASU were both 4-of-20 from deep.
Alabama 56, A-State 48 (15:27, 2H)
Halftime: Alabama 43, A-State 40
11/08/2024 08:06:34 PMAlabama didn’t score a field goal in the last 4:32 of the first half and still leads at the half.
Turning into a free throw-fest
11/08/2024 07:55:40 PMWe’re up to 30 fouls (15 for both teams) and 51 free-throw attempts at the under-4 media timeout … of the FIRST half. Alabama leads by 11, but three Crimson Tide players have at least three fouls, with Jarin Stevenson picking up his fourth in just seven minutes of game action.
Alabama 42, A-State 31 (3:50, 1H)
A-State cuts Alabama’s lead to 10
11/08/2024 07:40:54 PMThe Red Wolves trimmed the Tide lead to 10 points with back-to-back buckets and will have a chance to make it a single-digit deficit (for the first time since the 12:39 mark) with a trip to the free-throw line after the under-8 media timeout. The A-State free-throw attempt was good.
Alabama 28, A-State 18 (7:54, 1H)
Crimson Tide starting to roll
11/08/2024 07:28:28 PMAlabama is on a 6-0 run over the last 1:01, while ASU is 1 for its last 9 from the field. The Tide is dominating on the glass with a 15-6 edge, which included 10 defensive rebounds. Mark Sears and Labaron Philon lead UA with six points apiece at the under-12 media timeout.
Alabama 21, A-State 9 (11:38, 1H)
Alabama struggling at the FT line
11/08/2024 07:15:21 PMThe Crimson Tide feels in control of this game, but it could be by a lot more. UA is already in the bonus thanks to eight ASU fouls before the under-16 media timeout but is just 4-of-9 from the free-throw line to this point. Alabama is out-rebounding the Red Wolves, 8-1, early.
Alabama 8, A-State 4 (15:11, 1H)
Same starters vs. Arkansas State
11/08/2024 07:05:06 PMNate Oats went with the same starting five from the season opener for game No. 2 against the Red Wolves. Grant Nelson, Latrell Wrightsell and Aiden Sherrell will once again be on a minutes restriction but are expected to play more than they did the last time out, Oats said.
Starting five: Mark Sears, Labaron Philon, Derrion Reid, Jarin Stevenson and Cliff Omoruyi
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