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Jarin Stevenson posts career night as Alabama rains 3s vs. Texas

1918632_10206777287683070_1367905321192383146_nby:Charlie Potter•about 9 hours•

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Alabama forward Jarin Stevenson
Alabama forward Jarin Stevenson (Courtesy of UA Athletics)

Alabama had its best 3-point shooting night since the 2021-22 season on Tuesday night at Texas. The Crimson Tide made 17 of its 29 shots from beyond the arc in a 103-80 win.

Four of those triples were made by sophomore forward Jarin Stevenson, whose career-high 22 points helped Alabama claim its seventh consecutive victory. It marked just the fifth game this season that Stevenson scored in double figures and knocked down multiple threes.

“Jarin, we know (he) can really shoot it, but he hasn’t shot it this well in a game yet this year,” said Alabama head coach Nate Oats. “But he did make five threes to send us to the Final Four last year when we beat Clemson in the Elite Eight. So he’s stepped up in big games before and had great shooting games. He ends up with a career-high.”

Stevenson scored Alabama’s first five points of the game. He missed a 3-pointer at the 15:59 mark of the first half but proceeded to make every other shot he took inside the Moody Center, going 7-of-8 from the field, 4-of-5 from deep and 4-of-4 at the free-throw line.

Thirteen of Stevenson’s points came in the second half, where he went 3-of-3 from 3-point land. The 6-foot-11 forward also recorded four rebounds and one block in his 20 minutes.

It was Stevenson’s best performance of the season and surpassed his 19-point outing against Clemson in last year’s Elite Eight, where he went 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. While that game had a little more riding on it, Stevenson needed an offensive showing like this one.

After the win in Austin, the sophomore praised his teammates for finding him open looks.

“It was definitely just like my teammates hitting me good,” Stevenson said. “We call it 42 passes, hitting me in like a good shot pocket. I feel like that really helped them, just hitting me when I was open. And then, yeah, I’ve been working preparing, working on my footwork and stuff like that. So I feel like that really helped me have a night like this.”

Stevenson was one of five Alabama players who scored double-digit points in the win over the Longhorns. In fact, five different Tide players made multiple 3-pointers, including three apiece from Mo Dioubate (3-3), Aden Holloway (3-6) and Labaron Philon (3-5). 

Alabama’s offense was the story of the night, but Oats took a moment to commend Stevenson’s defense. Though Texas guard Tre Johnson ended up with a game-high 24 points, the longer Stevenson was matched up on him early and earned a postgame nod from Oats.

“I think he’s been playing both physical, real aggressive, great defense,” Oats said. “He was our matchup to start with on Tre Johnson, who’s leading the league in scoring. And I thought he did a pretty good job, for the most part. So I think he’s been locked into the right stuff. 

“Really happy to see him have a great shooting game like he did tonight.”

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