Bama rallies from 15 down to stun No
HOUSTON– No. 8 Alabama could have stopped when it was routing by double figures early in the second half.The Crimson Tide didn’t, and earned another marquee win this season.Alabama rallied from a 15-point
second-half deficit to stun No. 1 Houston 71-65 on Saturday, becoming just the 4th team to beat 2 different AP No. ones in the same season.Noah Clowney had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Jaden Bradley included 12 points and
Mark Sears scored 11 points, including 9 in the second half for the Crimson Tide(8-1). Alabama shot 50 %from the field in the 2nd half and 41%for the game. The Tide went 20-of-32 on free tosses, consisting of 15-of-21 in the second half.”This is among those character wins that shows that our guys are going to keep combating no matter what ball game is,”Alabama coach Nate Oats said.” We could have easily given up down 15. The start of the 2nd half wasn’t terrific. We made some modifications with the bench people. Hung therein, kept clawing away at the lead, finally able to take the lead and after that we pulled away from them. “The Crimson Tide beat North Carolina 103-101 in four overtimes on Nov. 27. Season, School 1st Opp.2 nd Opp.2022-23 Alabama Houston UNC
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| Missouri– ESPN | Statistics & Info”Substantial program win,”Oats stated. |
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| “Unsure the number of | teams get the opportunity to |
| play 2 No. 1 groups in nonconference, let | alone beat them, however |
| I think that shows where we’ve gotten this program to that we can play with anyone in the nation at this point | .”Jamal Shead had 19 points and |
| 6 rebounds, and Tramon Mark scored |
10 points before fouling out with 8:10 remaining for Houston(9-1 ).” That’s the No. 8 group in the nation, “Houston coach Kelvin Sampson stated. “No pity losing to a truly, truly good Alabama group. Disappointing clearly. We haven’t lost a lot in this
building.”The Cougars shot 39 %from the field, including going 1-of-8 to end the game. Houston was 3-of-13 on 3-pointers and 12-of-22 from the free toss line. “We simply could not safeguard, “Shead stated.”We didn’t stand in front of the ball for like four or 5 straight ownerships and that’s how they got back into it. And we simply weren’t hard enough to complete it out
.”The game was tied at 63 following a Marcus Sasser free throw with two minutes left. Then Clowney put the Tide up by 2 with a layup with 1:12 remaining, Shead missed out on a jumper
with 48 seconds left and Brandon Miller made 2 totally free throws 5 seconds later on to press the lead to four.After Reggie Chaney missed out on two free throws, Miller made two more free throws to give Alabama a 69-63 lead with 27 seconds remaining.Trailing 57-49 with 8 1/2 minutes staying, the Tide went on an 11-3 run to cut the cause 61-60 on a layup by Clowney with five minutes to go.Houston went on an 18-2 go to end the first half and begin the 2nd half, taking a 44-29 lead with 17:13 staying on a take and layup by Jarace Walker, but Alabama responded with a 15-5 spurt to cut the result in five on a 3-pointer by Sears with 11 minutes left.The Associated Press added to this story.