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LSU Tigers at Alabama Crimson Tide

· NCAA Men's Basketball
LSU Tigers
11-9, 1-4 Away
Final
88 - 109
Alabama Crimson Tide
14-6, 10-1 Home

Sears, Wrightsell Jr., Estrada lead Alabama to 109-88 win over LSU

SEC's leading scorer Sears explains successful offensive

Aaron Estrada added 18 points, seven assists and six rebounds for Alabama (14-6, 6-1 SEC). Rylan Griffen and Grant Nelson scored 12 apiece.

The Crimson Tide, who beat No. 8 Auburn 79-75 last time out, have won eight of their last nine games, with the one loss coming at No. 5 Tennessee last Saturday.

Derek Fountain and Mike Williams III led LSU (11-9, 3-4) with 14 points each and Will Baker scored 12. Jalen Cook scored 11 and Jordan Wright 10.

Wrightsell hit a 3-pointer that made it 35-32 with 6:12 left in the first half and Alabama led the rest of the way. Fountain threw down a dunk to make it 50-44 at halftime and Jalen Reed's layup about two minutes into the second half trimmed the deficit to four.

Estrada and Wrightsell each scored five points in a 12-5 spurt over the next three minutes and Griffen hit two 3s in a 15-4 run that made it 79-61 with 10 minutes left.

Alabama shot 56% from the field, made 14 3-pointers and hit 25 of 28 (89%) from the free-throw line.

The Crimson Tide topped the 100-point plateau for the sixth time this season.

LSU has a week off before the Tigers play host to Arkansas next Saturday. Alabama hits the road to play Georgia on Wednesday.

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Matchup Prediction

Alabama: 92.8%
LSU: 7.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 88 - 109
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 88 - 109
2nd 0:09 Mike Williams III made Layup. 88 - 109
2nd 0:21 Max Scharnowski made Layup. 86 - 109
2nd 0:42 Alabama Defensive Rebound. 86 - 107

Statistics

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30-71 FG 35-63
42.3 Field Goal % 55.6
11-28 3PT 14-34
39.3 Three Point % 41.2
17-27 FT 25-28
63.0 Free Throw % 89.3
33 Rebounds 42
14 Offensive Rebounds 11
19 Defensive Rebounds 31
13 Assists 23
7 Steals 8
4 Blocks 4
10 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
10 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 2
0 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 12
4 Fast Break Points 22
34 Points in Paint 42
24 Fouls 20
2 Largest Lead 22

Game Information

Coleman Coliseum

Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Attendance: 13,474 | Capacity:

2023-24 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Tennessee 14-4 - 27-9
Auburn 13-5 1 27-8
South Carolina 13-5 1 26-8
Kentucky 13-5 1 23-10
Alabama 13-5 1 25-12
Florida 11-7 3 24-12
Texas A&M 9-9 5 21-15
LSU 9-9 5 17-16
Mississippi State 8-10 6 21-14
Ole Miss 7-11 7 20-12
Georgia 6-12 8 20-17
Arkansas 6-12 8 16-17
Vanderbilt 4-14 10 9-23
Missouri 0-18 14 8-24
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