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Crap, it's on ESPN3. Oh well, I will listen on the radio.



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Tide 10  Arizona St. 5  Tide on 8-0 run. Levi has 6.

Stats:

FG   4/16
3pt  0/5
FT   6/8

Levi hits a 3, has 9 points.


Tide 17  ASU 13


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Hale gets 2nd foul. Tide 5/18 on FG's. Hale with 4 points. TO called.

17-13 Tide

Shooting 26% & 2/10 on 3 pointers. Tied 20 all.


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30-27 Arizona State  Half

Tide shooting 28%, ASU 46%.


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47-42 ASU  10:00 left in game

Tide shooting 32%. 5/16 on 3. 11/13 in FT's.

50-47 Tide. Tide on 10-0 run. Levi 14 points, Tarrant 11, & Hale 6. 8:00 left



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Bama looking good the last few minutes. A road/neutral win against a major conference team would be big early in the season for this team.

51 all with 3:31 left.

6/18 3 pointers
14/41 FG
17/20 FT


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Tide 76-71 FINAL!!



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Great finish for Bama. We win 76-71. Randolph was strong down the stretch.

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Yes he was and I thought Tarrant was as well.

Well I didn't get to see it but it seems from you all posting we were better than we was when we played Iowa ST. RTR!

Was very happy to come on here and see that Bama won. Looks like Levi is the true leader of this team.

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Levi finished with 28 points & Tarrant had 21. They carried the team late in the game.


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Thanks for the updates.  Glad to hear Levi had a better game.  And Tarrant is a great addition to the team.

A road win against a PAC12 team.   #+

The Good:

Tide won 76-71 on the road to end 16 game road losing streak
Two players emerged as scorers: Randolph & Tarrant
Only 9 turnovers
26/29 FT's  89.7%
Tarrant shoots 5/10 FG with 4/7 3 pointers
Levi 10/10 FT's


The Bad

Ariz. State 35 rebounds/12 offensive    Tide 32/6 off.
Tide shot 42%
Cooper scored 5, last game he scored 27-same inconsistency as previous years


And The Ugly

Jimmy Taylor-He scored 0 points and had 3 turnovers. His defense was poor and he was totally invisible.






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We finally got a win away from Tuscaloosa and our home court. We had not won an away game since the 2012-13 SEC Tournament against Tennessee. Our record improves to 4-1.

The offense started out slow and we struggled to score in the first half. We trailed 30-27 at the half. ASU built a 10 point lead early in the second half before Bama offense began to clink. We scored 48 points in the 2nd half. Randolph (28 pts) and Tarrant (21 pts) were great down the stretch. Both players hit several key shots that either kept us in the game or gave us the lead. We played 9 players and everyone scored except Jimmie Taylor. We were a smoking hot 26-29 from the free throw line which accounted for about 1/3 of our points.

We scored 75 points. Through 5 games we are averaging 79 pts. That is a big improvement over past CAG teams. We have 4 players averaging double figures. Randolph 20, Tarrant 13, Cooper 10 and Hale 10. We have scoring options this year. Every player we put on the floor can score and must be guarded which opens up room and keeps double teams off your better players. Reggie Witherspoon (former Buffalo HC)was hired this offseason and his specialty is offense. So far the offense is clinking.

Our defense needs work. We are giving up too many easy baskets. We are not getting any weak side help when opposing teams drive the lane. We are giving up 70 pts a game. That is the highest of any CAG team. Our press is not effective and leads to easy baskets. These problems are coachable and can be easily fixed. It just needs to happen sooner rather than later.

CAG started the same 5 players again but 9 players are getting quality minutes. Taylor, Hale, Coleman, Cooper and Randolph are starting. Tarrant, Norris, Kessens and Obasohan are coming off the bench. We got 40 pts from starters and 35 from the bench. That is good balance and shows we do not have a drop off when the starters are not in the game. Norris continues to impress me. He played 30 minutes last night. Only Randolph (37 min) played more.

Our RPI is 23 after last night's win. Our wins over Southern Miss and ASU look good at this point and the Iowa State loss is not a bad loss. We still have a lot of tough high profile non conference games to play. Next Tuesday we play South Florida at home. We lost a heartbreaker to them in Tampa last year. They are a good team. They are 3-1 with their only loss on the road at NC State by 3 pts. We still have road games against Xavier and Wichita State. Home games against USF, UCLA, North Florida plus a few easy games before conference play starts.

The season is off to a good start. This team is fun to watch and I am looking forward to the rest of the season.