Alabama Set To Take On Mississippi State Wednesday Night (8:00 CSS)

[pmull]

The Alabama men's basketball team will continue Southeastern Conference play when it travels to square off against Mississippi State on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. CT.

“We’re looking forward to the challenge of going on the road again at Mississippi State,” UA head coach Anthony Grant said. “Obviously, Mississippi State has gotten off to a great start, 2-0 in the league. They had a great home win against South Carolina and then going on the road at Georgia and getting a win there. I’ve been very impressed watching them on film. They’ve got a lot of young guys who are doing an outstanding job, you look at the way they’re defending and the way they are winning ballgames. Coach (Rick) Ray and his staff have done a great job of getting those guys acclimated to his system, getting the experience they need and playing very good basketball right now at an extremely high confidence level. For our team, we are coming off a good win here at home against Tennessee so we’ve got to take the momentum, experiences and everything we learned from that game and try to carry it over as we go on the road.”

The Crimson Tide (9-6, 1-1 SEC) is coming off a 68-65 victory over Tennessee last Saturday in UA’s first home conference game of the season. Junior guard Trevor Releford and sophomore guard Trevor Lacey led the Tide with 15 points each, while sophomore guard Levi Randolph had 12 points and six rebounds in the win. Senior guard Andrew Steele added 11 points and a season-high four steals.

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[pmull]

Miss State is always hard to beat at home. However, this is not a typical Miss State team. They are 2-0 in SEC play but USCe and UGA are both 0-2. Miss has an overall 7-7 record with very bad losses to Troy and Alabama A&M. Miss State has an RPI of 225. Our RPI is 73. It should be a good game.

If you did not see in in another thread Releford is doubtful.

[SUPERCOACH]

I wonder what channel this will be on DirecTV.

[pmull]

I wonder what channel this will be on DirecTV.

I don't think it is available on DirecTV. It is listed on the channel finder by cable only in Decatur. You may be able to get it on ESPN3.

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[ricky023]

OK I heard on the news on CBS42 that Releford was injured and not sure he would get to play? If so, then this is killer. RTR!

[SUPERCOACH]

OK I heard on the news on CBS42 that Releford was injured and not sure he would get to play? If so, then this is killer. RTR!

Yep, he has a sprained ankle I believe.  I don't think he will be out long but he will probably miss this game.

[BAMAWV]

It'll be interesting to see how Levi Randolph responds tonight. For a couple of seasons I've been waiting for him to kick his game up a notch. He has been a good defender, rebounds well for his size, and has a great basketball sense or feel for the ball. Anytime there is a big scramble for a tipped or loose ball, Levi is somewhere around. He has a tendency to look for someone to feed when he has the ball, rather than taking it to the goal himself or working for a shot on his own. I always thought he would "grow out of that" but he has not. Maybe putting the ball in his hands at the point may force him into a larger role in our offense. RTR to LR.

[Jamos]

It'll be interesting to see how Levi Randolph responds tonight. For a couple of seasons I've been waiting for him to kick his game up a notch. He has been a good defender, rebounds well for his size, and has a great basketball sense or feel for the ball. Anytime there is a big scramble for a tipped or loose ball, Levi is somewhere around. He has a tendency to look for someone to feed when he has the ball, rather than taking it to the goal himself or working for a shot on his own. I always thought he would "grow out of that" but he has not. Maybe putting the ball in his hands at the point may force him into a larger role in our offense. RTR to LR.

The last two games have been good games for Levi. In the Tenn game he didn't shoot the long ball as well as he did the game before but he made up for that with his overall play, he is "Charlie Hustle" on this team. If he was a little taller he would be a killer on the boards. I think Levi has some good games ahead for him, he's very consistant with his overall game and he's only a soph.

[BAMAWV]

Tide up by 1, 11-10. So far everyone getting involved in the offense. 

[BAMAWV]

Rectal Boswana fouls w/shot clock running down--led to 3.

[BAMAWV]

Bama 18-17-- under 8 in the 1st. Tide outrebounding Dawgs. LR w/7pts and a steal and RC w/5 pts.

[Catch Prothro]

Thanks for the updates for those of us with DirectTV

[BAMAWV]

Bama by 4 w/3 minutes left in half. Fom the start it looked like Cooper was going to be more involved. He, Jacobs and Randolph are playing well. This first half is what I've been looking for out of this team. Of course, we are missing Releford and his driving ability.

[BAMAWV]

Alabama 30
Miss St   22 (half)
 L. Randolph 11 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
 R. Cooper 7 Pts, 4 Reb
 N. Jacobs 8 Pts

Bama out rebounding State 19-11. MSU was shooting above 50% beyond the arc early on, but as their shooting dropped back to normal the Tide went on top to lead by 8. Lacey hasn't been a factor as yet (0-2). Cooper and Jacobs playing well. Randolph on his way to having his career game. Gueye chop blocked Pollard and dang near killed him,-- other than that he has a tip in for--oh wait--     nevermind.

[BAMAWV]

Lacey with back to back to back 3s (he now has 9 pts.). Bama with a 17 pt lead to try and steal one in Starkville.

 

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