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Aaliyah Nye Sets School Record in Win; Crimson Tide Roll Call: Monday, Feb. 26, 2024

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Aaliyah Nye Sets School Record in Win; Crimson Tide Roll Call: Monday, Feb. 26, 2024
Aaliyah Nye Sets School Record in Win; Crimson Tide Roll Call: Monday, Feb. 26, 2024

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Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2024 Season Opener:

187 days

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

No Alabama athletics in action. 

Crimson Tide Results:

  • Alabama Women's Basketball defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 87-75.
      • Alabama's Aaliyah Nye scored a career high 28 points. 
      • Sarah Ashlee Barker scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds. 

      Did you notice?

      Brandon Miller and Colin Sexton both had highlight reel dunks in their respective NBA contests. Miller scored 17 points with four rebounds, one assists and two steals in the Charlotte Hornets 93-80 victory over the Portland Trailblazers. Sexton scored 16 points, had 10 assists, with four steals and two rebounds in an Utah Jazz 128-109 win over the San Antonio Spurs. 

      • Herb Jones filled up the boxscore in a New Orleans Pelicans 114-106 loss to the Chicago Bulls. Jones scored 15 points, had six assists, three rebounds and the block on the peremiter shown below. 

      On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

      February 26, 1921: Riggs Stephenson, a second-team All-American fullback for the Thin Red Line football teams, signed a baseball contract with the Cleveland Indians. The 22-year-old native of Akron, Ala., joined his close friend Joe Sewell with the major league champions.

      February 26, 1946: Legendary Crimson Tide broadcaster Tom Roberts was born.

      February 26, 1978: Allison Thomas Stanislaus "Pooley" Hubert died in Waynesboro, Ga.

      Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

      "I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop." – Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

      We'll leave you with this...

      • In addition to scoring a career high 28-points, Aaliyah Nye broke the Crimson Tide women's basketball record for most 3-point shots made in a season. Nye has currently made 100 shots from beyond the arc this season, surpassing Brittany Davis's 93 she made in the 2021-22 season. 

      How an Unconventional Uniform Matchup Fueled Alabama Baseball in Game 2 vs. Valparaiso

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Joe Gaither oversees videos and podcasts for Alabama Crimson Tide On SI/BamaCentral. He began his sports media career in radio in 2019, working for three years in Tuscaloosa covering the University of Alabama and other local high school sports. In 2023 he joined BamaCentral to cover a variety of Crimson Tide sports and recruiting, in addition to hosting the “Joe Gaither Show” podcast. His work has also appeared on the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt web sites.

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