Alabama Women's Basketball Snags Victory Over Auburn in Record Performance
The Alabama women's basketball team bounced back with its largest margin of victory inside the Auburn Arena, 75-48 on Sunday afternoon.
It was the Crimson Tide's first Southeastern Conference win of the 2020 season.
Junior Jasmine Walker landed her third double-double of the season with 23 points, including four 3-point shots, and 10 rebounds. The product of Montgomery, Ala., was one point shy of tying her career high, while the 23 points were the most for her in a conference game.
Junior Jordan Lewis contributed 16 points, six rebounds and a game-high five assists. She shot an efficient 6-of-12 from the floor. The redshirt junior is four assists away from taking over the No. 8 spot all-time at Alabama.
Senior Cierra Johnson also added 11 points and four assists off the bench, scoring double digits for the fourth time over the last six games. Junior Ariyah Copeland threw in 10 points as well.
“I thought we came out a little jittery and Auburn played as good as they could. We just had to weather the storm,” Crimson Tide coach Kristy Curry said in a statement. “We stayed together and rebounded the ball better and took better care of the ball from the second quarter on and that was the difference.”
Auburn started the game with a 20-14 lead after 10 minutes of play. Shortly after the second quarter started, Alabama took the lead 24-22 and never looked back. The Crimson Tide went on a 25-0 run with 2:12 left in the second quarter that broke the game wide open.
Alabama walked into the second half of the game with a 33-26 lead and kept adding to it.
Senior Ashley Knight made a layup which built the 51-26 advantage. Auburn cut the lead 57-38 during the fourth quarter before Alabama came back with a 9-0 decisive run, making the score 66-38 with 5:43 to go in the game.
Alabama returns to action on Jan. 20 when it visits Tennessee at 6 p.m. (SEC Network).
