Alabama Women's Basketball Woeful in 60-45 Loss to Mississippi State
The Alabama women's basketball team lost its first road game in over a month on Sunday afternoon, 60-45 at Mississippi State..
The Crimson Tide could never find a rhythm offensively and was unable to string enough runs together to get the win in Starkville.
Coming into the game, Alabama had won its previous six road games, and in all of them the Crimson Tide was able to score more than 60 points.
This time the Alabama offense ground to a halt after the first quarter, shooting just 29 percent from the field and 28 percent from 3-point range. Nothing was clicking and the Bulldog defense kept Alabama uncomfortable.
Brittany Davis lead the Crimson Tide with 14 points, but Aaliyah Nye was the only other Alabama player with more than six points. In comparison, during Thursday's win over Vanderbilt, Alabama had five players score more than 10 points in that victory.
Mississippi State was lead by Jerkail Jordan, who scored 24 points while also grabbing six rebounds and four steals. Ahlana Smith also scored 15 points for the Bulldogs to help lead their charge.
Alabama sits at 20-7 and 9-5 in the SEC, still good for fourth in the conference. But the loss means that there is no separation between Alabama and Ole Miss. The only thing keeping Alabama over the Rebels is a head-to-head win for the Crimson Tide.
While Sunday was rough for Alabama, there are still three games left in the regular season with a lot still on the line.
How it Happened:
Fourth Quarter:
- Final: Alabama loses its first road game in over a month and a half.
- Mississippi St. is back up by 16 with 1:52 left. Seems like Alabama's run will come up short.
- Timeout with 3:34 left. Alabama has cut the lead to 14. 54-40 Miss. St.
- Bulldogs now lead 54-33 with just over six minutes left. Miss. St. is shooting over 53 percent from the field, Alabama is at 27 percent.
- Timeout on the floor with 9:01 left. Miss. St. is up 49-28.
Third Quarter:
- End of the third: Alabama had it as close as 11, but Mississippi St. ran away with it at the end.
- Timeout on the floor: 39-24 Bulldogs lead. Alabama has made some shots, but Miss. St. has been able to pull away.
- Alabama has cut the lead to 13. 37-24 with 6:30 left in the quarter.
- She makes one at the line. 35-19. With under nine minutes left.
- Aaliyah Nye draws a foul to open the quarter.
Second Quarter:
- Halftime: BIG second half needed if Alabama wants to get back into this one
- Miss. State is forcing Alabama to play a different style of offense, and the Crimson Tide can't score.
- Alabama now one for their last seven. 31-16 Miss. St. with three minutes left.
- Alabama trails by 11 after a Hannah Barber three. 27-16 Mississippi State with 5:08 left in the half.
- Timeout on the floor with 8:03 left. 23-11 Bulldogs.
- 20-11 Mississippi State leads. Alabama shooting just 21 percent from the field right now
First Quarter
- End of the first:
- Mississippi State is on a 8-0 run with just under 2 minutes left in the quarter. 15-9 Bulldogs
- Alabama on a 6-0 to take a 9-7 lead with 4:42 left in the quarter.
- Brittany Davis gets Alabama on the board with a three. 3-2 Crimson Tide with over eight minutes left.
Pregame:
- Alabama Starting Five:
- Sarah Ashlee Barker
- Hannah Barber
- Brittany Davis
- Aaliyah Nye
- Jada Rice
- The game is set to tip-off at 4:30 CT on the SEC Network +
