How to Watch: No. 2 Alabama Basketball at South Carolina
The Alabama Crimson Tide had its way with the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday night, rolling to a 108-59 victory at Coleman Coliseum.
Now the Crimson Tide heads back on the road to Columbia for a matchup with the South Carolina Gamecocks.
It is the penultimate away game of the season for Alabama.
The Crimson Tide is still in a tight race for the SEC regular season title, leading Texas A&M by just one game with four contests to go.
That race continues for Alabama at Colonial Life Arena on Wednesday night.
How to Watch Alabama at South Carolina
Who: No. 2 Alabama (23-4, 13-1 SEC) at South Carolina (10-17, 3-11 SEC)
When: 8 p.m. CT, Wednesday
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C.
TV: ESPN2
Live Stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network (Play-By-Play: Chris Stewart; Analyst: Bryan Passink). The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.
Series: Alabama leads, 33-16
Last Meeting: The Crimson Tide and Gamecocks played at Coleman Coliseum on Feb. 26, 2022.
Five scored in double figures for Alabama, including 21 points from Jaden Shackelford.
That marked the seventh straight win for the Crimson Tide over South Carolina.
Last Time Out, Alabama: The Crimson Tide dominated Georgia from start to finish, winning 108-59.
It was the largest margin of victory for Alabama over the Bulldogs in the history of meetings between the two programs.
Brandon Miller scored 21 points in 21 minutes while Nick Pringle came off the bench to finish with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
Last Time Out, South Carolina: The Gamecocks picked up a wire-to-wire victory at LSU on Saturday.
South Carolina hit a season-high 15 3-pointers.
Four of the Gamecocks' starters combined for 74 of the team's 82 points.
Alabama Leaders:
- Scoring: Brandon Miller (18.7 PPG)
- Rebounding: Noah Clowney, Brandon Miller (8.0 RPG)
- Assists: Jaden Bradley, Jahvon Quinerly (3.5 APG)
South Carolina Leaders:
- Scoring: Gregory "GG" Jackson II (15.3 PPG)
- Rebounding: Gregory "GG" Jackson II (6.1 RPG)
- Assists: Meechie Johnson (3.5 APG)
About Alabama:
- For the second time in the last three seasons, Alabama Head Coach Nate Oats was named to the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year (Finished in the top 4 in 2021)
- Alabama has posted five wins over top-25 opponents in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history, going 10-6 over the span
- Alabama is 14-13 against AP Top 25 teams during Nate Oats’ tenure
- The Crimson Tide is the first SEC team to score 100 points versus three conference opponents since the 1997-98 Arkansas team
- Alabama has won 11 SEC games by double digits, tying the program record set by the 1955-56 team
- Alabama is ranked No. 2 in the AP Top-25 Poll, the highest ranking in program history this late into the season
- The Crimson Tide is one of three schools (Houston and Kansas) to rank in the top 15 in both defense adjusted efficiency (No. 3) and in offense adjusted efficiency (No. 13) according to KenPom
- Brandon Miller became the third freshman and the fastest freshman in program history to score 500 points in a single season (27 games), surpassing Collin Sexton (28 games) and James “Hollywood” Robinson (30 games)
- Miller is the only player in Division I to score 505 points, record 215 rebounds and make 80 three-pointers this season
- Alabama’s freshmen have scored 51.8 percent (1,167 points) of the Tide’s scoring this season led by Miller’s 18.7 points per game
- The Tide’s defense has prevented any conference opponent from scoring 69 points or more in any SEC game this season
About South Carolina:
- Head coach Lamont Paris was a part of the Wisconsin coaching staff that made seven straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Included in that stretch was a National Championship Game appearance (2015), Final Four (2014) and four Sweet 16s (2011-12, 2016-17).
- Josh Gray is averaging 10.6 rebounds per game over his last nine outings. He leads the team with 10+ rebounds in six games (five in SEC play)
- Highly touted freshman Gregory “GG” Jackson II is currently one of three freshmen in the country averaging at least 15.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Alabama’s Brandon Miller (18.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg) and Duke’s Kyle Filipowski (15.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg) is the only other players on the list.
- Gregory “GG” Jackson II ranks No. 6 in the nation among all freshmen scoring 15.2 points per game
- South Carolina is 0-7 this season when scoring 59 points or less. The team is also 3-15 when trailing at the half as opposed to 6-2 when leading at the break
- This new-look Gamecock squad features eight new players (four transfers and four freshman) headlined by Jackson, the highest rated recruit in program history (recruit rankings started in early 2000s). He joined former Carolina standout PJ Dozier (2015-17) as the only five-star signees in program history.
See Also:
Full-Court Press: Takeaways from Alabama Basketball vs Georgia
Brandon Miller's Special Freshman Year Reaches Another Milestone
No. 1 Alabama’s Success at Coleman Coliseum This Season Isn’t Ordinary
