Live Updates: No. 8 Alabama Basketball vs Vanderbilt

The Crimson Tide hopes to maintain its lead in the SEC with a win over the Commodores

Second Half

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• Final: Alabama 82, Vanderbilt 78.

• Vanderbilt almost takes out Stackhouse on the long inbound pass. Alabama will inbound it from the Commodores' endline.

• Quinerly is fouled on the inbound with 2.4 seconds left on the clock. Quinerly heads to the free throw line for two attempts. He misses his first but makes his second. 82-78 Alabama.

• Timeout Alabama. Oats didn't like what he saw on the inbound.

• Timeout Vanderbilt. Alabama leads 81-78 with 3.7 left on the clock. Alabama will inbound the basketball upon return to play.

• McBride hits a three to bring the score to 80-76 Alabama. Petty is fouled on the inbound attempt. Petty goes 1-for-2 from the line. With 3.7 on the clock, Evans makes a layup.

• Pippen misses a three, Shackelford rebounds the ball and is immediately fouled by Issa McBride. Shackelford misses his first free throw but hits his second. 80-73 Alabama with under 15 seconds to go.

• Ellis is fouled on Vanderbilt's end and will head to the charity stripe for two attempts. Ellis makes both and gives Alabama a 79-73 edge with under 20 seconds left in the game.

• Evans sinks a three-point basket with 40.2 left on the clock. Timeout Vanderbilt. Alabama leads 77-73 and will have possession after the game resumes.

• Bruner attempted a dunk but was fouled on the way up by Disu. Bruner misses his first free throw but gets his first point of the day with his second. 77-70 Alabama with 1:23 left.

• Quinerly hits a three. Alabama now up by six with 1:48 left to play.

• Rojas picks up his second personal. Disu makes both of his free throws. 73-70 Alabama with 2:17 left.

• Shackelford makes his 24th and 25th points of the contest with a layup, assisted by Ellis.

• Ellis picks up his fourth personal foul. Pippen makes his first free throw attempt, misses his second and makes his third.

• Quinerly is fouled on the way up to the rim by Wright, who picks up his third. Quinerly misses his first free throw but makes his second. 71-66 Alabama with 3:35 to go.

• Disu heads to the line and makes one of two. The Alabama lead is now down to four points.

• Jones fouls out of the game with 3:56 remaining. Final media timeout of the game.

• Layup good by Shackelford. Alabama up 70-65 with just under four minutes left.

• Wright gets called for a charge. Petty did an excellent job of getting set and drawing the foul under the basket. Alabama basketball.

• Shackelford drives to the net on a fast break, makes the layup basket and is fouled. Shackelford misses his and-one attempt, and the ball is rebounded by the Commodores.

• Three-point basket from Reese, assisted by Quinerly. Alabama is back on top by one.

• Reese turns the ball over on an attempt to rebound a missed three from Jones. Vanderbilt takes the lead on the ensuing possession with a layup from Pippen.

• Wright responds with a layup. On the next Alabama possession, Ellis is called for his third personal. Disu heads to the line and misses his first but makes his second. Game is now tied at 63-63 with less than six minutes to go.

• Shackelford gets a layup for two. Alabama lead is back to three.

• Shackelford misses a corner three. Pippen makes a layup on the ensuing possession. The two points bring his game total to 20.

• Disu hits a layup. 61-58 Alabama at the under-8 media timeout. Fans are still upset about the no-call that resulted in Shackelford limping to halfcourt.

• Quinerly hits two free throws to give Alabama the 61-56 edge.

• Albert hits a three for Vanderbilt. 59-56 Alabama with 8:03 to go.

• Shackelford was knocked onto the court on the way up for a layup but the foul went uncalled. Nate Oats went absolutely ballistic on the side of the court, resulting in a technical foul. Pippen makes both of his free throws.

• Vanderbilt is now on a 6-0 run — all six of those points coming from the free-throw line. The Commodores have cut the Crimson Tide lead down to 57-51 with 8:45 left to go.

• Jones now picks up his fourth personal. Disu hits both of his free throws.

• Quinerly picks up his fourth personal. Pippen shoots two free throws and makes both. 57-47 Alabama.

• Timeout Vanderbilt. Alabama leads 57-45 with 9:59 to go in the game. The Crimson Tide is now eight of its last eight and is outscoring the Commodores 19-4 over the last 3:40.

• Reese gets a layup, assisted by Ellis.

• Thomas hits a short layup but Shackelford responds on the Alabama end with his own layup.

• Jones drives backwards into the paint and gets the layup. Jones is fouled and hits the and-one after a trip to the line. 53-43 Alabama.

• Vanderbilt gets called for traveling. Under-12 media timeout. Alabama has now had a 12-2 run over the last two minutes of play and is out to a 50-43 lead.

• Reese puts up a monster dunk, assisted by Quinerly. Alabama is the first to 50 points.

• Ellis gets called for his second personal. Pippen heads to the line to shoot two and makes both. 48-43 Alabama at the 12:11 mark.

• Quinerly picks up his third personal.

• Jones makes his first three of the game, and just like that Alabama is on a 10-0 run in under a minute.

• Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse gets called for a technical foul. Shackelford shoots two free throws to give Alabama the 45-41 lead.

• Ellis makes a three of his own, assisted by Jones. Alabama rebounds the ball on the ensuing Vanderbilt possession, leading to a layup by Shackelford.

• Evans makes his third three of the game, and the Commodores are right back on top.

• Vanderbilt turns the ball over at their own end. Inbounded by Reese to Quinerly. After several shots that land off the rim, Albert fouls Quinerly. Quinerly inbounds the ball to Jones, who passes the ball to Shackelford. Shackelford drives in for the layup and ties the game at 38 points apiece.

• Ellis gets a layup after a steal from Jones.

• Under-16 media timeout. Vanderbilt is currently beating Alabama at its own game, playing with speed and matching the Crimson Tide's pace. The Commodores lead 38-34 with 15:38 left to play.

• Evans drains a three from the corner.

• Bruner picks up his second personal. Wright inbounds the ball for the Commodores but Petty steals the basketball. Petty then overthrows the basketball on a passing attempt to Ellis. Vanderbilt ball.

• Evans misses his free throw, rebounded by Alabama. Quinerly shoots a deep three but misses. Ellis rebounds the ball but is fouled on the way up. Ellis misses his first free throw but makes his second. 35-34 Vanderbilt with 16:57 left to play.

• Jones picks up his third personal foul blocking Evans on the way up to the basket.

• Disu gets the short jumper. Game tied at 33 apiece.

• Bruner shoots his second three-point attempt of the game and misses. Rebounded by Vanderbilt.

• Second half is underway inside Coleman Coliseum. Vanderbilt picks of the first points of the half with a layup from Wright.

Halftime Stats

• Shackelford and Quinerly lead the Crimson Tide with eight points apiece. Bruner, in his first game back since tearing his meniscus back on Jan. 12 at Kentucky, leads the team in rebounds with six after the first 20 minutes.

• Alabama is playing rather well on defense but is having some difficulty locking down Vanderbilt beyond the three-point line. The Commodores are shooting 50 percent from beyond the arc — something that the Crimson Tide needs to take control of if it wants to pull away.

• Bruner looked rather mobile and had a solid half on defense. His 0 points in the first half is a little concerning, but Bruner focused on getting the ball to the team's shooters rather than taking shots himself.

• Alabama is currently shooting just 34 percent from the floor at the half and 25 percent from three-point land. The Crimson Tide is getting good looks, but the shots simply aren't falling. In the second half, look to see Alabama driving in the paint for more layups and short jumpers since the attempts from beyond the three-point line aren't currently doing the Crimson Tide any favors.

• For Vanderbilt, Pippen had a solid first half with 10 points. Disu also has seven, but the Commodores will need to spread the ball around instead of having one or two players score their points. Expect Alabama to lock in on both Pippen and Disu coming out of the locker room as the second half gets underway.

First Half

• Halftime: Alabama 33, Vanderbilt 29

• Shackelford is fouled by Trey Thomas on a fast-break layup attempt. Shackelford makes one of two free throws to give the Crimson Tide a 33-29 lead.

• D.J. Harvey picks up his first personal foul for Vanderbilt. Shackelford heads to the line for one-and-one and makes both. 32-29 Alabama with 43 seconds to go before halftime.

• Offensive foul on Pippen, his second personal. Possession awarded to Alabama.

• Stute is fouled by Rojas on the layup attempt, and the basket falls in. Myles heads to the line for the and-one and misses. Alternating possession jump ball, Vanderbilt will inbound it from the endline. Bruner picks up the rebound, three-point basket by Quinerly. 30-29 Crimson Tide with 1:40 to go.

• Evans makes a three. The Commodores get the rebound on the other end as well. Shots simply aren't falling for the Crimson Tide today. Alabama is now one of its last seven.

• Myles Stute picks up his first foul for the Commodores. Inbounded by Quinerly, but Vanderbilt snags the rebound off of a missed three by Shackelford.

• Quinerly is fouled by Braelee Albert. Final media timeout of the first half. The Crimson Tide leads the Commodores 27-25 with 3:34 to go.

• Alabama takes the 27-25 lead with a layup by Shackelford.

• Quinerly shoots two after Disu picks up his second personal. Quinerly makes both, tying the game at 25.

• Under-8 media timeout. Alabama has starting striking from around the arc and is spreading the ball around. However, the Crimson Tide is having a hard time with the shots falling. 25-23 Vanderbilt at the 6:26 mark.

• Alabama is now two of its last 10. Fortunately for the Crimson Tide, Vanderbilt is also in the middle of a 3:29 scoring drought.

• Jones picks up his second personal foul. Inbounded by the Commodores, but Petty gets the rebound off of a missed shot. Shackelford misses a three-point attempt, Reese picks up the offensive rebound, throws it right back to Shackelford, who drains it for three.

• Layup good by Jones, who finally has his first points of the game.

• Issac McBride makes a three. The Commodores take a 25-18 lead.

• Bruner has hopped onto the exercise bike to keep his knee warm.

• Alabama is now 0 for its last 4 possessions and has a scoring drought of 2:05.

• Bruner was moving well and made three rebounds in his first five minutes on the court. He hasn't seen any action since 15:01 in the game, but his movement looks promising.

• Disu now has seven points in the first 10 minutes of the game. Under-12 media timeout. Vanderbilt leads Alabama 22-18.

• Evans makes a three, the Crimson Tide respond with a layup from James Rojas.

• Jahvon Quinerly gets on the board for Alabama with a corner three.

• Pippen now has 10 points on the day with a short jumper.

• Disu hits a three of his own. 15-13 Vanderbilt at the 13:35 mark.

• Dylan Disu makes his first basket of the day, but Primo responds on the other end of the court with his first three.

• After Pippen picked up his his first personal, Josh Primo makes both of his free throws. 10-10 with 14:45 to go in the first.

• Pippen has eight of Vanderbilt's 10 points in the opening five minutes after hitting his second three of the day. Media timeout.

• The Commodores take the lead with a layup from Jordan Wright. The Crimson Tide responds with a three from Petty. 8-7 Alabama at the 15:23 mark in the first half.

• Herb Jones picks up his first personal. Pippen heads to the line for three free throws and makes two out of three.

• John Petty Jr. makes a short jumper good for two.

• Scotty Pippen Jr. makes a deep three for Vanderbilt to tie the game at three apiece.

• Alabama wins the opening tip and Alex Reese makes the first points of the day with a three from the corner.

Pregame

• Today is Senior Day inside Coleman Coliseum. Alabama released this graphic prior to the game honoring its seven seniors:

• Today's referees: Pat Adams, Byron Jarrett, Rob Rorke.

• Per an Alabama spokesman, grad-student forward Jordan Bruner will play today. Bruner was seen warming up on the court with the team wearing a brace on his knee, but moving fairly well.

• It's official. Jordan Bruner is listed in Alabama's starting lineup at forward, along with Herb Jones (W), Alex Reese (F), Tyler Barnes (F) and John Petty Jr. (G).

• Vanderbilt starting five: Dylan Disu (F), Scotty Pippen Jr. (G), Maxwell Evans (G), Jordan Wright (F) and Braelee Albert (F).

Game Preview

Sure, the University of Alabama men's basketball team would have liked to have traveled to College Station and taken on Texas A&M on Thursday afternoon to move one step closer to clinching a SEC regular season title.

But winter weather dictated otherwise and forced a postponement.

The good news was that the 8th-ranked Crimson Tide (17-5, 12-1 SEC) could use the extra time off.

Senior wing Herb Jones said he's still only playing at "70-80 percent," despite scoring a career-high 21 points versus Georgia last Saturday.

Forwards Jordan Bruner and Juwan Gary are still nursing a torn meniscus and dislocated shoulder, respectively.

When Alabama faces off against Vanderbilt on Saturday (12 p.m, SEC Network), it will be a full week since the last time it played. When it throttled the Bulldogs, 115-82, the Crimson Tide sett a program record for most points scored in an SEC game.

Meanwhile, the Commodores (6-11, 2-9 SEC) have had an up-and-down few days.

They went on the road to Starkville last weekend and pummeled Mississippi State, 72-51, and then lost at home to Kentucky on Wednesday night, 82-78, as Vanderbilt is currently last place in the conference.

Scotty Pippen Jr. and Dylan Disu headline the Commodores.

Pippen averages a team-high 20.3 points per game, which is good for 23rd in the country and second in the SEC. He also dishes out 5.2 assists.

Disu is the only double-figure scorer for Vanderbilt at 14.9 points. He leads the team in rebounding and blocks with 8.9 and 1.2, respectively.

A win over coach Jerry Stackhouse's squad would cut the magic number down to two in order for the Crimson Tide win the outright conference championship.

Vanderbilt at No. 8 Alabama

Where: Coleman Coliseum

When: 12:00 p.m, CT, Saturday

TV: SEC Network

Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network

Online: ESPN.com

Last time out, Alabama: The Crimson Tide was scheduled to travel to College Station to take on Texas A&M this past Thursday, but was postponed due to icy weather across the region. No make-up date has been announced.

Last time out, Vanderbilt: The Commodores erased a 12-point deficit against Kentucky. They ultimately fell apart late the in the second half, losing 82-78 to the Wildcats inside Memorial Gymnasium on Wednesday evening.

The series: The 110th meeting. Alabama has a losing record all-time against Vanderbilt, 58-51. However, the Crimson Tide has won four of the last six meetings, and three of the last five in Tuscaloosa.

More on the last meeting: Vanderbilt guard Saben Lee went off for 38 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in an 87-79 win over Alabama inside Coleman Coliseum on March 3, 2020. It was the Commodores' first SEC road win in over two years. Crimson Tide guards Kira Lewis Jr. and James Bolden combined for 54 points, while Jaden Shackelford dropped 18 points and grabbed four rebounds.