Live Updates for Alabama's Players Era Festival Finale Against Maryland

The Crimson Tide and Terrapins meet Wednesday night, for the first time since the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Nov 25, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide forward London Jemison (6) shoots a free throw in the first half against UNLV Rebels in a 2025 Players Era Festival group play game at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images | Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

The No. 8 Alabama men's basketball team will conclude its run at the 2025 Players Era Festival with its third and final game in the event against unranked Maryland on Wednesday night.

It's the second straight night that Alabama's game will tip at 11 p.m. CT. Wednesday's contest will be broadcast on TNT. Maryland's home base is located within the bounds of Eastern time, meaning the game will technically begin on Thanksgiving Day for Terrapins fans in the program's home state.

The No. 8 Crimson Tide (4-2) defeated UNLV 115-76 on Tuesday inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where Wednesday night's tilt against Maryland will take place. The scoring output tied the highest all-time mark of the Nate Oats era. Both teams are 1-1 in the Players Era Festival, and both wins were against Josh Pastner's Runnin' Rebels.

Maryland (5-2) is in its first season under the leadership of Buzz Williams, who left Texas A&M to take the job in College Park after Kevin Willard went to Villanova. The Crimson Tide is very familiar with Williams from his stint as the Aggies' coach, including a win over Texas A&M in the championship game of the 2023 SEC Tournament. The Terrapins lost 100-61 against No. 12 Gonzaga on Tuesday.

Alabama and Maryland have met in the NCAA Tournament twice this decade. Both times, the Crimson Tide was the higher seed and won. During Nate Oats' second season as the Alabama head coach, the Crimson Tide defeated the Mark Turgeon-coached Terrapins 96-77 to advance to the 2021 Sweet 16.

Two years later, Willard led No. 8-seed Maryland into Birmingham and faced off with Alabama, which was the top overall seed in the tournament after winning the SEC double-crown (as it did in 2021). The Crimson Tide won 73-51 for its final victory of the 2022-23 season.

This series has only not been contested on an officially neutral floor once this century. Maryland beat Alabama 58-57 in the 2013 National Invitation Tournament at Coleman Coliseum. The last time before Wednesday that the schools met in the regular season was in November of 2011. Alabama won 62-42 in Puerto Rico.

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Second Half:

• Alabama demolishes Maryland 105-72 to end its time at the Players Era Festival on a positive note. The Crimson Tide won two straight games to finish the event at 2-1, and scored 100-plus in both wins. Alabama collected 49 rebounds as a team against the Terrapins. Aden Holloway had a double-double, Aiden Sherrell nearly joined him and Labaron Philon scored 20. Seven Crimson Tide players scored 10 points or more: Philon, Holloway, Sherrell, Davion Hannah, Taylor Bol Bowen, Amari Allen and London Jemison. Allen added seven rebounds.

• Martin scores his first Alabama point on a free throw. He went 1-of-2 at the stripe.

• A Davion Hannah layup pushes Alabama to 100 points. Jacob Martin has checked in for the second night in a row.

• The final media timeout of the game comes with 3:51 left to go. Alabama is close to reaching the century mark in scoring for the second night in a row, currently leading 95-59. Philon has reached 20 points as an individual. Adams and Payne are the Terrapins players in double figures for their team, while the Crimson Tide has five such players.

• Holloway currently has a double-double (17 points and 10 assists). He has had a great performance in the last two games.

• The Alabama rebound count is now 45.

• That the Crimson Tide has put up 44 rebounds (and counting) without Keitenn Bristow is impressive. Nate Oats has wanted to see his team turn up the intensity on the glass, and that has happened tonight.

• "Sweet Home Alabama" is playing inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

• Sherrell has become a dominant force in this second half. In 20 minutes, he has nine points, nine boards (eight defensive) and five blocks. He hasn't picked up another foul since acquiring his third personal. Seven minutes and 23 seconds to play.

• Holloway has reached a new career high with seven assists in this contest.

• It is now the under-12 media timeout, with 11:55 on the clock until the end of the game, and Alabama has stretched its lead to 22 points. Labaron Philon leads the Crimson Tide scorers with 16, and freshman Davion Hannah has entered double figures with 10 points.

• The Crimson Tide has made 11 of its 13 free-throw attempts in this game with 13:42 to go. Maryland, by contrast, is 4-for-7. The more glaring stat is that the Terrapins have attempted 16 shots from beyond the arc and only connected on three of those attempts. Alabama has hoisted 24 and made 10.

• Aiden Sherrell has three fouls thus far. Without the outcome of this matchup presently in doubt, the Crimson Tide coaching staff has options for how it wants to manage that situation because approximately 15 minutes still remain.

• At the under-16 media timeout of the final half, Alabama is up by 18 points, 55-37. Not much has changed in the way of the Crimson Tide outpacing the Terrapins. The rebounding margin is now 11 in favor of the No. 8-ranked team in the country.

• Maryland scores the first two points of the second half on a layup from Darius Adams.

First Half:

• Halftime has arrived. Alabama leads Maryland 49-29 and has hit nine three-pointers. Labaron Philon and Aden Holloway each have 11 points. Aiden Sherrell is the Crimson Tide's rebounding leader, with four so far. The team has 25. Maryland is led in scoring by Pharrel Payne (eight points). Holloway has tied a career high with six assists.

• The Terrapins have now put together a 7-0 scoring run over the game's last 86 seconds. The score sits at 39-24 at the under-four media timeout. Maryland will need to do more from long range, as the margin there is 7-3 Alabama.

• Maryland just ended a scoring drought that spanned roughly three minutes. That won't cut it while nearly getting outrebounded by double digits. Alabama's lead is 20, at 39-19.

• Alabama is more than doubling up the Terrapins in rebounds; that margin presently sits at 20-9.

• The Crimson Tide is up two touchdowns, 31-17, with 7:59 remaining in the first half. Three Crimson Tide players have six points. It's going to take an offensive explosion for Maryland to turn this half around. Alabama has one fewer three-point basket than the Terrapins have overall buckets.

• At the under-12 media timeout, the Crimson Tide is already racing out to a commanding advantage in this one. It is Alabama 24, Maryland nine. No Crimson Tide players are yet in double figures scoring-wise, but the team has hit five shots from beyond the arc. Maryland has only made four field goals overall. There are 11 minutes and 43 seconds to play in the first half.

• Houston Mallette continues to ride the hot hand. He has two three-pointers tonight already after he made four on Tuesday against UNLV.

• Bristow will be evaluated upon Alabama's return to Tuscaloosa from Las Vegas. Alabama leads 19-7 at the 14:55 mark of the first half.

• Alabama forward Keitenn Bristow is out for tonight's game with an undisclosed injury. Has been one of the team's best rebounders since making his Crimson Tide debut. He can be seen on the broadcast with a boot on his leg.

• The game is underway as of 11:17 p.m. CT. Alabama scores the first points on a Labaron Philon dunk.

Pregame:

• As of 11:13 p.m. CT, the game has not begun.

• Alabama starters: Labaron Philon, Aden Holloway, Houston Mallette, Taylor Bol Bowen and Aiden Sherrell.

• The Crimson Tide and Terrapins are scheduled to tip off at 11 p.m. CT on TNT. Alabama will continue to be without guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr., who was ruled out for the entirety of the Players Era Festival ahead of the team's opener against Gonzaga.