It was sloppy, but I will say it was efficient as the Cats outworked the Crimson Tide. Lets take a look at the boxscore:
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
JaMychal Green, F 35 5-12 0-0 1-2 0 6 0 2 0 4 3 11
Chris Hines, F 27 2-6 0-0 0-0 5 6 1 1 1 0 2 4
Mikhail Torrance, G 32 2-11 0-2 4-4 0 6 3 0 0 1 0 8
Senario Hillman, G 27 4-9 0-2 2-2 1 2 1 1 0 3 4 10
Tony Mitchell, F 35 4-12 3-6 2-2 2 7 2 0 1 0 4 13
BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Justin Knox, F 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0
Anthony Brock, G 26 3-8 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 7
Charvez Davis, G 6 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
21-63 4-14 9-10 9 29 9 6 2 12 23 55
33.3% 28.6% 90.0%
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Patrick Patterson, F 33 4-10 1-3 0-0 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 9
DeMarcus Cousins, F 31 6-8 0-0 4-8 5 13 2 1 1 2 2 16
Darnell Dodson, G 15 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Eric Bledsoe, G 29 2-6 0-3 4-5 0 1 4 1 0 3 4 8
John Wall, G 37 7-13 1-3 7-9 0 10 2 3 1 6 1 22
BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Ramon Harris, G-F 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DeAndre Liggins, G 26 2-4 1-3 3-6 3 7 1 1 1 2 1 8
Darius Miller, G 8 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Orton, F 16 1-1 0-0 1-3 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 3
TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
22-48 3-16 19-31 12 40 10 7 5 16 14 66
45.8% 18.8% 61.3%
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[*]For the first time in a while DeMarcus Cousins wasn’t the player of the game. John Wall took over for his Alabama born teammates on the scoring side of things for once. He led all scorers with 22 points and also had 10 rebounds. Turnovers are still high with Wall, having 6 with only 2 assists. Didn’t matter tonight though. Wall has a reason to dance after tonight’s performance.
[*]DeAndre Liggins continues to impress, logging 26 minutes and finished with 8 pts and 7 rebounds. With Dodson throwing a goosegg up on the board, Liggins could find himself in the starting lineup before it is all said and done.
[*]Although PPat only had 9 points, it felt like more than that. He seems more active to me. He did have only 4 rebounds again. He has a double double coming, lets hope it is this Saturday.
[*]Eric Bledsoe shot less, and was alot more efficient with the basketball having 4 assists and only 3 turnovers. He is such a solid player.
[*]Coach Cal usually says in his pregame talk with the players that he wants to win the rebounding war + 10. They got 1 over outrebounding the Tide 40-29.
[*]We did a very good job getting to the foul line 31 times, where Alabama only went 10. I wish we would make 70% every game, I would feel a lot more confidant about winning on the road.
[/LIST]Good win. I felt like we let them hang around too much. If they make a couple of shots down the stretch it is a barnburner. Alabama missed way too many shots to have a chance to upset us, but I don’t like giving teams confidance by letting them hang around. I am sure Coach will adjust and conquer. At least I hope he does! Go Cats!
