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Kentucky Wildcats at Alabama Crimson Tide

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Kentucky Wildcats
18-9, 2-6 Away
Final
83 - 96
Alabama Crimson Tide
22-5, 11-2 Home

Sears scores 30 and No. 4 Alabama bounces back after 2 losses with 96-83 win over No. 17 Kentucky

Kentucky Wildcats vs. Alabama Crimson Tide: Game Highlights

Alabama (22-5, 11-3 Southeastern Conference), which had lost its previous two games, got 19 points from Aden Holloway, who made five 3-pointers. Chris Youngblood had 14 points and Clifford Omoruyi had 11.

Koby Brea led Kentucky (18-9, 7-7 SEC) with 20 points while Andrew Carr and Amari Williams each scored 17. Travis Perry added 12 points.

Takeaways Alabama: Alabama now has eight wins over AP top 25 opponents, which is a single-season program record. The Crimson Tide completed a season sweep of Kentucky for the first time since 2021.

Kentucky: Prior to Saturday, Otega Oweh was the only player in the SEC to score in double-figures every game this season and one of 10 players in Division I to do so. Oweh, who leads Kentucky with 16 points per game, was 1 of 9 shooting against Alabama and finished with two points, fouling out with about seven minutes left in the game.

Key moment Trailing 30-18 midway through the first half, Alabama went on an 18-2 run to take a 36-32 lead and never trailed again. Alabama was 6 of 9 during the run while Kentucky was 1 of 7. Alabama closed out the final eight minutes with a 29-10 run to lead 47-40 at halftime.

Key stat Kentucky started hot by hitting four of its first six 3-point shots but finished 9 of 26. Alabama was just 1 of 6 from 3-point range early, but finished 11 of 31.

Up next The Crimson Tide stays at home Tuesday night to take on No. 21 Mississippi State. Kentucky is on the road to face Oklahoma on Wednesday night.

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  • TV Channel: Kentucky at Alabama 2021 College Basketball, week 16, is broadcasted on ESPN.
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Matchup Prediction

Alabama: 70.3%
Kentucky: 29.6%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 83 - 96
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 83 - 96
2nd 0:15 Grant Nelson Defensive Rebound. 83 - 96
2nd 0:18 Amari Williams missed Jumper. 83 - 96
2nd 0:30 Clifford Omoruyi made Dunk. Assisted by Chris Youngblood. 83 - 96

Statistics

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29-68 FG 32-61
42.6 Field Goal % 52.5
9-26 3PT 11-31
34.6 Three Point % 35.5
16-22 FT 21-25
72.7 Free Throw % 84.0
35 Rebounds 39
12 Offensive Rebounds 8
23 Defensive Rebounds 31
14 Assists 14
13 Steals 7
2 Blocks 4
13 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 24
6 Fast Break Points 23
34 Points in Paint 38
22 Fouls 20
12 Largest Lead 15

Game Information

Coleman Coliseum

Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Attendance: 13,474 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Auburn 14-1 - 26-2
Alabama 12-3 2 23-5
Florida 11-4 3 24-4
Tennessee 10-5 4 23-5
Missouri 10-5 4 21-7
Texas A&M 9-6 5 20-8
Ole Miss 8-7 6 19-9
Kentucky 8-7 6 19-9
Mississippi State 7-8 7 19-9
Vanderbilt 7-8 7 19-9
Arkansas 6-9 8 17-11
Georgia 5-10 9 17-11
Texas 5-10 9 16-12
Oklahoma 4-11 10 17-11
LSU 3-12 11 14-14
South Carolina 1-14 13 11-17
Full Standings