Crimson Tide Rolls Furman 111-93

The Crimson Tide basketball team played the first of three exhibition games on Thursday night. The Tide entertained Furman at Coleman Coliseum and took the visitors to the woodshed with a 111-93 victory in a defense optional contest. Nate Oats squad was playing with out three potential big pieces of the team in Aden Holloway, Anderson Diaz, and Jaxon Richardson. Holloway is serving a suspension related to his arrest and drug charges last spring, Diaz is out for “a month or so”, according to Oats, and Richardon’s absence was attributed to an illness. Preston Murphy Jr. was also not available for the game.

Oats went with a starting five of Amari Allen, Qayden Samuels, London Jemison, Keitenn Bristow, and Drew Fielder. Allen, Jemison, and Bristow, are all returners for last season. Fielder was a portal addition from Boise State, and Samuels is a freshman.

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The game started off as a back and forth affair before Allen put together a 6-0 run by himself to give the Tide a 31-25 lead with under 10 minutes left in the period. Samuels and Bristow hit back to back three’s for a 45-33 lead with 5:39 left. Jemison followed with two in a row from deep and by the half the Bama led 60-49. Oats had 10 players play seven minutes or more in the half.

At the break the Tide was shooting 22-39 for 56% with 11-23 from deep for 48%. The team hit 5-6 free throws, grabbed 20 rebounds- nine offensively, dished out 13 assists, turned it over only five times, grabbed five steals, and blocked two shots. Kentucky big man transfer, Brandon Garrison, led the way with 13 points on 6-6 shooting with 1-1 from three point range, three rebounds, and two assists. Allen scored nine with two boards and three assists. Sharpshooting NC State transfer, Cole Cloer, connected on 3-6 from behind the arc for nine first half points. Freshman Tarris Bouie was all over the floor and scored six points with four rebounds and an assist. Samuels tossed in eight points while playing point guard at times in relief of…

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