Tide Takes Down Auburn In The Feud, 87-85

Alabama improved to 3-0 in the exhibition season by defeating in state rival Auburn 87-85 in a thrilling, physical, chippy game. The contest was played in Birmingham at a packed Legacy Arena. The Tide was without freshman sharp shooting guard Cole Cloer, and point guards Aden Holloway and Anderson Diaz. Bama will open the season at home on Tuesday November 3rd at 6:30 p.m. against Sam Houston.

Coach Nate Oats sent out a starting five of Amari Allen, Qayden Daniels, London Jemison, Drew Fielder, and Jamarion Davis-Fleming. Steven Pearl and Auburn countered with Tahaad Pettiford, Kevin Overton, Caleb Williams, Thomas Dowd, and Narcisse Ngoy.

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Daniels had the first hoop of the game, a long range jumper. After Auburn went ahead 4-3. After Allen connected from deep, the Tide had a 6-4 lead. Ngoy took over down low for the Tigers and AU was able to take an 11-6 lead with 16:39 left in the half. Brandon Garrison made a three the scored was 11-9 at the under 16 timeout. As the teams were heading to the bench a little scuffle broke out and Allen ended up with a technical foul.

Tarris Bouie entered for the Tide and his energy was noticeable. Alabama’s most highly regarded freshman, Jaxon Richardson, also was inserted for his first action of the preseason. Keiton Bristow made an old fashioned three point play to take the lead back for Bama at 21-19. Bouie made a spectacular dunk at the 9:40 mark to give the Tide a 23-22 lead. Things continued to go back and forth and Auburn led 28-25 with 8:15 left in the period.

With Auburn holding a six point lead, Bristow hit from down town to make the score 33-30. Sameuls drained a three pointer with 3:02 on the clock to give Bama a 37-36 lead. Allen made a hoop on a follow on the next possesion . The teams continued to go back and forth and the Tide held a 44-41 lead at intermission.

In the first half Alabama shot 15-36 for 42%, 5-17 from three for 29%, and made only 9-16 free throws for 56%. The team grabbed seven offensive rebounds…

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