Alabama Rolls In Opener, 96-74

The Alabama Crimson Tide opened their season on Tuesday at home, hosting Sam Houston. Bama started slowly before eventually wearing the Bearkats down and costing to a 96-74 win. Alabama defeated Furman, Ole Miss, and Auburn in exhibitions prior to the season starting.

Coach Nate Oats sent out a starting five of Amari Allen, Qayden Samuels, London Jemison, Drew Fielder, and Brandon Garrison. Sam Houston countered wth Jacobs Coleman, Justin Begg, Enel St. Bernard, Aidan McDowell, and Cheikh Ndiaye. The Tide had a considerable size advantage.

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Bama started slowly and led only 6-2 with 15:52 left in the half. With 14:55 remains the Tide led 6-5 and were 0-7 from three point range. Oats was liberally substituting, bringing guys in by pairs every couple of minutes. With under 14 minutes on the clock Jemison finally hit the teams first long range shot for an 11-7 lead. Highly regarded freshman Jaxon Richardson had a highlight reel dunk on a breakaway to follow up for at 13-7 lead.

Freshman point guard Anderson Diaz got his first action of the year, bouncing back from a wrist injury that had kept him sidelined. With 10:08 left the Tide was on pace for 56 points, holding a lead of 14-10. Tarris Bouie followed an Allen hoop with a fantastic windmill dunk for a lead of 20-12 with 8:10 remaining.

Fielder and Bouie both hit from long range, followed by another pair from Jemison for a 37-20 lead at the 3:45 mark. The Bearkats shrunk the margin to 40-29 at the break. Oats used eight players at least 10 minutes or more in the period.

The Tide shot 16-38 for 42% in the half, with only 4-15 for 27% from deep, while making 4-6 free throws. Bama had 24 rebounds, with eight on the offensive end, with eight assists, seven blocks, 7 steals, and committed seven turnovers.

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Jemsion led the way with 10 points on 4-4 shooting and had two rebounds and two steals. Bouie scored seven with four rebounds, one block, and a steal. Fielder scored six and rebounded four, Allen added five…

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Publish date : 2026-11-04 04:49:00

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