Tide Rides Hot Shooting To 109-68 Victory

The Alabama Crimson Tide improved to 3-0 on the young season Monday night by destroying Oakland 109-68 in Coleman Coliseum. Bama shot 63% from the field, and 52% from three. The Tide made 14 out of 15 two point attempts. The Golden Grizzlies fell to 0-4. The Grizzles reside in Michigan, not in California.

Aden Holloway made his season debut after serving a five game suspension- which included the three exhibition games. Holloway was joined in the starting lineup with Amari Allen, London Jemison, Drew Fielder, and Brandon Garrison. Oakland coach Greg Kampe sent out Nassim Mashhour, Chris Fields, Jr., William Kassi, Warren Marshall IV, and Belal El Shakery.

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Unlike the first two games of the year, the Tide came out hot. Allen hit a pair of three’s in the first two minutes. With 15:57 left Bama led 10-5. Keitenn Bristow scored twice on alley-oops before Qayden Samuels hit back to back three pointers. Jemsion hit two from deep followed by long range makes from Tarris Bouie and Cole Cloer. With six minutes left the Tide led 40-18. Holloway found his stroke knocking down a pair long balls, one from at least 35 feet. Jemison made his third in three tries and Bama took a 59-26 lead into the locker room.

The Tide sent out the same starters for the second stanza, and things didn’t change. Fiedler hit a three pointer from the corner to start things followed by two more from Jemison wrapped around another one from Holloway. With 16:43 remaining the scored stood at 70-35. The barrage from deep continued with Jemison, Holloway, and Fielder remaining hot. Freshman Jaxon Richardson made his first career three pointer, and Bouie added another. A Bouie basket in the paint put the Tide in triple digits for a 100-65 lead with 1:53 left.

Freshman point guard Anderson Diaz finished off the scoring with three straight three pointers and the Tide covered the 38.5 point line with the resounding 109-68 victory.

In the second half Bama shot 19-32 for 59%, 13-25 for 52% from three, and made…

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