In a rowdy setting at Coleman Coliseum on Sunday, Alabama women’s basketball rallied behind an amazing fourth quarter to defeat Auburn, 67-61, to select up its tenth win within the final 12 conferences towards the Tigers.
“I assumed our crowd was the distinction down the stretch, simply an unimaginable setting,” coach Kristy Curry stated.
The Crimson Tide put collectively a spectacular fourth quarter during which they outscored Auburn, 25-9, behind some heroic scoring from Aaliyah Nye and Sarah Ashlee Barker.
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Listed here are three takeaways from the sport between Alabama (20-7, 7-5 SEC) and Auburn (16-9, 5-8 SEC):
Barker eclipses 1000 factors
Guard Sarah Ashlee Barker grew to become the thirty fourth member of Alabama girls’s basketball program historical past to affix the 1,000-point membership, and turns into the second member this season to affix the membership, becoming a member of Aaliyah Nye.
Barker wanted seven factors for a profession 1,000 and received it on the 3:18 minute mark within the first quarter.
She continues to steer Alabama in factors per recreation and ranks eighth within the SEC in that class.
Auburn’s protection tightens up in second quarter
After trailing within the first quarter, Auburn got here out on a mission within the second quarter, notably on the defensive finish.
The Tigers had been capable of maintain the Crimson Tide to simply eight second quarter factors on a sturdy 3-for-14 from the sphere whereas outscoring Alabama, 19-8.
At halftime, the Tigers led the Crimson Tide, 37-29.
Fourth quarter comeback
In what appeared to be a recreation the place Auburn runs away with it, Alabama was capable of put collectively one in all its finest quarters of the season and escape Coleman Coliseum with a victory.
The Crimson Tide seemed defeated within the second and third quarters, however a 25-9 run within the fourth quarter and the power from the house crowd propelled the Alabama to the win.
This marked the primary time all season that the Crimson Tide had been capable of come again when trailing with lower than 5 minutes to go within the recreation.
Up subsequent
The Crimson Tide journey to Columbia, S.C., to tackle the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. CT.