Alabama Opens SEC Play Against Georgia Thursday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women’s basketball team opens Southeastern Conference play against Georgia on Thursday inside Coleman Coliseum. The two teams will tip off at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

Alabama closed its non-conference slate on a nine-game winning streak which included two 60-plus point wins in the month of December. UA enters Thursday’s game with 10 straight wins at home and seven victories inside Coleman Coliseum this season.

The Game

• Alabama (11-2) vs. Georgia (11-3) 
• Series History: 58^th meeting vs. Lady Bulldogs

How to Follow

• SEC Network

  • Gray Robertson (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) on the call

• CTSN

  • Roger Hoover (play-by-play) on the call

• Updates will be provided on the team’s official Twitter account, @AlabamaWBB

About the Tide

• UA ranks 14^th in the latest NET rankings
• Alabama closed the non-conference schedule on a nine-game winning streak which included a perfect 7-0 run at home
• Jada Rice ranks third in the NCAA for blocks (38) and sixth for blocks per game (2.92), while also tallying 6.7 points per game and 4.2 rebounds per game
• Brittany Davis leads the team in both scoring (17.2 ppg) and rebounds (6.8 rpg)
• Aaliyah Nye ranks sixth nationally in three-point percentage (51.6)
• Nye ranks second on the team in scoring (9.1 ppg), while Hannah Barber leads the program in assists (3.0 apg)   
• Karly Weathers earned the program’s first SEC weekly honor for the 2022-23 season, being named the conference co-freshman of the week after recording career-highs in points (21) and rebounds (6) vs. North Florida
• As a team, Alabama ranks sixth nationally in three pointers per game (10.2), ninth in three-point percentage (39.7), 11^th in scoring defense (52.7), 18^th in scoring margin (22.3) and 22^nd in field goal percentage (46.7)
• In its last outing, Alabama captured a 64-point win over North Florida, which is tied for the eighth-largest margin of victory in Crimson Tide history
• The win marked the first time in program history Alabama has recorded two 60-plus point wins in the same month and the third time UA has accomplished the feat in the same year as the team recorded a 62-point win (92-30) against Norfolk State Dec. 18
• The Tide has had a combined 47 three-pointers in its last three games, knocking down a program-record 17 against Norfolk State and 15 against both Southeastern…