TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women’s basketball team will host Coastal Carolina Wednesday for the annual 5th Grade Fast Break game inside Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide and Chanticleers are set to tipoff at 11:30 a.m. CT on SEC Network+.
Broadcast Information
- Roger Hoover (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) will be on the call for the broadcast
- The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Gray Robertson on the call
About Alabama
- Alabama (7-2) returns home after five-straight road contests where the Tide dropped the most recent game against Syracuse, 79-73
- The Crimson Tide finished strong at the Betty Chancellor Classic during Thanksgiving weekend where UA picked up a pair of wins over then-No. 20 Louisville (78-73) and Liberty (72-47)
- Alabama’s win over Louisville was the first win over an Associated Press Top-25 team since the 2021-22 season when the Tide defeated then-No. 12 Tennessee, 74-64
- The Crimson Tide has scored 671 points (74.6 ppg), which ranks fifth in the Southeastern Conference
- The Tide’s bench has produced 178 points through five games, averaging 19.8 points per game
- Sarah Ashlee Barker leads the team in points, averaging 15.5 points per game
- Aalyiah Nye leads Alabama in steals (2.3 spg), while Essence Cody tops the squad in rebounds (7.7 rpg) and blocks (1.1 bpg)
About Coastal Carolina
- Coastal Carolina (4-4) enters Wednesday’s contest with back-to-back losses against UNCG (65-59) and College of Charleston (84-83, OT)
- Coastal Carolina enters the contest averaging 67.4 points per game and holds a 38.8 field goals percentage
- Guard Deaja Richardson was named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team, while the Chanticleers were picked to finish 10th in the Sun Belt Preseason Coaches Poll
- Riley Stack leads the Sun Belt in blocks (1.7 bpg) while Makaila Cange leads the league in field goal percentage (.569)
- Over the last two games, CCU picked up 31 offensive rebounds, averaging 15.5 rpg
Travel Information
- With road closures, fans are encouraged to use the Second Avenue bridge to enter and exit the Coleman Coliseum lot
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