Category archives for: Basketball (W)

Tide drops home finale

Khristin Lee of Alabama attempts to grab a loose ball between two South Carolina defenders. / CW | Pete Pajor

The Alabama women’s basketball team lost its final home game of the season Sunday to the No. 25 South Carolina Gamecocks, 69-55. Alabama fell to 2-12 in the Southeastern Conference and 12-16 overall with the loss. South Carolina shot well above its 38.8 shooting average in the first half, connecting on 15 of 29 shots [...]

Tide hopes to go out with a bang

Alabama's Jasmine Robinson cuts between two LSU defenders for a layup. /CW | Pete Pajor

The Alabama women’s basketball team will host the seventh-ranked Kentucky Wildcats tonight in one of its two final home games of the 2011 season. In the teams’ first meeting, the Crimson Tide fought back from a 25-point halftime deficit to lose 82-68 in Lexington. Junior guard Meghan Perkins said the team is ready for the [...]

Hampered by injuries, Russell hangs up laces

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After three knee surgeries and consistently playing through pain, Tuscaloosa native and senior shooting guard Ericka Russell’s college basketball career has been cut short. “It was a tough decision, but everything happens for a reason I feel like,” Russell said. “I’m still going to be around supporting them throughout my years in Tuscaloosa. It was [...]

Tide loses heartbreaker to LSU

Jasmine Robinson draws a foul while driving past LSU's Taylor Turnbow. /CW | Pete Pajor

The Alabama women’s basketball team lost to the LSU Tigers at home 51-46 in the Tide’s annual Power of Pink game. With the loss, Alabama falls to 11-15 and 1-11 in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama came out strong in the first half, relying on stifling man-to-man defense to enter halftime 27-22. Alabama forced 10 Tiger [...]

Tide prepares for Ole Miss rematch

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The women’s basketball team gears up to face Ole Miss in Oxford tonight at 7 p.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. This will be the second time the teams have played each other this season. “We have gone through practice to play against what we know we will see,” head coach Wendell Hudson said. “Sometimes, that’s [...]

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