Alabama opened the 2021-22 college basketball season with a blowout win and now it gets South Dakota State on Friday night in Coleman Coliseum. We’ll have all the updates from Tuscaloosa so just refresh the page for the latest.
Second half
FINAL: Alabama 104, South Dakota State 88. Alabama moves to 2-0.
— Alabama takes a 100-88 lead with 1:19 left as SDSU is showing fight. The visitors are shooting 60% in the second half.
— Alabama 92, SDSU 79 (3:38): Quinerly has 22 points followed by Shackelford’s 17 and Ellis’ 15 but SDSU isn’t going away. Alabama’s gone on big runs but the visitors smack back every time. Still, Alabama’s lead feels safe in the closing moments as fans start to head to the exits.
— Alabama leads 90, 79 with 4:21 to play.
— Alabama 86, SDSU 73 (5:36): Alabama had its biggest lead of the night at 18 points just a few moments ago. The Tide is 7-for-14 from 3 this half. Quinerly has 20 to lead the scoring.
— Alabama 79, SDSU 63 (7:44): Alabama takes its biggest lead of the night with big plays on both ends of the floor. Keon Ellis just took the top off Coleman Coliseum with a 3-pointer from the corner to make it 75-63 Tide with under 9 to play. Blocks from Bediako and Gurley and Miles also set the place off.
— Juwan Gary is out for the rest of the game, according to UA.
— Alabama 68, SDSU 60 (10:35): The action is moving fast as Alabama’s 13-point lead got down to 65-60 before Noah Gurley’s 3-pointer. The Tide is 5-for-10 from deep this half but SDSU isn’t going away with 9-of-14 shooting to open the half.
— Alabama 56, SDSU 44 (16:00): Alabama comes out making 3-of-5 from the perimeter to open the half after going 5-for-21 in the first half.
— Alabama 51, SDSU 40 (17:21): Tide comes out with a 10-0 run over the last 1:15 with 3s from Quinerly and Shackelford. Bediako also had a thunderous dunk plus a foul.
First half
— Alabama 41, SDSU 38 (halftime): Tide closes on a run to take a lead.
— SDSU 36, Alabama 32 (2:14): The Jackrabbits are on a 9-2 run as Alabama’s shooting 4-19 from 3 (21.1%). Keon Ellis has 7 points and 8 rebounds for Alabama.
— INJURY: Juwan Gary looked like he was in pain going down with a leg injury. He was just helped to the tunnel going to the Alabama locker room. He’s putting no weight on his right leg.
— Alabama 28, SDSU 25 (7:37): The runs are going both ways. After Alabama took a 28-20 lead, the Jackrabbits scored the next five. Quinerly and Keon Ellis have 7 apiece for Alabama. Darius Miles has a pair of lefty 3-pointers but also two fouls.
— Alabama 23, SDSU 18 (10:37): The Tide just went on a 9-0 run as it dominates the visitors on the boards. Alabama has a 13-7 rebounding edge that equates to a 9-0 advantage in second-chance points. The Jackrabbits went on a 7-0 run to take an 11-9 lead. Been impressed early with 7-foot freshman Charles Bediako getting two putbacks at the rim. It’s been a while since Alabama had a big man who could be so effective down low. Granted, it’s early and SDSU isn’t a physically imposing team but he’s been solid.
— Alabama 7, SDSU 6 (15:29): Quinerly opened the scoring with an opening-possession 3-pointer but Alabama missed its last three from the perimeter. Freshman Charles Bediako has two quick rebounds and a putback.
