Alabama At Home vs Texas A&M Tonight (5:00 Fox Sports Net)

[BAMAWV]

The ESPN guy tried to make a real story out of the Releford injury, but I could not tell he missed a beat. He lead the way in scoring in only 31 minutes of play with 5/8 shooting (1/2 in 3s) and was 4/5 at the line. I also think at least one (possibly 2) of his goals was attributed to Lacey. At least the announcer attributed them to Lacey, but IDK about the official scorer. Releford finished with 15 pts-- Lacey had 14 in 37 minutes. Jacobs had 3 turnovers (as did Steele) but was 4/5 in shooting. I'm still hoping for more production from Pollard.

[Jamos]

Pollard is a freshman and he has a long way to go to be a star player in the SEC. First, he needs to put on a little weight and get stronger. Second, he needs to work on his outside shooting. He seems to be falling off his shot rather than going straight up and squaring his shoulders. He also makes a lot of silly fouls and that is all mental.

I think Cooper has been disappointing this year, I think he was a better player last year. He has way too many senseless turnovers and they seem to come at crucial times.

Bama won yesterday and in all reality they should have lost, but a win is a win. What amazed me most was their best shooting percentage of the game was their 3 point shooting and their worst was from the free throw line. if they had made a few free throws the game wouldn't have been as close at the end. They are still doing a terrible job with their picks and screens and when they do set up a good screen they don't take the open shot. I think this is just a lack of confidence in their outside shooting abilities and Lacey actually won the game by taking one of those open 15-18 foot shots.

They are a young team but they have a years experince and by now the youth shouldn't be a factor with the team. Kudos to Mousse Gueye yesterday, he showed me some foot speed that I didn't think he had and his presence underneath the basket in the last 10 minutes of the game was a big factor in the win. Who knows, maybe he is starting to get a grasp of the game. RTR!!

[pmull]

This game was about defense. We held A&M to 49 pts. I am not sure how we did it. A&M shot 50% in the first half and only scored 26 pts. They shot 46% in the second half and only scored 23 pts. They turned the ball over 15 times. Both teams took possessions late in the shot clock. Offensively we played awful in the first half but the defense did not allow A&M to build an insurmountable lead.

Releford looked stiff in the first half. I am not sure if the ankle was bothering him or if he was just playing tentative trying to make sure he did not reinjure it. In the second half his ankle either loosened up or he forgot about the injury and play much quicker.

Rebounding was about even. A&M had 27 to our 25. Very few offensive rebounds in the game. We had 6 to A&M 5.

We had a good crowd of 13,741. Too bad it took until the second half to give them something to cheer about. They were very load at times.

We are normally a good free throw shooting team. Not last night. We were 8-15 for 53%. Hitting a few of those free throws would have but A&M away late in the game.

It was ugly but it was a win. We are 3-1 and right in the thick of the SEC race.

We play Kentucky on Tuesday night at home. Kentucky looks beatable to me.

[BAMAWV]

Hate to say this but TAMU laid out a blueprint for beating the Tide. Get back on "D" and set your half court defense. Bama had a couple of 3's and 3-4 2's from Jacobs in their 1/2 court offense. Bama plays best at 90 mph! This is why CAG put in the full court pressure to start the 2nd half-- to break up their game plan on defense. Gueye can at least catch the rebounds that come right to him and throw it to someone else without a TO.

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