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Alabama basketball matches best start in program history with 77-69 win over Auburn
By Andrew Olson
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Alabama basketball has matched its best start in program history. Nate Oats’ squad improved to 22-3 on Saturday with a 77-69 win over rival Auburn on The Plains.
Bruce Pearl’s Auburn squad hung with No. 3 Alabama deep into the second half. The game was tied 7 times with 13 lead changes.
The Crimson Tide dominated the final stretch to come away with the 8-point victory. Auburn’s last lead was 62-61 at the 6:12 mark. The Tigers made just 1 of their last 10 field-goal attempts.
UA was the better shooting team (59% to 32%) and dominated points in the paint (44-20). Alabama also had more points off the bench (25-14). Rylan Griffen led all scorers with 16 points.
THE Rylan Griffen sequence #NBADraft pic.twitter.com/A7LccY3Ew5
— Caleb (@VolsAndDraft) February 11, 2023
The 22-3 mark is the same as Alabama started in the 1974-75 season, per Mike Rodak of AL.com. The Tide will try to get to 23-3 on Wednesday at No. 6 Tennessee.
Alabama’s 22-3 record matches 1974-75 as the best start in program history.
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) February 11, 2023
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
