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Friday night basketball in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tonight inside Coleman Coliseum, it's the 20th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide hosting the preseason Sunb Belt favorite, Arkansas State. What a matchup we have in store for you tonight on the SEC Networker with the defensive rebound. Here comes Alabama. JSON ATTACKS AND IS DENIED. They have the rotation comes over. JSON tries to go to the top level, but it's Dumbia with the rejection. Hands heavy in the gaps. Deep in the shot clock and a turnover. New on with a steal. Really good defensive work by the Red Wolves.
Smith to Taylor. Switch. It's Allen. Alabama knocks down the shot from the floor of Mari Allen. That's a blown coverage right there by Arkansas State and the recognition of finding a Mari Allen in the corner. Beautiful find. Taylor finds his spot and knocks down the three. Probing until he found something. Got a crease and knocked it down. Jon quarter three. That's really good recognition. Smith driving baseline and scores. Royal Blue Smith did a really good job in the patience and it's been shown that's the recipe to win the national championship and bolstered up some things down low.
Taylor, third tray. It's a challenge to try to knock down those three-pointers, particularly a wide open with that type of pressure. Io with a one-handed slam in the corner to Buoie. Give it to him. Third times the charm. The Red Wolves will execute extremely well. Watch the screening off ball to get a good look. McGee wide open. Yes. just left it short. Dumbio the rebound and the put back. Really good job on that move. Arkansas State switching up the defense from man showing a little bit of a tanm zone. Samuels ends the three-point
drought. That's good recognition right there. What is the defense of the Red Wolves? Back to Fielder. Second time's a shot. We talk about the spurt ability of Alabama. They struggled shooting. It's Taylor four for four from three-point land. Taylor, I'm telling you, 33 and white. He's cash money can see. But on the other end, Taylor continu dialed in from the outside in a big shot when they needed it most. Fielder right to the rim. and one. Hot shooting from outside. Fielder taking it right into the body of Dumia.
Really good take just not able to finish. Taylor Smith did a good job. Buoie so fast to the rim. He's got it. Tres Buoy. Well, you see the ability of Alabama to get end to end after Royal Blue Smith knocks down the tray ball. Less than 3 seconds and they're right back at you. Didn't hit it this time, but great work on the glass. Move on. It's Taylor with a fake this time. Does a really good job of taking what the defense gives him. Set up McGee perfectly. Really good job. The patience of this offense. Really talented player. But you speak to head coach Ryan Penon, it speaks of the depth of this roster. It's
been a next man up mentality and they're showing what they're all about. Alabama creates the turnover. Jameson through contact will not score. There's Bristo Allen. JSON the aboard. COLE CLUER SWIRLS IN. BIG shot right there by Cluer. Will work right here and you get the three ball to fall for Cluer on the second chance opportunity for the tie. What a denial. KATON BRISTO on one side and into the rotation coming up top out of nowhere. Wow, that is outstanding. Right to the rim. Two-handed slam. D Long Muan. That's a really good move by Muan. tight roping that baseline and then having the
strength to power up for the two-hand slam. Harrison swings it out fielder. Alabama in front. It's a good find right there. Allen to Bristo. That's great work right there. And you start out by using Bristo as a screener and it results in the switch and then he gets freed up when he turns around and belines to the basket. McGee got past Buoie just to the rim and scored. Buie commits the foul. A three-point Buoy drawing the foul going to the line for the oldfashioned three-point play.
SAMUELS 10 POINTS. Alabama starting to heat up. We talked about the volume of threes that they've had in this Allen's got it back. Amari and then the heat check in transition. Beautiful shot. You see the run as Alabama on an 80 run. ALLEN AGAIN. AMARI ALLEN LIGHTING UP COLEMAN. Fielder with the fake. FIELDER WITH A THREE. WHAT A CLOSE TO THE FIRST HALF IN TUSCALOOSA. A 21-2 run. Arkansas State showed several different defenses in that first half. And the hot shooting continuing. London Jimson. This
is where you want to see Alabama excel. the defensive end being heavy in the gaps, not allowing any easy driving lanes. How about a dump from Garrison and that's beautiful work right there with the reverse layup. Dumia the steel garrison stealed off the lane trying to go for the alley and finally the finish by the lead for the majority of the first half is what's going to get them back into this game. Stubio with the three. That's a really good job right there. And Dumbia has knocked one down in the previous game. He falls down.
They put Keith Bristo right up under the goal and they screen up. Give him a two-way option. Right to Bristo. A good job on baseline out of bounds taking advantage of switching defenses. Katon Bristo is going to go set this screen right here on Taylor. Arkansas State's going to switch. And when they do that, that's going to allow Bristol to come right back wide open for the layup when the defense gets in confusion. Really good job for Alabama executing on several different var variation. Good deflection. Bristo play stays alive and finally the board. Garrison. Alabama wants to run. Jon roll as he enters his junior season. Second here in Tuscaloosa out of the timeout. Red Wolves with Watson finally in on the three. Chaz Watson
baseline out of bounds. Height fights through and scores. That's a strong finish. make sure they did a really good job. It's Pike for three. Jordan Pike and now a steal. Royal Blue Smith FLYING HIGH TO Watson minute going in to end with a beautiful finish up top. Jon trying to be strong to the rim but denied by Dumbia. Chance for the run to continue. Taylor the spin and the score. That's a beautiful move.
Can the run continue? Just shortening the three. Royal Blue Smith, but Pike cleans it up again. 110 run Arkansas State. Mari Allen finding Buoie. He's got the three. Torres Buoie. That's a tough shot. State had good defense, but there you see Buoie catches that ball. Watson fighting inside, draws the foul and one. Head up on the ball. There he is in position, but reaches down at the last second for that foul. Amari Allen on the bench moving around the screen. Now the shot's going to be open in the corner for Alabama. Davis Fleming with a flush.
Playing zone and guarding an area and you find an open offensive rebound. McGee. Watson. Yes. And there's the answer right there from the Red Wolves. Taylor downhill. Give it to him. Savvy move by Lane Taylor. This is reminiscent of Rajan Rondo with a little bit of a ball show. Get the defender up in the air and then when he comes down, Jordan Pike fighting his way in. Left that short. Final tip in will go. How about that rebound and score Drew Fielder? No, you're too little. And another big boy move by the big man, Brandon Garrison. And that's what you wanted to see from him all night.
Garrison lost his footing. Finds Buoie. Buoie the stop to Garrison. Beautiful find right there. This is one if I'm Garrison, I'm coming right setting up shot right down low. ALLEN TO GARRISON. THERE'S YOUR TRIPLE DOUBLE FOR AMARI ALLEN. Great accomplishment for a Mari Allen tonight against Arkansas State. Solid three-pointer by Chaz Watson. Get me out of his leg. That's a great job right there by Royal Garrison. WALL range and we talked about you establish fielder traps finds in the corner.
Sams connects right at the rim. That's when you want to pull that down and then go back up strong. Dumbia his second three. There he is. We said he has the capability of doing that. Two players on the other end slow to get up, including Alabama's Zabari Allen as time will finally be called. Look at the moves on McGee, but he's blocked by Bristo. Good job with shot blocking skills as he rejects that one with his left hand to give him a little Hester with a three-pointer off the bench.
Collins and Jaka playing in back-to-back games for Alabama. First time for Preston Murphy Jr. also on the floor this year. He has nowhere to go. Diggy Coleman in Tuscaloosa. May oats coaching against former assistant Ryan Penon. Two head coaches who have a lot of respect for each other contribute to a lot of success here in Tuscaloosa. Teams fighting to the end. Two well coached teams that played hard. A lot of success for two these two respective clubs.
