GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Alabama 106, Louisiana State 66
(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
By JOHN ZENOR
AP Sports Writer
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Brandon Miller finished with 31 points and had six 3-pointers by halftime to lead No. 4 Alabama to a 106-66 victory over LSU in the most lopsided meeting in series history.
Miller, the nation's top scoring freshman and a potential NBA lottery pick, matched LSU's 22 first-half points by himself for the streaking Crimson Tide (15-2, 5-0 Southeastern Conference).
Alabama's sixth straight win was all but locked up well before that first trip back to the locker room against the slumping Tigers (12-5, 1-4) in what turned into the biggest mismatch of the series' 189-game history.
It was 59-22 by halftime, only one point shy of the previous biggest Alabama-LSU margin. The Tide won 113-75 during the 1975-76 season.
Mark Sears, Rylan Griffen and Jahvon Quinerly each scored 12 points for Alabama. Quinerly made 4 of 8 3s. Nick Pringle added 10 points.
Miller also had nine rebounds.
LSU's KJ Williams, whose 18.5-point average trailed only Miller in the SEC, scored 10. He picked up his fourth foul with 17 minutes to play and was 4-of-12 shooting.
Miller increased his scoring lead by making 11 of 16 shots and 7 of 11 3s, matching a season-high he had already shared with Sears. He headed to the bench with 8 minutes left.
At one point, Miller was outscoring LSU 22-14 after producing 10 straight Alabama points.
BIG PICTURE
LSU: Got off to a horrible start in its first four-game regular season stretch against ranked SEC teams since Pete Maravich's sophomore season (1967-68). Made just 18 of 61 shots (30%) in the Tigers' fourth consecutive loss.
Alabama: Maybe the hottest team in the land. The Tide are 5-0 in the SEC for the second time since 1987, also managing it in 2020-21. Every win during the current streak has come by double digits, including Wednesday night's 84-69 win over No. 15 Arkansas.
January 14, 2023
| LSU | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Fountain | F | 21 | 0-9 | 9-10 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| K. Williams | F | 18 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Miller | G | 31 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Hill | G | 18 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Hannibal | G | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Hayes | 20 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| J. Williams | 20 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| J. Reed | 18 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| S. Phillips | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| T. Ward | 14 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Coleman | 10 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Totals | 200 | 18-61 (.295) |
22-29 (.759) |
8-21 (.381) |
14-38 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 66 | |
| Alabama | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Miller | F | 24 | 11-16 | 2-2 | 7-11 | 1-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| N. Clowney | F | 21 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 4-8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Bediako | C | 15 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Sears | G | 23 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 2-7 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Bradley | G | 21 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| R. Griffen | 20 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| N. Pringle | 19 | 3-3 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| D. Welch | 19 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| N. Gurley | 16 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| J. Quinerly | 16 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| A. Cottrell | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| D. Heard | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| J. Quinerly | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 35-76 (.461) |
16-20 (.800) |
20-54 (.370) |
20-52 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 106 | |
