GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Alabama 65, South Alabama 55
(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
By BY CREG STEPHENSON
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. - Freshman Brandon Miller scored 19 points and No. 18 Alabama beat South Alabama 65-55.
Miller, a McDonald's All-American from Antioch, Tennessee, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first four minutes and Alabama (3-0) led throughout.
Up 32-22 at the half, Alabama pushed its advantage to 20 in the second half before South Alabama made a late run. Neither team shot particularly well, with the Crimson Tide connecting on 32.4% and the Jaguars 29.6%.
Noah Clowney had 15 rebounds for Alabama, which had no player other than Miller in double-figures scoring. Preseason All-SEC guard Jahvon Quinerly saw his first action for the Crimson Tide since suffering a knee injury last season in the NCAA Tournament, going scoreless in four second-half minutes off the bench.
Isaiah Moore scored 20 points for South Alabama (1-2). The Jaguars are 1-4 against Alabama. The Crimson Tide beat the Jaguars 73-68 in Tuscaloosa last season, the first leg of a 2-for-1 series the teams will complete at Alabama's Coleman Coliseum next fall.
The Crimson Tide came into the game leading the country in rebounding, and outrebounded South Alabama 63-40.
South Alabama was 2 for 23 on 3-point attempts.
November 16, 2022
| Alabama | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Miller | F | 36 | 5-16 | 5-7 | 4-9 | 3-8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| N. Clowney | F | 29 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 8-15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Bediako | C | 11 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| M. Sears | G | 30 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| N. Burnett | G | 20 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| N. Gurley | 24 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 1-7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| J. Bradley | 19 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| R. Griffen | 15 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| N. Pringle | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Quinerly | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 22-68 (.324) |
11-20 (.550) |
10-35 (.286) |
25-63 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 65 | |
| South Alabama | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Samuel | C | 30 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| O. White | G | 39 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-10 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| I. Moore | G | 34 | 9-21 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| G. Parham II | G | 30 | 2-14 | 2-2 | 0-5 | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| T. Jones | G | 29 | 3-12 | 3-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Brown | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| J. Franklin | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Kearing | 10 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 5-11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| T. Shirley | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| E. Ormiston | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 21-71 (.296) |
11-18 (.611) |
2-23 (.087) |
15-40 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 55 | |
