No. 2 Alabama holds off McNeese State, 72-64

Grant Nelson scored 22 factors on 6-of-9 capturing and Mark Sears added 15 factors, main No. 2 Alabama over McNeese State, 72-64, on Monday evening in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Nelson put the Crimson Tide (3-0) forward for good with 10:32 remaining within the first half, draining a 3-pointer that gave them a 16-14 lead.

McNeese (1-2) acquired out to an early lead within the first nine-plus minutes of motion and began the sport 6-for-9 from the sphere whereas Alabama went with out a subject objective for five:51 after its first basket.

Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored 15 factors on 5-of-9 capturing for Alabama, whereas Labaron Philon chipped in eight factors. Clifford Omoruyi was held to 4 factors however complemented Nelson’s eight boards with seven of his personal.

Honest Parker led McNeese State with 19 factors on 7-of-16 capturing. Alyn Breed added 17 factors, however Javohn Garcia, the Cowboys’ co-leading scorer coming into Monday, was held to 4 on 1-of-6 capturing.

Alabama was up by 11, 41-30, on the break thanks partly to a 15-2 run that began simply earlier than the midpoint of the primary half. McNeese missed 9 of 10 field-goal makes an attempt at one level within the body.

Nelson scored 16 of his 22 factors within the first half.

The Crimson Tide began the second half on a 16-6 run to open up a 57-36 benefit on a triple by Wrightsell with 14:47 left within the sport.

McNeese did not go away, although, scoring 14 of the subsequent 15 factors to get its deficit right down to eight with 9:03 to go. Sears responded to the burst with two free throws to get the Alabama lead again as much as double digits at 60-50, and the hosts led by not less than six the remainder of the best way.

Alabama outshot the Cowboys 44 % to 39.3 % from the sphere for the sport and simply barely outrebounded them, 36-35.

–Discipline Stage Media