Alabama Women's Basketball Drops Second Straight With Loss To Tennessee: Roll Call

Alabama women's hoops was disconnected to its champion commencement successful programme history astatine 17-1 earlier this week pursuing a Monday nighttime triumph complete Missouri. The No. 21-ranked Crimson Tide past proceeded to driblet back-to-back games, falling to Auburn connected Thursday nighttime earlier losing astatine location to Tennessee connected Sunday.

The 70-59 nonaccomplishment snaps a program-record 18-game location winning streak. The crippled was back-and-forth up until nan last stretch, pinch Alabama holding a 54-53 lead pinch 7 minutes to play earlier getting outscored 17-5 nan remainder of nan game. Jessica Timmons led nan squad pinch 22 points, but Karly Weathers was nan only different subordinate to people successful double figures arsenic nan squad changeable conscionable 35% from nan field. The Volunteers had a balanced discourtesy pinch 5 players scoring astatine slightest 10 points.

"I told our team, sometimes it is conscionable only 1 possession, but they accumulate," caput coach Kristy Curry said. "We had excessively overmuch accumulation that we conscionable couldn't find a measurement to counter."

Tennessee is classed No. 20, but astatine 5-0 successful SEC play and pinch 2 of its 3 losses coming against top-10 teams, nan Volunteers look poised to skyrocket up nan polls successful nan coming weeks. Meanwhile, Alabama will almost surely driblet retired of nan rankings successful tomorrow's AP Poll, but is still successful fantabulous position to caput backmost to nan NCAA Tournament, barring a complete collapse.

"I'm excited. This squad has won 17 games, and we're going proceed to effort and conscionable get a small amended each day," Curry said. "You either grip adversity, aliases it handles you, and nan only point I cognize to do is to activity connected it."

Alabama has plentifulness of clip to regroup pinch a full week disconnected earlier its adjacent crippled against Mississippi State connected Jan. 25.

Monday's Crimson Tide Schedule:

No events scheduled.

Saturday and Sunday's Crimson Tide Results:

Men's basketball: Alabama 83, Oklahoma 81

Women's tennis: Alabama 6, Arkansas State 1

Men's tennis: Alabama 7, Furman 0; Alabama 7, Tennessee Tech 0

Women's basketball: Tennessee 70, Alabama 59

Did You Notice?

• Alabama moving backmost Dre Washington has declared for nan 2026 NFL Draft. Washington ran 14 times for 59 yards and had 1 reception for 15 yards connected nan season. He transferred into Alabama from Louisiana.

• Will Anderson Jr. dominated successful nan Texans' divisional information nonaccomplishment to nan Patriots, becoming nan 4th subordinate successful NFL Playoff history to grounds 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles successful a game.

• Brandon Miller scored 23 points while Collin Sexton added 14 and 5 assists to lead nan Charlotte Hornets to a 108-81 triumph complete nan Denver Nuggets. Charlotte has softly put together a bully past 2 weeks pinch wins complete Denver, nan Lakers, and Thunder, and now sits conscionable 3 games retired of a play-in spot.

On This Day successful Crimson Tide History:

January 19, 1945: Alabama prima subordinate Harry Gilmer, who was not registered astatine nan Capstone for nan quarter, told nan Crimson White that he mightiness return to play for nan Crimson Tide successful nan fall. With World War II still being fought, he was moving successful a warfare works successful nan Magic City. – Bryant Museum

January 19, 2013: Alabama celebrated its 3rd BCS National Championship successful 4 years pinch a parade down University Boulevard and speeches connected nan steps of Bryant-Denny Stadium. No 1 knew it astatine nan time, but it was Mal Moore's last nationalist reside arsenic Alabama's diversion director.

Crimson Tide Quote of nan Day:

"I don't cognize what other tin beryllium said astir Coach Saban that hasn't already been said aliases written. He is nan champion coach, successful my opinion, successful nan United States. Thank God he's connected our side." – Mal Moore during nan nationalist title ceremony connected this day successful 2013.

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