3:03 pm
January 9

Alabama @ #15 Georgia

Who will WIN this matchup?

Alabama Crimson Tide (10-4)

@ #15 Georgia Lady Bulldogs (12-3)

 

Current odds:

Alabama Crimson Tide: (+300)

Georgia Lady Bulldogs: (-380)

 

The line for this game is Georgia by 7.5 points.

The Crimson Tide is 10-4 this season, including 1-1 in true road games, and 1-2 in the SEC.

The Tide is coming off a 65-62 loss to Mississippi State Thursday in Coleman Coliseum.

In all four of Alabama’s losses this season, it has led its opponents in the second half, while three of its four losses resulted in just a three-point defeat.

The Crimson Tide is shooting 41.7 percent from the field and 31.5 percent from long range, while it is averaging 73.4 points per game.

The Tide is holding its opponents to 35.7 percent shooting from the field and 25.0 percent from long range, while keeping them to 55.0 points per game.

Three players are averaging double-figure scoring through the first 14 contests in Brittany Davis (14.8), Megan Abrams (13.1) and JaMya Mingo-Young (10.9).

The Crimson Tide has three players ranked in the SEC top 10 in three-point field goals and three-point field goals per game, including Hannah Barber (4th – 31 – 2.21), Davis (6th/7th – 30 – 2.14) and Abrams (10th – 25 – 1.79).

Davis is also leading the team with 7.4 rebounds per game, followed by Mingo-Young with 6.4 rebounds per game.

Alabama is seventh in the conference and top 35 in the nation in rebounds (585) and is sixth in the conference and top 50 in the nation in rebounds per game (41.79).

UA has outrebounded its opponents in 11 of 14 games this season.

The Crimson Tide is fifth in the conference and 58th in the nation in turnovers per game (14.2).

The Crimson Tide has won the turnover battle in 12 of 14 games this season.

Alabama has used the same starting combination all season, including guards Megan AbramsHannah BarberBrittany Davis and JaMya Mingo-Young and center Jada Rice.

Georgia is 12-3 to start the season, including 7-2 at home, and 1-2 in the SEC.

In the Lady Bulldogs’ most recent contest, it lost to No. 21/20 Kentucky, 84-76, on Jan. 6.

Georgia shot 46.7 percent from the field, recording 44 points in the paint.

Jenna Staiti had 26 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.

Georgia is shooting 44.7 percent from the field and 31.0 percent from long range, averaging 73.9 points per game.

The Lady Bulldogs are holding its opponents to 36.9 percent shooting from the field and 25.0 percent shooting from long range, while keeping them to 56.0 points per game.

Three Lady Bulldogs are averaging double-figure scoring this season, including Jenna Staiti (15.1), Que Morrison (14.0) and Birmingham native Sarah Ashlee Barker (10.5).

Staiti is also leading the team in rebounds (7.4).

7/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
#15 Georgia Lady Bulldogs