It’s Iron Bowl weekend and the basketball team is more than 1000 miles from home in a place where pressure is deciding which fruit-falvored cocktail to order before dinner. Can the Crimson Tide really be in must-win mode this soon?
Don’t laugh. A look at the schedule says that this is Bama’s best shot at a quality non-conference win. (more…)
Categories: Paradise Jam · nonconference games
It wasn’t pretty, but Alabama slogged through a Jemareo Davidson-less 71-62 win over Middle Tennessee in the Paradise Jam opener.
With Davidson missing the game for his girlfriend’s funeral, the frontcourt depth really got tested. Richard Hendrix (left) scored 16 points but fouled out, as did Demetrius Jemison. Bama barely outrebounded Middle (31-29) and never really pulled away until the last couple of minutes. If the Tide is going to win this tournament, it needs Jemareo back. He will fly in Saturday ahead of Sunday’s game against Iowa, but how much he’ll play (if at all) is unclear.
Categories: 2006-07 game recaps · Jemareo Davidson · MTSU · Paradise Jam · Sun Belt · nonconference games
