Live with the Tide: Alabama Basketball Hosts Arkansas In SEC Clash

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama men's basketball team is back inside Coleman Coliseum on Saturday evening to face the Arkansas Razorbacks. This is the first of a two-game home stand with the second coming on Tuesday night against Tennessee. 

The Crimson Tide (12-8, 4-3 SEC) is coming off of a 96-70 loss to No. 22 LSU on Wednesday, which snapped a four-game winning streak. While, the Razorbacks (15-5, 3-4 SEC) have lost three straight conference games. 

Alabama will be without grad transfer guard Beetle Bolden again, who is dealing with an illness, and it was announced earlier today that junior forward Herb Jones underwent surgery on a fractured wrist and he will be out indefinitely. 

At Coleman Coliseum, the Crimson Tide's 1990 SEC Tournament championship team is being honored today. 

Pregame

Alabama starters: Kira Lewis, Jr., Jaden Shackelford, John Petty, Jr., Alex Reese, and Javian Davis. 

Arkansas starters: Mason Jones, Isaiah Joe, Jimmy Whitt, Jr., Desi Sills, and Reggie Chaney.

The officials are Tony Greene, Jason Baker, and Josue Nieves. 

First Half

• Arkansas wins the tip and misses it first shot. 
• Reese gets Alabama on the board with a nice 3-pointer from the top of the key. 
• Davis is at the free-throw line and he makes both shots. 5-0 Alabama. 
• Another Razorbacks miss, and Shackelford nails a tough, contested three. Coleman is on fire after that one. Arkansas calls a 30-second timeout.
• Davis gets an easy lay in and Alabama is up 10-0.  
• Petty hauls in the rebound and throws it up to Shackelford who lays it in for two. Alabama up 12-0 and rolling early. Another timeout is called for the Razorbacks. 
• Reese gets a huge block on Bailey, but the Crimson Tide end up turning the ball over. 
• Jaylen Forbes is the first substitute for Alabama, checking in for Davis.
• Sills gets the Razorbacks on the board with a layup with 16:34 to go.
• Jones scores one from the line and its a 3-0 Razorback run. 
• Shackelford gets the offensive board and scores on the put back, 14-3  
• Arkansas has now tied the game up at 18 after that 3-pointer by Jones. 9:34 to go. 
• Alabama is on a scoring drought of over three minutes of action. Momentum has shifted completely. 
• Davis scored the easy layup after the assist by Petty. Alabama back out in front, 20-18. 
• Petty gets a steal which leads to a Shackelford layup in transition. Quick 4-0 run. 
• At the under eight minute media timeout, Alabama leads 22-18. Shackelford leads all scorers with nine points. He is four of nine from the field. 7:54 left in the first half. 
• Out of the break, Sills buries a trey for the Hogs. The lead is back to one for Alabama. 
• Whitt gets a steal and Jones lays it up to give Arkansas the lead. 
• Shackelford answers with a layup of his own. Crimson Tide up, 24-23.
• Whitt scores a layup in transition and Nate Oats calls a 30-second timeout with 5:47 on the clock.  
• Lewis commits a turnover, leading to another Arkansas basket in transition. Hogs up 27-24, its biggest lead so far. 
• After the foul by Forbes, Jones is at the line for a one-and-one. He makes the first and bricks the second. 
• Smith turns it over on the other end and Sills is fouled on his shot attempt. He scores two. Alabama trails, 30-24 with 4:23 left. 
• Alabama had missed its last nine 3-point attempts before that make by Reese. The Crimson Tide have pulled within three. 
• Reese picks up a steal and passes it Lewis who is fouled on the layup. He will go to the free-throw line after we return to action from the under-four minute media timeout. 
• Lewis makes both. Alabama now trails by only one, 30-29. 
• Petty fights for the offensive board and gets it. He scores a layup, then proceeds to get a steal. Alabama leads by one, 31-30. 
• Petty hits a 3-pointer from the corner and Alabama is up two, 34-32, with 1:24 remaining. 
• Jones makes one of two from the line for the Razorbacks. 
• Lewis is now at the free-throw line shooting two. He scores both. 36-33 Alabama. 
• Shackelford drives in the lane and throws up a tough shot and scores as he is fouled. He completes the and-one. 
• Jones responds with a 3-pointer and Alabama will head into the locker room with a 39-36 lead. Shackelford has 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the field. 
• Alabama is also winning the rebounding battle, 22-15.

Halftime

• Members of the 1989-1990 SEC Tournament championship team was honored during intermission. Coach Wimp Sanderson, Robert Horry, and James "Hollywood" Robinson are among those in the building.

Second Half

• Both teams will trot out the same starters as Alabama starts with the ball.
• Davis is fouled on his dunk attempt and he makes one of two. 
• Arkansas can not convert which leads to a dunk on the other end for Alabama by Davis, the Crimson Tide lead 42-36. 
• Chaney slams home a one-handed jam, but Shackelford keeps his hot shooting day up by hitting a 3-pointer, extending Alabama's lead to seven, 45-38 with 17:44 remaining. 
• Arkansas has hit three of its last three field goals to cut Alabama's lead to 51-47. Alabama has called a timeout. 
• Forbes is the first substitute of this half for the Crimson Tide. 
• Whitt cuts the Alabama lead to two after that jump shot. 
• Shackelford drives and scores and the lead is back to four. 
• Lewis extends it to six, but Whitt scores another basket. 
• Jones is on fire for the Hogs hitting another trey to make it a one-point Alabama lead. 
• Arkansas has taken the lead, 59-57, as Alabama has missed six of its last seven field goals. 
• Chaney finishes the and-one to push the Hogs' lead to five. 
• Whitt scores another layup for the Razorbacks off of the Crimson Tide turnover and the deficit is seven. 
• Petty makes the front end of the one-and-one. 
• Shackelford buries his fourth 3-pointer and Coleman is back on its feet. Alabama trails by four, 64-61. 
• Whitt will head to the free-throw line after that foul by Smith. We are at the under-eight minute media timeout. 
• Whitt scores two and the Razorback lead is five, 66-61. 
• Lewis responds with a drive to the basket and scores the layup.  
• Another drive and score for Lewis. He is so fast. Alabama trails by one.
• He is doing it on the defensive end too. Lewis forces the jump ball and the possession is Alabama's.  
• Smith misses the front end of a one-and-one for the Crimson Tide. 
• Petty is called for a reach-in foul and Coleman does not like that one. It was surely questionable. Jones misses the front end of the one-and-one though. 
• Petty misses the 3-point attempt, but gets his own rebound and scores the hard layup. Alabama has the lead again, 67-66. 
• Reese scores the put back to extend the lead to three, but Whitt ends the 8-0 Alabama run with a layup. 
• Smith is called for an offensive foul and we head to the final media timeout. Alabama leads 69-68 with 3:43 remaining. 
• Shackelford just picked up his fourth foul. Harris scores two and Arkansas back in front, 70-69. Reese also has four fouls. 
• Harris hits a massive 3-pointer from the corner. Hogs up 73-69. 
• Davis is at the line and he can only make one. 
• On the other end, Davis is called for a foul and Whitt scores both shots.
• Shackelford misses a 3-pointer and Arkansas gains control. Whitt scores a contested jumper. Alabama trails by seven. 
• Reese is fouled shooting a three and he can only make two of three. 1:09 to go. 
• Forbes is now at the line and he scores one of two. On the rebound, a jump ball is called and Arkansas has possession. Crimson Tide trails, 77-73, with 35 seconds left. 
• Lewis fouls Jones with 31 seconds on the clock. He can only score one. 
• Once again, Reese is fouled shooting a 3-pointer. Chaney has fouled out for the Razorbacks. 
• Reese hits two of three. He then fouls Harris on the rebound. That is five on Reese. 22 seconds remaining. 
• Harris makes both to push the lead back to five. 
• Shackelford airballs a shot attempt and Arkansas gets the rebound. Jones is fouled and scores two at the line. 
• Shackelford hits a meaning three pointer at the buzzer. 
• Alabama falls to Arkansas, 82-78.