Live Updates: No. 13 Alabama Gymnastics vs. No. 10 Kentucky

Score updates and analysis for the Crimson Tide's competition against Kentucky being held in Lexington.

Coming in, the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team had defeated Kentucky the last four competitions in a row. 

With gymnasts like Lilly Hudson, Luisa Blanco, and Gabby Gladieux, who were all expected to contribute highly to the team score, it had high hopes of hitting its first 197.000 all-around score of the season. 

Last week, Alabama had a little rocky start against Florida as it had two falls on bars and a unique lineup throughout the competition at Coleman Coliseum. Even with those alterations, the team was still able to finish strong and to get nearly perfect scores.

Kentucky and Alabama were 1-1 in conference matchups. The Wildcast recently defeated No.8 LSU on Jan. 13 in Rupp Arena and finished with an all-around score of 197.125.

Alabama is capable of getting a 197.000 like Kentucky did, but being on the road offered some extra challenges.

The meet is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcasted on SEC Network.

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Final score: Kentucky 197.825, Alabama 197.375

Rotation 4: Alabama balance beam (197.375) Kentucky floor (197.825)

Alabama balance beam lineup

1. Ella Burgess- Beautiful one-armed back handspring to layout stepout, but fell on her side aerial. That will cost her to lose 5 tenths. She finished with stuck gainer pike. 9.225

2. Rachel Rybicki- Solid layout stepout. Beautiful dance straddle 3/4, but bobbled on her full turn. Finished with a 1.5 twist with slight hop. 9.7

3. Mati Waligora- Very solid side aerial along with back layout step out. Slight balance check on jump series. Small step back on her back 1.5 twisting dismount. 9.75

4. Gabby Gladieux- Outstanding back handspring step out to two-legged pike. She also had a very solid front layout step and sky-high double back dismount with slight foot adjustment. 9.875

5. Lilly Hudson- Amazing triple connection flight series with a solid side aerial. Finished strong with a stuck 1.5 twisting dismount. 9.925

6. Luisa Blanco- Very solid front layout stepout and back handspring layout stepout. Had an incredible stick after her 1.5 twisting dismount. This was the routine the team needed. 9.95

Alabama balance beam score: 49.225

- Rybecki's first ever collegiate routine was at this meet on beam.

- Gladieux hit her career high on balance beam.

Kentucky floor lineup

1. Jillian Procasky- 8.95

2. Makenzie Wilson- 9.875

3. Arianna Patterson- 9.875

4. Isabella Magnelli- 9.9

5. Hailey Davis- 9.95

6. Raena Wilson- 9.95

Kentucky floor score: 49.550

Rotation 3: Alabama floor (148.150,) Kentucky balance beam (148.275)

Alabama floor lineup

1. Mati Waligora - Opened with a great front layout to double front full and finished with a very controlled landing on her back 1.5 to front layout. 9.85

2. Cam Machado- Stepped out of bounce on her double back pike, and struggled on her landing on her 1.5 to front back. It seemed as if she was holding back a bit. 9.55

3. Shania Adams- Sky-rocketing double pike opener. She had lots of height on all her passes. 9.825

4. Gabby Gladieux- Beautiful full-in. Her dance and tumbling always has good amplitude. Her front layout to rudi then split jump is a 3-combination pass which is impressive. 9.9

5. Lilly Hudson- Opened with a front layout to a double full. Great back 2.5 twist and finished with a double back with a slight hop. 9.925

6. Luisa Blanco- Amazing back double pike but over rotated her double back and caused her to take a step. She finished strong with a back 1.5 twist to front layout. 9.775

Alabama floor score: 49.275

- Unusual performance from Blanco, but she was still able to secure a 9.775. Machado also struggled a bit mainly on her landings.

- Hudson is showing consistency as she continues to get nearly perfect scores.

Kentucky balance beam lineup

1. Shealyn Luksik- 9.8

2. Jillian Procasky- 9.9

3. Bailey Bunn- 9.825

4. Arianna Patterson- 9.65

5. Reana Worley- 9.95

6. Isabella Magnelli- 9.975

Kentucky balance beam score: 49.450

Rotation 2: Alabama vault (98.875,) Kentucky uneven bars (98.825)

Alabama vault lineup

1. Sania Mitchell- Slight step on the landing and took a step back. 9.775

2. Makarri Doggette- Yurchenko 1.5 with great form and slight hop. 9.925

3. Lilly Hudson- Great form in her yurchenko 1.5 but big step. 9.825

4. Luisa Blanco- Slight step back on 1.5 yurchenko, but very aggressive off the table. 9.85

5. Gabby Gladieux- Sky-high yurchenko full, but not a 10.0 start value. 9.875

6. Jordyn Paradise- Another yurchenko 1.5, but huge landing out of powerful vault. 9.75

Alabama vault score: 49.250

- Vault was pretty average this meet with not one stuck landing.

- It looks like the team would be better off with going big and sacrificing a little hop rather than trying to stick in and under rotating. 

Kentucky uneven bars lineup

1. Hailey Davis- 9.85

2. Bailey Bunn- 9.85

3. Annie Reigert- 9.15

4. Kaitlyn Deguzman- 9.925

5. Shealyn Luksik- 9.95

6. Reana Worley- 9.925

Kentucky uneven bars score: 49.500

Rotation 1: Alabama uneven bars (49.625,) Kentucky vault (49.325)

Alabama uneven bars lineup

1. Lilly Hudson- 9.875

2. Jordyn Paradise- 9.85

3. Mati Waligora- 9.825

4. Cam Machado- Beautiful routine with good release move techniques. 9.95

5. Makarri Doggette- Flawless routine! It's her second 10 on bars in her college career. 10.00

6. Luisa Blanco- Continues to stay consistent with hitting those handstands and having good form. 9.95

Alabama uneven bars score: 49.625

- Outstanding routine for Doggette! Blanco and Machado were close behind her with a 9.5.

- It seems that the team was able to recover from the two falls they had last week.

Kentucky vault lineup

1. Isabella Magnelli- 9.925

2. Arianna Patterson- 9.875

3. Mackenzie Wilson- 9.85

4. Raena Worley- 9.85

5. Jillian Procasky- 9.825

6. Bridget Borque- 9.825

Kentucky vault score: 49.325