The Alabama women’s basketball team continued its winning streak at Southeastern Louisiana on Sunday, Nov. 25, beating the Lady Lions 97-62.
After taking the lead early on in the first half, the Crimson Tide dominated throughout the rest of the game, leaving no chance for SLU to win.
The Tide, currently 5-0 this season, played a solid game against SLU, not letting them score much in the first half. With a little more than seven minutes left in the first half, Alabama lead SLU 34-15. Keeping up the pace, head coach Wendell Hudson said he saw major improvements in his young team.
“We made giant steps in becoming a better basketball team,” Hudson said. “Especially coming out in the second half when you have a 20-something point lead or 25 point lead and coming out with all that intensity. That was an important part of helping us make steps to become a good basketball team.”
The Tide’s constant control over SLU guaranteed its victory. After halftime, Alabama continued to dominate, keeping an average of 30 points over the Lions for the rest of the game. Junior guard Jasmine Robinson scored eight times and had 16 assists.
“It feels great to win. You don’t want to be a loser,” Robinson said. “We did a pretty good job trying to turn this thing around, because right now we are 5-0. It feels pretty good with this new team that we have, and winning together feels good.”
At halftime, Alabama was leading 51-23. During the second half, SLU scored 39 more points. However, the Tide scored 46 more points, making the final score 97-62. With few personal fouls, the Tide managed to continuously score and defend the ball against the Lions.
Though the Tide had the upper hand throughout the entire game, its 5-0 streak won’t keep it from wanting more. Robinson seeks to improve and continue to win in order to prove Alabama is a team to compete against.
“We don’t need to settle because when you settle, that’s when you lose,” Robinson said. “Since we know that we’re the underdogs and we’re at the bottom, we need to keep climbing and keep going. Every day and every time we go out on the court, we need to come and fight and fight for that winning position so we can keep on adding to our winning streak.”
After successfully maintaining a large point-gap between SLU and itself, the Tide continues on to improve its defensive, rebounds and communication. Hoping to use the boost of confidence received in this match-up, Alabama will attempt to continue its winning streak into its next matchup against Wisconsin. Hudson hopes this win will continue to shape the Tide into a better team and eventually help it win more games.
“I’m proud that we’ve won five, and tomorrow we’ll start thinking about going to win six,” Hudson said. “We’re taking one game a time and playing as hard as we can and trying to get a better basketball team.”
