The University of Alabama women’s basketball team tried to take charge of court against Vanderbilt but lost 67-58 to the Commodores Sunday. The Power of Pink game was very evenly matched, leaving both Alabama and Vanderbilt struggling to get ahead of each other.

Foster Auditorium was alive with fans as the game ended with a nail-biting loss. After being tied for most of the game, the Crimson Tide couldn’t seem to pull ahead in the last five minutes of the game. This loss brings the Tide to 2-5 in conference and 12-8 overall.

“It was a game of runs,” UA coach Wendell Hudson said. “Vanderbilt made the shots and made some plays they needed to make, and we didn’t make some shots that we needed to make. We had the shots we wanted to shoot that we practiced in practice. We had everything we needed but we just didn’t finish the plays.”

Previously Alabama had a 33.3 percent three-point shooting average but now has a 17.6 percent average. The Tide’s shot average was 32.8 percent.

“I feel like we got down on ourselves,” Shafontaye Myers said. “If we hadn’t let up we would’ve had a better chance of winning. Everybody was spaced and the team was everywhere. We weren’t together and we didn’t pull together. We faded.”

The Tide caused Vanderbilt to turn over the ball 27 times and scored 33 points off of the turnovers. Defensively, the Tide was well-rounded, but offensively the team was lacking.

Alabama’s notable players were Daisha Simmons, who scored 15 points, and Myers, who scored 13. Both Myers and Simmons each had one three-pointer. Myers scored seven three-pointers against Auburn on Thursday.

Compared to Auburn, the focus wasn’t there. The Tide had a hard time passing the ball during the first half and then couldn’t make the shots during the last five minutes to win the game. Alabama and Vanderbilt were tied 13 times during the game as well.

During the first half, Alabama couldn’t keep up with Vanderbilt’s fast paced momentum. The Commodores had a 11-3 run on the Tide during the last ten minutes of the half. The second half proved that Alabama could keep up, but the team fell short of getting ahead after being tied so often.

Hudson’s guards proved that their practice had paid off. He is now focusing on shooting before heading to Georgia on Thursday.

“We still need to shoot the basketball,” Hudson said. “We shot the ball 17 percent. When we had that opportunity [to shoot] it was a four-point game or a six-point game. We just didn’t get the shots”

Next up, the Tide will take on Georgia in Athens on Thursday at 6 p.m.