March 29, 2019
Alabama softball defeated Mississippi State 3-2 in eight innings Friday and won again 8-2 on Saturday. On Friday, Alabama players wore teal ribbons and socks to raise awareness for ovarian cancer and honor Mississippi State player Alex Wilcox, who passed away last summer from ovarian cancer.
Alabama secured a 52-7 win over Mercer Saturday, giving fans a clearer look at the team’s future playmakers.
Alabama basketball is reaching heights it has never seen. Yet even with the program’s individual triumphs, leveraging UA football’s success is still a recruiting tactic for head basketball coach Nate Oats when attempting to get players to Tuscaloosa.
Black students reported receiving anonymous racist text messages last week with language referencing slavery; for some, however, this is not the first encounter with racism at the University, which has not publicly addressed the texts.
