The Missouri Tigers (13-4, 2-3 SEC) play host to the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide (16-2, 6-0 SEC) Saturday in a matchup that pits sensational offense against exceptional defense. Alabama topped the Vanderbilt Commodores 78-66 at Memorial Gym on Tuesday, their seventh straight win.
With 30 points and 10 rebounds, Brandon Miller was a top performer. The Crimson Tide are first in the Southeastern Conference. Missouri dropped their last game on Saturday at Stephen C. O’Connell Center, falling to the Florida Gators 73-64. Kobe Brown had 21 points and five steals in defeat, leading the team. The Tigers fell to ninth in the Southeastern Conference.
It’s the only meeting of the season between the teams. Alabama and Missouri split their matchups last season, each team taking one game. The Crimson Tide earned the win in the last meeting 86-76 at Coleman Coliseum in January 2022. Jaden Shackelford led the Crimson Tide with 21 points and seven rebounds.
Jarron Coleman had 17 points in defeat. Miller is averaging 20.1 points per game to lead the Crimson Tide in scoring this season. Miller also has grabbed 8.3 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Jaden Bradley is dishing 3.8 assists. Brown and D’Moi Hodge have supplied much of the Tigers’ offense, averaging 15.6 and 14.9 points per game, respectively.
Brown also has averaged 5.6 rebounds per game. Nick Honor has doled out 3.5 assists per game. The Tigers rank as the NCAA’s ninth-best team in offensive efficiency, while the Crimson Tide are 22nd in defensive efficiency. In the last 10 games, Alabama is 9-1 with an average margin of +14.5 (84.4-69.9).
Missouri has gone 6-4 over the last 10, allowing 79.1 points per game on average while scoring only 78.2 (-0.9 margin). The Tigers are averaging 84.4 ppg for the full season while allowing 75.4.
CRIMSON TIDE HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Assists per game:
Jahvon Quinerly: 2.2 | 2.9 | -0.7
TIGERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Isiaih Mosley: 0.0 | 6.1 | -6.1
Points per game:
D’Moi Hodge: 10.8 | 14.9 | -4.1
SportsTips’ College Basketball Pick:
Missouri (+165)
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