Tennessee Volunteers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide | Full Game Highlights | ESPN College Basketball

Tennessee Volunteers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide | Full Game Highlights | ESPN College Basketball

Welcome to ESPN Saturday prime time you’re watching the SEC on ESPN and oh are they excited about this one here in Tuscaloosa the 12 and3 tied the 12 and3 volunteers buying for the top spot of the SEC it is a sellout here inside Coleman Coliseum it’s a white out and

It’s Mark Sears the second leading scorer in the conference at better than 20 points per game who’s number one that guy Dalton connect 20.8 on the season but over 25 points per game in SEC plays left the three short and here comes Alabama Aaron Estrada coming off a

Triple double against Old Miss during the week for that honor great ball Movement by Alabama but a Miss three by Ryland Griffin Sears knocks it down means a long rebound and if you can’t grab it you just knock it back out and it knocks to Mark Sears who’s just

Having Nelson Grant Nelson with the assist and The Cutting Doon connect the first bucket for the balls fifth year player in the program so is number 30 Josiah Jordan James and into Jonas ad do who whose prayer is answered of Buffalo the tied have gone to the sweet 16 twice they’re

Hoping for a deeper run this year vesc finds James who knocks down the corner three defensive looks but here when he catches it all of a sudden Grant Nelson comes over for the double trying for him to get rid of it he finds vesy but that shot faking drive that collapsed the

Defense and then Josiah Jordan James Nelson after three years at North Dakota State having a really nice year here for Alabama Tennessee in transition connect with the slam what a steal by Santiago vavy boy sear so good coming off that little ball screen wow he can beat you so many

Different ways counter with a drive and a hard finish like that with that shooting ability you’re big time how about that dish from Davin Cosby Jr they need to run action at Dalton connect and make him guard Griffin puts it on the deck it’s all the way inside has it knocked away

And and then a foul by Tennessee and Alabama thought there was a foul there but it looked like Toby aaka with his left hand got all ball going to Junior College and then Northern Colorado before Tennessee good pass and another one mhack passed up the

Shot bese will take it and hit it they are content to do it and they’re supporting Dalton connect yeah Rick Bon said they embraced him immediately Griffin a good look and hits it well we mentioned Alabama is first in the nation in points per game they’re first in the nation in offensive

Efficiency per kpom they’re 100th in the nation in defensive efficiency though Sears the bucket First Team all SEC but also in the the mix for Player of the Year like he gets mhack on his back that that’s a Jaylen Brunson Type move the strength that he shows and pring what a pass Cosby

Yes not only has to concentrate on Dalton connect but they’ve got to shut down some of these other volunteers and they’re giving up some easy buckets Pringle over the top and a chance for three estrella’s gone back to the bench they don’t have a guy on the

Floor bigger than 66 Josiah Jordan James that was just a lack of communication on the part of Tennessee ran a little flexx cut low and then Mark Sears came up and set a back screen and Alabama really wants to get some penetration so they can spray it

Off the help good defense there by James it winds up thr in a Cosby Corner three are that off it’s been a low possession game for an Alabama game usually it’s up and down and up and down and overall Alabama’s defense has been pretty good they’ve made things

Difficult on Tennessee but it’s just there are a few loose balls away [Applause] good offensive rebound by wagi there got a extra possession and they pay it off with the mark Sears three get in front there but watch Aaron Estrada here well that was after the offensive rebound Estrada keeping the dribble

Alive off the glass it’s good and it’s down to five he just would not be denied stop and go connect to Adu and and he has it taken away by Sears just brought it down enough where the little guys could get to it those darn little guys

Gr Nelson with a three he just melted on that screen instead of fighting over and vesy took advantage of it Griffin right at connect and he lays it in vesy Baseline keeps the dribble alive connect is open and that’s his first three of the game Pringle picked up

Remember those three foul in the first half aaka in for James for Tennessee a the three and all of a sudden zakai Zigler you know he’s trying to protect at the nail what are you protecting they’re not going to take a shot in [Applause] there Sears Estrada boy that is two talented Savvy

Guards right there was guarding inside got switched off on a big guy and just fought like crazy to make it tough and then a strong drive and finish for Sam Walters The Freshman look at the pressure by Zigler on Sears one of the better defenders in

The country I don’t know how Sears knew Pringle was there but he did give him another assist Rhythm and look at that little hesitation move and then the wraparound Pat speaking of that Gonzaga St Mary’s game I that Jay Williams made a courageous prediction this morning

That St Mary’s would win the West Coast Conference regular season in that game tonight they’ve already won itched it zakai Zigler think the SEC tournament in Nashville is going to be any fun yes MK nice bounce pass into Adu that’s a tough matchup for Alabama

With a strata on connect he’s given up a lot of size Zigler the drive the kick maack the three got and Tennessee leads maak a little push off and lays it in just kept it alive Zigler the spin what a pass vesy the kick Zigler the three boy

That is pretty stuff and then once they attack the paint they can spray it out spraying it out to VES the shot fake the paint open again and then gets it back where it first started with zakai Zigler for The Big Three Tennessee up five one-on-one with theate elevates and

Hits you’re just not going to stop that same play to try to get connect the ball let’s see if they send another Defender there it is they swing it to James who knocks down the three finds Sears he gets inside and lays it in boy is he cracky driving the

Kick Ziggler a deep three Pringle has it and it’s a onep possession game with 40 seconds to go Sears short connect the rebound yeah you hate to say it’s about when it’s long or loose but but when it’s long or loose you better get it and

Alabama had a chance to get it but Tennessee did this has been a gritty tough win for the volunteers on the road when they didn’t play their best offensively and a win that I think certainly would keep them under consideration for a one seed a lot of

That depends on what they do next week what North Carolina does what Arizona does Arizona’s the Lynch B I mean they’re they’re the one team that could fall out and Tennessee could replace I think the other three are solid and that’ll do [Applause] it tonight’s player of the game brought

To you by Voya zakai zegler had 18 points and four assists in this Game

The No. 4 Tennessee Volunteers top the No. 14 Alabama Crimson Tide, 81-74, in SEC action.

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