Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide Mens Basketball team dropped their third game of the season (2-3) against the North Carolina Tar Heels (5-0) in ‘Battle 4 Atlantis.’
The final score of the contest was much closer than many had anticipated (76-67).
Alabama stays strong in the first half, entering halftime only down by six points.
The final score from our first game at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
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— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) November 27, 2019
The Tide wasn’t able to overcome the deficit in the second half and lost by nine, which should still be a moral victory for the program seeing that the Tar Heels entered this matchup as the sixth best team in the nation.
Offensively, Alabama just didn’t appear to be all there.
The team shot for a combined 38 percent on field goals, 35 percent for threes and a miserable 44 percent from the line.
The only two valuable offensive pieces tonight were John Petty and Kira Lewis Jr., both of whom were the only players that played over 35 minutes.
Petty led the team with 23 points, while Lewis was right behind him with 20.
The Alabama defense wasn’t terrible as they had six steals, four blocks and 14 turnovers.
The 2019 – 2020 college basketball season is still young, and while the Crimson Tide are currently under .500 on the year, it’s not time to panic yet.
Nate Oats is set to lead his team into the next round of the ‘Battle 4 Atlantis’ against the Iowa State Cyclones, who lost in round one against Michigan.
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