Nate Oats said that he wanted his Alabama team to start having fun again. The Crimson Tide definitely had fun in the big win over Baylor on Saturday, but in the Iron Bowl of Basketball, it wasn’t fun for anybody wearing crimson.
Auburn‘s Walker Kessler blocked seven shots in the Tigers’ big 100-81 win against the Tide, he also recorded 14 points and 12 rebounds.
When all hope appeared to be lost, the Tide would bring the deficit to within two in the second half, prior to a 10-2 run giving the Tigers an eight-point lead.
From there, the onslaught only got worse for Alabama. Auburn’s talent was too much to overcome.
Jaden Shackelford scored 26 points in the loss. Jahvon Quinerly contributed 20. Alabama shot just 35% from the floor and a decent 37% from three.
The Tide defense was outmatched at seemingly every position. Auburn hit on nearly half of their shots, shooting at a clip of 48% from the floor.
Auburn made a decent living on the free-throw line as they shot from the charity stripe 39 times and made 31 of them.
Next up for Alabama is a home game against the No. 5 Kentucky Wildcats.
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