No. 2 seed Alabama enters half time down against the No. 11 seed UCLA Bruins 40-29.
Herbert Jones got into foul trouble early with two fouls in the first 40 seconds, forcing him to be benched for a large portion of the first half.
Alabama’s scoring started off slow, but grew a double-digit lead. Then UCLA came storming back.
The latter portion of the first half consisted of the two team trading punches and switching leads.
Jahvon Quinerly leads the team in scoring with 10 points, and Juwan Gary has taken Jones’ spot as the lead rebounder for the Crimson Tide with four.
UCLA has seemingly playing Alabama’s fast paced style of play, which leads to mistakes on both parties.
For the Crimson Tide in the second half, the key is to get shots to drain and be stronger at the hoop, whether it be laying it in or accumulating rebounds.
The winner of this game will go on to face No. 1 seed Michigan in the Elite Eight.