JumpOffPlus.com College Tour: Alabama Game Blog – Nov. 21, 2013

Alabama coach Kristy Curry will look to guide the Crimson Tide to their first victory in the 2013-14 season.*Courtesy of Alabama Athletics

Alabama coach Kristy need help to write my paper Curry will look to guide the Crimson Tide to their first victory in the 2013-14 season.
*Courtesy of Alabama Athletics

TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama Crimson Tide will battle the Wisconsin Badgers this evening. We’ll bring you an in-arena take with the game starting at 7:00 PM CST.

By: @BrandonClayPSB

7:02 pm – Jr. Guard Daisha Simmons looks like a high school kid but plays like a seasoned college veteran. Nice steal and finish here to start the game.

7:05 pm – Simmons with another steal but gets called for a charge. The Crimson Tide can ill afford her to get into foul trouble early.

7:09 pm – So. Forward Nikki Hegstetter is active here early with her play inside. She’s manning the post for coach Kristy Curry‘s team.

7:12 pm – So. Khadijah Carter finished a basket at the rim off of a loose ball. Hegstetter kept the ball alive off of the tip.

7:16 pm – Simmons with a smooth jumper off of the pick and roll. It’s very evident that this team will go as Simmons goes.

7:19 pm – Fr. Center Oceana Hamilton is skilled. She is capable of making a basket around the bucket. She just completed a nice reverse pivot and attacked the rim to her left side.

7:22 pm need help writing a compare and contrast essay – Carter with a nice 3-pointer out of the corner brings the score to 19 to 13 in Wisconsin’s favor.

7:24 pm – Fr. Ashley Williams is a tough cover on the interior. She just got fouled and is headed to the free throw line. After making both, Alabama is now pressing the ball full court.

7:26 pm – Another steal for Simmons though she couldn’t convert on the other end.

7:29 pm – Simmons second foul of the first half will create some opportunities. Right on cue, Hegstetter makes a nice pass from the post to So. Wing Emily Davis for a 3-pointer.

7:32 pm – Carter with another corner 3-pointer. Simmons checks back in with two fouls and 4:30 to go in the half.

7:35 pm – Fr. Guard Karyla Middlebrook with a big 3 of her own to close it 31-23 in favor of Wisconsin.

7:40 pm – Carter finishes a offensive rebound off of a Hamilton miss.

7:42 pm – Nice post feed from Davis to Williams and she converts the layup with an And1 free throw.

7:43 pm – Carter hits ANOTHER corner 3-pointer.

7:44 pm – Middlebrook with an offensive rebound and outback to close down the first half. Alabama has cut this game to 38-33 at the homework help for children half.

7:59 pm – Middlebrook starts the second half the same way she ended the first half – with a layup.

8:01 pm – Hegstetter gets a basket off a nice post feed from Simmons. 38-37 Wisconsin.

8:02 pm – Shoutout to Kallie Case from Alabama Softball and the UA Softball team for supporting their women’s basketball team.

8:04 pm – Carter heats right back up with a basket from 15 feet as the Crimson Tide take the lead 39-38.

8:12 pm – Middlebrook with a FT to make it 40-38.

8:16 pm – Williams attacks the rim off of the catch to finish with the layup. For the second time, she’ll get a chance to complete the three-point play.

8:18 pm – After a media timeout, Williams does just that making it 43-42 Alabama.

8:20 pm – Sr. Guard Shafontaye Myers joins the party with a 3-pointer of her own. Make it 46-42 Bama.

8:21 pm – Coach Kristy Curry with the call from the sideline to get the ball right back to Myers. She delivers with 3 more.

8:23 pm – Another nice post feed from Hegstetter to Williams for a left-handed finish. Alabama takes their biggest lead at 51-42.

8:25 pm – Williams with another basket this time on the graduate admission essay right side of the floor. 53-44 Bama.

8:28 pm – Williams is taking this game over. She just scored it again. 55-48 Bama.

8:33 pm – Simmons with two free throws makes it 57-50 Bama under four minutes remaining.

8:38 pm – Williams has 15 on the night after making two more free throws to make it 59-52 Alabama.

8:40 pm – Middlebrook with two free throws of her own as it sits at 61-57 with 2:15 to play.

8:42 pm – Williams with a kick out to Hegstetter for a 15 footer to make it 63-57.

8:45 pm – Simmons makes two free throws to stretch to 65-57.

8:48 pm – Uncharacteristically, Simmons misses two free throws but gets a steal in the front court to get the ball back. She calmly sinks two and they go up 68-62.

8:52 pm – Williams hits two free throws to seal the deal. 70-62 Alabama.

Brandon Clay Brandon Clay is the owner of the JumpOffPlus.com International Report, Peach State Basketball, Inc., and ProspectsNation.com. The JumpOffPlus.com is picked up by more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide. He serves as the Executive Camp Director for the Elite Basketball Academy Camps. Clay has been involved in the community since 2001. You can reach him at [email protected]