Imagine thinking there would be a game Alabama would score 100 and Mark Sears wouldn’t score at all. That is wild.
Overall, I thought Alabama played well, not great. They went through spurts of being able to hit everything and spurts of not hitting anything. The defense was also wildly inconsistent. Give Illinois credit, they hit some good and tough shots throughout the game. Will Riley had a solid game and he was someone Alabama wanted at one time. They ended up taking a guy named Labaron Philon. Maybe you heard of him.
Philon, Aden Holloway, and Aiden Sherrell all had fantastic games being the newcomers. The night belongs to Grant Nelson carrying Alabama to an early double digit lead and stacking on top of that in the first half. After half time, it was the incredibly talented backcourt who took over.
This was a great bounce back game against a very quality opponent. Now they need to hope to go 2-1 next week and they’re still on schedule in this brutal non conference stretch. Mark Sears has not played well all season, but he’s about to break out in a big way. When he does, this team is going to be fantastic.
Overall, I thought Alabama played well, not great. They went through spurts of being able to hit everything and spurts of not hitting anything. The defense was also wildly inconsistent. Give Illinois credit, they hit some good and tough shots throughout the game. Will Riley had a solid game and he was someone Alabama wanted at one time. They ended up taking a guy named Labaron Philon. Maybe you heard of him.
Philon, Aden Holloway, and Aiden Sherrell all had fantastic games being the newcomers. The night belongs to Grant Nelson carrying Alabama to an early double digit lead and stacking on top of that in the first half. After half time, it was the incredibly talented backcourt who took over.
This was a great bounce back game against a very quality opponent. Now they need to hope to go 2-1 next week and they’re still on schedule in this brutal non conference stretch. Mark Sears has not played well all season, but he’s about to break out in a big way. When he does, this team is going to be fantastic.
