The 3 points: to remember from victory n ° 5 of ALABAMA against Kentucky n ° 15

Nashville, tenn. – It can be difficult to beat the same team three times in a season. But the n ° 5 Alabama made him easy on Friday evening in his 99-70 victory against Kentucky n ° 15. After winning a home victory and on the road on Kentucky, the Tide Crimson crushed the Wildcats inside Bridgestone Arena to qualify for the semi-finals of the dry tournament.

The tide offensive took place early, running an effective half-terrain early to open the defense of Kentucky and go to a 3-point dam in the second half. Alabama’s effective attack was equaled to a very effort against the best player of the Wildcats and an exceptional transition defense to bury all hope of an upset Kentucky inside Bridgestone Arena.

Here are three points to remember from Alabama’s victory over Kentucky.

The final percentage of 3 points from the Alabama may not seem that the tide has had difficulties. But the Alabama had to be hot after starting match 0 of 9 beyond the 3-point line.

This could have been a dangerous perspective against one of the most prolific offenses in the country that can transform games into track, but the effectiveness of Alabama in 2 points was fully exposed to obtain the tide in a pace. The tide has run an effective half-terrain to stretch the defense of Kentucky. This allowed a second half-time blitz beyond the arc, while the tide pulled 9 out of 16 from Deep.

The well -executed choices allowed Alabama to manage its attack with very few errors and create discrepancies. Labaron Philon prospered against the defense of Kentucky, taking over as top scorer and creator of Alabama while the Wildcats tried Corral Mark Sears. Philo led the Alabama with 21 points and collected four assists with a single turnover in one of the best performances of the goalkeeper of the season.

Alabama managed to direct the ball screens and dribble transfers to find points and resist a bad shooting screen in the first half of Deep. When the tide finally connected on a triple in the first 20 minutes, he came after Jarin Stevenson curled up to the right wing while Mark Sears ran a pick-and-roll and found the student in the second year for a clean look. The tide carried out a similar action which led to a Chris Youngblood 3 at the start of the second half.

Instead of a 3, it was a peak-and-roll which led to a lob to center Clifford Omoruyi who obtained his first points in the match in Alabama. The tide ran this action three times in the first three minutes, leading to two easy dunks. Exit from the dead time of the under 16s, the coach Nate Oats changed the look, putting more size on the ground by making a big-And-Roll of Big with Big with Grant Nelson nourishing Stevenson for an ET-1.

Stevenson being in an offensive rhythm allowed him to obtain open blows in the depths of the second half. The second year student had one of his best outings after the oats called him to intensify, ending with 16 points out of 6 shots, including three 3. The oats also challenged Mouhamed Dioubate to continue to intensify his game, and the attacker obtained everything he wanted in the second half, ending with 13 points and eight rebounds.

The Alabama guards have continuously recognized and attacked their discrepancy whenever possible to obtain easy looks inside. Sears targeted Travis Perry from Kentucky by himself or using pick-and-rolls to hit the rollman when Perry tried to overcompensate to stay with Sears. The starkeeper finished with 13 points.

For a second consecutive match, the Alabama won the Battle in transition, which has become critical in a back and forth match against a Kentucky match which is able to generate score points even against the country’s elite defenses.

The tide did an excellent job by taking care of basketball offensively, but was just as strong to take the opportunities created by Kentucky’s turnover. The Alabama finished with only 10 gifts when it has comfortably executed its attack. The Kentucky, however, gave the ball 16 times, that the Alabama turned into 25 points.

Alabama is also able to feed its transitional offense on glass. The Battle of rebound finished 40-33 in favor of Alabama, and the TIDE limited the Wildcats to only six offensive rebounds, which not only prevented free points but allowed the Alabama to go up the ball before the Kentucky could define its defense.

The prowess of the tide on the glass associated with a sick defense sucked the energy of a Bridgestone arena mainly filled with Kentucky. It was not just take -out dishes that helped Alabama set the tone defensively. The final blow to the hopes of the Wildcats of an upheaval came when the Alabama did not let them reach a field of land of more than three minutes and five minutes in two intervals in the second period.

But all the hopes for Kentucky felt destroyed long before that. Alabama had six Kentucky reversals in 10 points in the first 12 minutes of the match. He started the defender to put the Wildcats in digital disadvantage in a first hole that he has never been able to release.

Alabama found its formula for the Kentucky star at the second meeting of the two teams. The tide held the top scorer of the Wildcats, Otega, just two points after having encountered early problems inside the Coleman Coliseum.

On Friday, Oweh had a much larger task. A match after lifting the Wildcats in front of Oklahoma with a lay-up beating the buzzer, the Kentucky needed everything he could get because he was down from the second top scorer Jaxson Robinson and veteran Lamont Butler, who was injured in defeat against the Sooners.

The rotation of the exhausted Kentucky guard allowed Alabama to concentrate a large part of its defensive intensity on Oweh. The normally productive rating goalkeeper had only eight Friday evening, ending a sequence of three games where he scored more than 20.

Oweh had to leave the match for a section in the first half after a elbow of Philo and never recovered his pace after his return. Other Widcats intensified in place of Oweh early, namely the Amari Williams center, which led all the scorers with 12 points in the first half. Striker Andrew Carr started after some early problems and finished with 18 points

But the Alabama’s high power offensive was simply too much for the support casting of the Wildcats which corresponds without having fired. Philo savor that all luck he had to keep Oweh and a stagnant offense by Kentucky did not help the star find his usual advantage.

Alabama will play in Florida in the semi-finals of the SEC tournament. The Gators beat the Missouri earlier Friday evening. Tipoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday in Bridgestone Arena. The game will be a television on ESPN.