TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The RV/RV Alabama men’s basketball team used a late 19-6 run to take the lead and held on to defeat league-leading RV/25 Texas A&M, 100-97, Wednesday night inside Coleman Coliseum. The contest featured 28 lead changes and 13 ties throughout as the Crimson Tide handed the Aggies its second league defeat this season.      

Alabama (15-7, 5-4 SEC) had six players score in double figures on the night, as the high-scoring effort was piloted by Aden Holloway’s 20 points and career-high six rebounds. Amari Allen had 12 points, seven rebounds and a team-high six assists, while Labaron Philon Jr. (17), Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (16), Amari Allen (12), Houston Mallette (12) and London Jemison (10) also scored in double-figures for the Tide. 

Texas A&M’s (17-5, 7-2) Rashaun Agee led three players in double figures with 21 points, while former Tide player Rylan Griffen added 17 in the loss. 

Head Coach Nate Oats Postgame Comments 

“I thought our guys had a good response to the loss at Florida. I thought our guards did a really good job taking care of the ball; we wound up with six turnovers. I give A&M a lot of credit. They’re a good team and were in first place by themselves for a reason. Good team with good players who averaged forcing 15-plus turnovers a game coming into this so it took a lot of focus from our guards. Credit to Amari (Allen), who had six assists and one turnover and Labaron (Philon), who had a bad game against Florida, had 36 minutes with zero turnovers. (Aden) Holloway had a career high in rebounds tonight to go along with four assists and two turnovers. 

“We have been talking about the possession game, and we have not done the best this year. Turnovers were even and rebounds were plus-eight. The plus-eight made up for the fact that we did not shoot the ball particularly well and we missed too many free throws outside of Aiden Sherrell. Our bigs did a good job keeping Agee off the glass, he had the lowest number of rebounds he’s had all year and no offensive rebounds. We did a good job on the glass and they had shots from guys who normally don’t make shots.”

Team Stats 

• Alabama’s 100 points are the most scored on Texas A&M this season, and the most the Aggies have allowed in the regular season since the Tide scored 100 back on Feb. 17, 2024
• UA’s six turnovers are the lowest forced turnovers by the Aggies all season, who came into the contest forcing an average of 15 turnovers per game 
• Six players scored in double figures to lead Alabama, which is the most scoring in double figures since it played UNLV on Nov. 25
• Alabama had a conference play high of 19 assists on 31 made field goals, including a season high six by Amari Allen
• The Crimson Tide’s 16 made threes are the most made in SEC play this year and the third game in a row Alabama has made 14-plus threes
• Alabama won the rebound battle 44-36, including 13 offensive rebounds that led to the same amount of second-chance points 
• The Tide’s 23 fast break points are the second most scored on the Aggies all season

First Half  

• Two of the top shooting teams in the nation did not disappoint early, as Alabama and Texas A&M combined for seven made threes before the first media timeout with the Tide leading15-14 with 13:31 left in the first stanza
• Alabama would go on a 15-5 run, stretching over five minutes to take a 28-19 lead with 10:16 left before halftime. 
• Following the Alabama run, the Aggies would go on a 10-0 run of their own taking the lead 29-28 with 7:14 on the clock. 
• Texas A&M shot 11-of-12 from the field for a span of six-plus minutes (9:09-2:46) to grow its lead to 45-40 with just under three minutes remaining until the intermission
• A huge Latrell Wrightsell Jr. trey at the buzzer tied the game 46-46 at the midway point of the game 
• London Jemison leads the Tide at halftime, scoring 10 points off the bench
• The Tide went 9-of-13 from the charity stripe compared to A&M’s 1-of-4 

Second Half  

• Alabama started the half by making five of its first 10 shots to take a 57-56 lead with 14:53 left in the game
• Despite hitting four of its first 13 shots in the half, the Aggies were able to take a 70-67 lead with 11:04 remaining thanks in large part to nine Alabama fouls in the first eight-plus minutes
• With Alabama trailing 77-71 at the 8:44 mark, a three by Philon at the shot clock buzzer, coupled with an Aden Holloway and-one, helped jumpstart a game-changing 19-6 run that lasted 4:15 and helped the Tide take a 90-83 lead with 4:29 remaining
• A&M answered by scoring eight of the game’s next nine points to tie the game at 91-91 at the 2:46 mark
• Trailing 95-94, Wrightsell buried a three-pointer and Holloway hit an acrobatic layup to give Alabama the lead for good at 99-95 with 22 seconds left
• The Aggies had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer, Rylan Griffin’s three-pointer fell short 
• Holloway (16) and Philon (13) combined for 29 of Alabama’s 54 second-half points 

Up Next

• Alabama returns to the road to face rival Auburn in the first game of a two-game road trip  
• Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. CT at Neville Arena and can be seen on ESPN2