The Crimson Tide basketball team pulled out a 73-68 victory over a tough, pesky, South Alabama team on Tuesday night in front of 9,038 fans at Coleman. The Jaguars played tougher than the Tide, drawing eight charges, five by LSU transfer Charles Manning, Jr. and almost pulled off the win as a 22.5 point underdog. The USA team featured two Auburn transfers, one from Texas A&M, one from TCU, one from Memphis, and one from VMI to go along with Manning.
Coach Nate Oats stuck with the same starting lineup of Keon Ellis, Jaden Shackelford, Jahvon Quinerly, Noah Gurley, and Charles Bediako.