Mark Sears scored a season-best 24 points and No. 9 Alabama held Houston to two points in overtime while notching an 85-80 victory over the No. 6 Cougars on Tuesday night in the Players Era Festival at Las Vegas. Aden Holloway scored 14 points, Grant Nelson added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. tallied 12 points for the Crimson Tide (5-1). Mouhamed Dioubate had 10 points and three blocked shots along with a career-best 16 rebounds for Alabama. LJ Cryer matched his career high of 30 points but made just 9 of 26 shots for Houston (3-2).
No. 6 Houston goes cold in OT as No. 9 Alabama prevails
