Missouri-Alabama men’s basketball preview
Missouri at Alabama
P | No. | Missouri | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 3 | Johnathan Williams | 6-9 | So. | 12.6 |
C | 45 | Keanau Post | 6-11 | Sr. | 3.6 |
G | 12 | Namon Wright | 6-5 | Fr. | 5.4 |
G | 14 | Keith Shamburger | 5-11 | Sr. | 8.3 |
G | 15 | Wes Clark | 6-0 | So. | 10.0 |
P | No. | Alabama | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 10 | Jimmie Taylor | 6-10 | So. | 4.5 |
F | 11 | Shannon Hale | 6-8 | So. | 7.8 |
G | 20 | Levi Randolph | 6-5 | Sr. | 14.6 |
G | 21 | Rodney Cooper | 6-6 | Sr. | 10.5 |
G | 32 | Retin Obasohan | 6-1 | Jr. | 2.8 |
▪ WHEN/WHERE: 8 tonight at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
▪ TV/RADIO: SEC Network; KMBZ (98.1 FM)
▪ ABOUT MISSOURI (7-14, 1-7 SEC): The Tigers have lost seven consecutive games for the first time since the 1992-93 season. Missouri has not lost eight in a row since the 1973-74 season. MU is 0-2 in its previous trips to Tuscaloosa, a 72-49 loss in the 1996 NIT and an 80-73 loss last season. Sophomore point guard Wes Clark is averaging a team-high 12.1 points in conference play, while senior point guard Keith Shamburger has dished out 29 assists with only five turnovers in Missouri’s eight conference games.
▪ ABOUT ALABAMA (13-8, 3-5 SEC): The Crimson Tide opened conference play with two wins but has lost five of its last six games. Two of those losses came against No. 1 Kentucky and the others were two-point losses against Florida and at South Carolina and Arkansas. Junior guard Ricky Tarrant, a transfer from Tulane and Alabama’s second-leading scorer at 13.1 points per game, remains sidelined because of a leg injury, but the Tide will have senior Levi Randolph, who torched the Tigers for 33 points last season at Coleman Coliseum.
| Tod Palmer, tpalmer@kcstar.com
This story was originally published February 3, 2015 at 3:28 PM with the headline "Missouri-Alabama men’s basketball preview."