Alabama basketball’s journey to Europe began off with a victory on Monday, with the Crimson Tide using stable capturing and depth to defeat the Spain Choose Crew in Barcelona, Spain by a rating of 108-64.

Alabama’s beginning 5 consisted of guards Rylan Griffen and Mark Sears, heart Charles Bediako and forwards Noah Clowney and Brandon Miller. Whereas the stats for the sport which have presently been launched aren’t official, early indicators present that it was a wonderful all-around efficiency for the Crimson Tide.

In complete, Alabama shot 11 three-pointers in comparison with Spain’s eight, additionally out-rebounding Spain 25-21. The Crimson Tide additionally recorded a formidable 26 steals in comparison with Spain’s eight, but in addition turned the ball over 19 instances.

Alabama jumped out to an early 27-20 lead by the top of the primary quarter, however a 12-0 run by the Crimson Tide gave Alabama a lead that it finally by no means surrendered. The. 12-0 run was highlighted by a 3 from Miller, who completed the sport tied with Griffen for the group lead with 19 factors.

At halftime, the Crimson Tide have been up 56-33, and the lead solely grew from there.

Whereas the motion on the court docket wasn’t obtainable for followers to observe on tv or stream, the sport’s stats have been recorded on the Swish app and gave followers an opportunity to observe the sport unfold by way of stats play-by-play. Nevertheless, probably the most memorable occurrences of the sport was an error by the app itself, which by chance listed Miller as ‘David Diaz Herrero’, giving Alabama followers all of the gasoline it wanted to start out up a brand new Alabama basketball legend.

The extremely productive day for Miller solely made the hilarious mistake much more memorable.

Miller started the second half with a dunk, spurring the Crimson Tide ahead to an 85-52 lead initially of the fourth quarter. With Alabama having a big lead, head coach Nate Oats started to rotate extra gamers in and take benefit by giving his gamers minutes on the court docket. In complete, 10 gamers recorded double-digit minutes.

The sport concluded with Alabama storming away with a 108-64 win. Miller performed probably the most minutes with 20.37, including six rebounds and two assists to his 19 factors. Griffen recorded 4 rebounds and 5 assists together with his 15 factors, whereas Clowney had 12 factors, three rebounds and 6 steals. 

Guard Dom Welch scored 11 factors in his 13 minutes on the court docket, and fellow guard Nimari Burnett capped off the Crimson Tide’s double-digit factors scorers with 10 together with 5 assists. Sears registered eight factors and 4 assists, whereas guard Jaden Bradley had seven factors and two assists in 19 minutes of motion.

Alabama nonetheless has two extra video games remaining on its summer time tour, with each video games being performed in Paris, France. Up subsequent, the Crimson Tide will tackle the Lithuania Males’s B Nationwide Crew on Aug. 11 (7:30 p.m. Paris Time), then will play towards the Chinese language Males’s Nationwide Crew on Aug. 12 (additionally 7:30 p.m. Paris Time).