Live Updates: No. 18 Alabama Basketball vs No. 20 UConn at the Phil Knight Invitational

It is one other battle of blue-blood vs new blood on Friday night as No. 18 Alabama basketball takes on No. 20 UConn within the second spherical of the 2022 Phil Knight Invitational.

The Crimson Tide took down the No. 12 Michigan State Spartans on Thursday night to advance, whereas the Huskies beat up on the Oregon Geese 83-59 to additionally transfer on. Whereas Alabama was scorching on either side of the courtroom — most notably its protection — UConn’s offense placed on a showcase in opposition to Oregon.

The winner of the sport will go on to face Iowa State within the match’s Championship Sport on Sunday at 9 p.m. CT, whereas the loser will play No. 1 North Carolina within the third-place sport at 2:30 p.m. CT.

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Dwell Updates

First Half

• Layup by Miller. 35-28 UConn with 0:46 left within the first half.

• A 3-pointer by Griffen cuts the UConn result in 9. 35-26 Huskies, and Dan Hurley calls a timeout.

• Sanogo and Miller change free-throws. 35-23 Huskies.

• Alabama is now as much as 13 turnovers, that are answerable for 17 of UConn’s factors.

• Hawkins hits a 3-pointer, and Griffen responds on the other finish in variety. 33-21 UConn on the last media timeout of the primary half.

• Two free-throws by Bradley give Alabama 2 factors. 30-18 with 4:40 on the clock.

• Two free-throws by Sanogo provides the Huskies 2 factors. 30-16 UConn with 5:28 left to play within the first half.

• Miles has been on the courtroom lower than 4 minutes and has already recorded two turnovers.

• Miller hits his second 3-pointer of the night time after a layup by the Huskies. 28-16 UConn.

• On the under-8 media timeout, Alabama is as much as 12 turnovers in comparison with UConn’s 4. Miller’s 3-pointer is the one one tried on the sport to date for the Crimson Tide. From the ground, Alabama is capturing simply 5-for-13 (38 p.c).

• Darius Miles has entered the sport for Alabama. It is his first look of the season as he has been recovering from a foot damage.

• UConn’s run was as much as 14-0 earlier than being snapped by a 3-pointer by Miller for Alabama. 26-13 Huskies on the 7:45 mark.

• Jackson hits a layup proper out of the break and UConn now has a 10-point lead.

• A layup and back-to-back 3-pointers by UConn surge the Huskies out to an 18-10 lead. Nate Oats calls a timeout on the 10:14 mark.

• Turnovers proceed to be an issue for Alabama on the under-12 media timeout. The Crimson Tide has now turned the ball over eight occasions, leading to six factors for the Huskies.

• Sears hits the and-1, and the sport is now tied at 10-10.

• Layup good by Sears. 10-9 UConn. Sears was fouled by Hawkins on the way in which up and can head to the road.

• One other layup by Sanogo will increase the Huskies lead. 10-7 UConn on the 12:40 mark.

• Bediako slams down a dunk. 8-7 Huskies.

• A turnover by Quinerly results in a 3-pointer Hawkins. 8-5 UConn.

• On the under-16 media timeout, the sport is tied 5-5. Alabama has already turned the ball over 5 occasions, leading to 3 factors for UConn.

• Sanogo will get a layup for the Huskies. 3-2 Alabama.

• Bediako picks up the primary factors for Alabama. 3-0 Crimson Tide.

• The Huskies get referred to as for a shot clock violation on its first possession. Alabama basketball.

• UConn wins the tipoff, and we’re underway.

Pregame

• Beginning 5 for UConn:
• Tristen Newton
• Nahiem Alleyne
• Jordan Hawkins
• Alex Karaban
• Adama Sanogo

• Beginning 5 for Alabama:
• Mark Sears
• Nimari Burnett
• Brandon Miller
• Noah Clowney
• Charles Bediako

• Tonight’s officers: DJ Carstensen, Don Day by day, Mike Palau.

• Alabama posted video of the workforce’s shootaround that happened earlier within the day on Friday:

• Tipoff is slated for 8:30 p.m. CT.

The right way to Watch Alabama vs Connecticut

Who: Alabama (5-0) vs. Connecticut (6-0)

When: 8:30 p.m,. CT, Friday

The place: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore.

TV: ESPN

Dwell Stream: fuboTV (Begin your free trial)

Radio: Crimson Tide Sports activities Community (Play-By-Play: Roger Hoover, Analyst: Bryan Passink). The pregame present will start one hour previous to tipoff.

Collection: UConn leads 1-0.

Phil Knight Invitational Preview

Event bracket: The successful workforce will advance to Sunday’s championship sport in opposition to the winner of No. 1 North Carolina vs. Iowa State. The dropping groups can even face one another.

Final Assembly: The one assembly between the packages was within the Elite 8 of the 2004 NCAA Event. Alabama, seeded second within the area, took an 87-71 loss in Phoenix, Ariz.

Final day trip, Alabama: The Crimson Tide had a robust opening sport within the Phil Knight Invitational, topping No. 12 Michigan State 81-70. Brandon Miller had 24 factors to guide Alabama, whereas Noah Gurley and Noah Clowney each had season highs in factors with 12 and 10 respectively, and sophomore middle Charles Bediako had his greatest sport of the season with eight factors, 4 rebounds and two blocks. In his third sport again, guard Jahvon Quinerly seemed snug working within the offense and completed with a season excessive 10 factors.

Final day trip, UConn: Oregon was with out guards Brennan Rigsby, Jermaine Cousinard, and Keeshawn Barthelemy, however the Huskies did not present any mercy en path to the 83-59 victory within the opening spherical of the Phil Knight Invitational.

Newton completed with a season-high 23 factors, hitting 7-of-10 total from the ground, and added 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and a pair of steals in a formidable all-around efficiency.

Newton had loads of assist as sophomore Jordan Hawkins added 18 factors, together with 5 3-pointers, junior Adama Sanogo had 12 factors, together with two 3-pointers, and grad Joey Calcaterra scored 11, with three 3-pointers. 

The Bracket