Norfolk State Spartans @ Alabama Crimson Tide

NIT - 1st ROUND

22-13, 9-7 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	OT	T
Norfolk St NORF	28	39	13	80
Alabama ALA	35	32	12	79

Alabama Crimson TideAlabamaALA

18-16, 10-6 Home

Norfolk State Spartans

starters
Alex LongA. Long#22
Jordan ButlerJ. Butler#45
Mastadi PittM. Pitt #0
Nic ThomasN. Thomas#14
Steven WhitleyS. Whitley#34
bench
Chris FordC. Ford#32
Armani BranchA. Branch#5
Kyonze ChavisK. Chavis#55
C.J. KellyC.J. Kelly#15
BJ FitzgeraldBJ Fitzgerald#1
Derrik Jamerson Jr.D. Jamerson Jr.#35
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
35	9	4-9	0-0	1-2	11	0	1	2	1	5	6	1
40	11	5-10	0-0	1-1	13	0	1	1	1	8	5	3
33	5	2-12	0-2	1-2	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0
39	15	4-18	3-10	4-4	3	1	3	4	0	1	2	2
31	13	6-13	1-3	0-0	7	7	2	4	0	2	5	5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	8-14	7-13	2-2	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
	80	30-80	11-29	9-11	49	10	11	12	2	21	28	17
		38%	38%	82%

Alabama Crimson Tide

starters
Galin SmithG. Smith#30
Donta HallD. Hall#0
Herbert JonesH. Jones#10
Riley NorrisR. Norris#1
Kira Lewis Jr.K. Lewis Jr.#2
bench
Alex ReeseA. Reese#3
John Petty Jr.J. Petty#23
Tevin MackT. Mack#34
Dazon IngramD. Ingram#12
Avery Johnson Jr.A. Johnson Jr.#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
24	4	2-6	0-0	0-1	2	0	4	0	3	0	2	2
31	6	2-5	0-0	2-4	12	0	3	1	2	5	7	1
27	18	6-10	1-1	5-8	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	1
19	0	0-6	0-2	0-0	7	1	0	0	0	5	2	4
32	10	4-10	1-6	1-2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
20	17	5-10	5-8	2-2	7	0	2	1	0	3	4	0
30	11	4-10	3-8	0-0	5	5	0	1	0	0	5	2
14	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
14	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	3	6	3	0	0	1	2	0
14	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	79	29-69	11-30	10-17	45	17	16	5	6	16	29	12
		42%	37%	59%

Alabama misses the game-winning shot in OT

1:14

Hall cleans up missed alley-oop with a huge putback slam

0:15

Butler misses the wide-open game-winning putback

0:52

Game Information

Tuscaloosa, AL

Referee:Doug Shows

Referee:Jason Baker

Referee:Jeff Pon

NCAA Division I

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Howard	11-3	-	24-11
Morgan State	10-4	1	14-16
Norfolk State	8-6	3	15-17
North Carolina Central	8-6	3	14-18
South Carolina State	7-7	4	10-22
Maryland Eastern Shore	5-9	6	9-23
Coppin State	5-9	6	7-24
Delaware State	2-12	9	8-23

Southeastern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	16-2	-	27-8
Arkansas	13-5	3	28-9
Alabama	13-5	3	25-10
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	27-9
Tennessee	11-7	5	25-12
Texas A&M	11-7	5	22-12
Georgia	10-8	6	22-11
Kentucky	10-8	6	22-14
Missouri	10-8	6	20-13
Texas	9-9	7	21-15
Auburn	7-11	9	22-16
Oklahoma	7-11	9	21-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

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