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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama's JaMychal Green scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and the Crimson Tide used suffocating defense to defeat Southeastern Louisiana, 59-38, Wednesday at Coleman Coliseum.
Trevor Releford added 10 points for Alabama (5-5), which used a 12-0 run in the first half to pull away and snap a two-game losing streak. Southeastern, which visits Vanderbilt on Saturday, fell to 5-3 overall.
Southeastern, which entered the game averaging 80.7 points per game, turned in one of its poorest shooting performances in school history making 12 of 59 shots (20.3 percent) while going 4-for-18 (22.2 percent) from behind the 3-point line. The Lions, who trailed 36-23 at halftime, held Alabama to 9-for-24 from the floor in the second half but could not rally as they went 4-for-32 (12.5 percent) in the final 20 minutes.
Senario Hillman gave the Crimson Tide an early 3-0 lead before the Lions tied the game when
David Ndoumba completed a three-point play at the 19:15 mark of the first half. A 3-pointer by Releford gave Alabama a 6-3 advantage it would not relinquish before Green hit a jumper, Charles Hankerson added a 3-pointer and a jumper and Green scored on a layup for a 15-3 lead with 14:35 left.
Southeastern closed to within 27-17 on a Ndoumba layup, but Releford answered with a 3-pointer and Charvez Davis sank a pair of free throws to push the Alabama lead to 32-17 with 3:07 left in the first half.
A jumper by freshman
Antonnio Benton with 8:27 remaining in the game closed the deficit to 54-35 but the Lions missed their final 13 shots while Alabama went 1-for-9 in the same span.
Gary Dixon led Southeastern with 11 points while Ndoumba added nine. Ndoumba and Benton grabbed six rebounds each for Southeastern, which held Alabama to 21-for-50 (42.0 percent) from the floor.
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (5-3)
Dixon 3-8 2-2 11; Ndoumba 4-10 1-1 9; Hutchin 2-9 1-2 6; Benton 2-7 0-0 4; Marks 1-5 0-0 2; Campbell 0-3 2-2 2; Fortenberry 0-5 2-2 2; Patterson 0-3 2-2 2; Lockett 0-1 0-0 0; Harrel 0-2 0-0 0; Johnson 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 12-59 10-11 38.
ALABAMA (5-5)
Green 6-11 4-6 16; Releford 4-7 0-0 10; Davis 2-5 2-2 8; Hillman 3-5 1-3 8; Hankerson 3-7 0-0 7; Mitchell 1-4 2-2 4; Luquire 1-1 0-1 2; Carter 0-4 2-4 2; Hines 1-2 0-0 2; Jeffery 0-2 0-0 0; Eblen 0-2 0-0 0; Engstrom 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 21-50 11-19 59.
Halftime – Alabama 36, SLU 23. 3-point goals – SLU 4-18 (Dixon 3-6; Hutchin 1-4; Campbell 0-2; Fortenberry 0-4; Patterson 0-1; Harrel 0-1), Alabama 6-17 (Releford 2-3; Davis 2-4; Hankerson 1-2; Hillman 1-2; Jeffery 0-2; Carter 0-3; Mitchell 0-1). Fouled out - None. Rebounds – SLU 41 (Benton, Ndoumba 6), Alabama 43 (Green 15). Assists – SLU 9 (Fortenberry 3), Alabama 12 (Green, Releford 3). Total fouls – SLU 18, Alabama 17. Technical fouls - None. A – 8,178.
