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Alabama Improves To 7-1 With Upset Win Over No. 3 Gonzaga
The University of Alabama men's basketball team upset No. 3 Gonzaga Saturday night in the Battle in Seattle.
SEATTLE — If you're an Alabama athletics fan today and aren't excited, you should probably check your pulse.
The No. 16 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team improved to 7-1 Saturday night with a monumental neutral site win over No. 3 Gonzaga (7-2) 91-82 at Climate Pledge Arena, with the game tipping off just as the Alabama football team wrapped up its upset win over No. 1 Georgia in the SEC Championship.
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Junior Jaden Shackelford led the Crimson Tide in scoring on the night, notching 20 points in the first half on his way to going 10-for-16 from the field for 28 points on the night.
Highly-touted freshman JD Davison added a career-high 20 points in the winning effort, along with five rebounds.
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Shackelford also led the Crimson Tide in rebounds for the evening, grabbing nine boards on the defensive end of the court.
The Crimson Tide's next opponent will be a home contest against Houston in Coleman Coliseum on Dec. 11.
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