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The No. 11 Vanderbilt Commodores look to keep their undefeated streak alive when they host the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide at Wednesday, January 7 at 9:00 PM ET. It’s a must-see Top 25 college basketball game and a tiebreaker at the top of the Southeastern Conference standings.
Alabama vs. Vanderbilt will be televised on ESPN2 and streams live DIRECTV (Free Trial).
What: Men’s college basketball regular season
WHO: #13 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Vanderbilt Commodores #11
When: Wednesday, January 7, 2025
Where: Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee
Time: 9 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
Live Streams: fuboTV (free trial), DIRECTV (Free Trial), Sling, Hulu + Live TV, ESPN
The game follows Aden Holloway’s 26-point performance in the Crimson Tide’s 89-74 victory against the Kentucky Wildcats. The teams will meet for the first time this season on Wednesday. Vanderbilt is 1-0 against the SEC and Alabama is 1-0 against conference opponents.
Here’s a recent college basketball story via the Associated Press:
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tyler Tanner had 19 points and a career-high 14 assists, AK Okereke had 17 and No. 11 Vanderbilt improved to 14-0 with an 83-71 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.
The Commodores (1-0 Southeastern Conference) are off to their best start since the 2007-08 team opened 16-0. They did it against the Gamecocks (9-5, 0-1) without leading scorer Duke Miles, who missed his second straight game with an undisclosed injury.
Mile’s absence hasn’t slowed Vanderbilt one bit. It used an early 13-0 run — which started on Okereke’s 3-pointer — to take a 15-4 lead through the first six minutes. With South Carolina closing to 34-30 with 4:13 to go before halftime, Vanderbilt finished the period on an 8-4 run that sparked another three by Okereke for a 42-34 lead.
Vanderbilt ended any chance of a Gamecocks rally with a 12-3 run to start the second half and was never pressured the rest of the way.
The Commodores face a test to keep their streak going next time they return home to play No. 14 Alabama. Should they ride the tide, they’ll look to match their program-best 16-0 start at home next weekend against LSU.
If Vanderbilt shows that kind of depth, it will be hard for any opponent to slow them down. The Commodores finished with five players in double figures and shot over 50% from the field. They outrebounded the Gamecocks 37-25 and didn’t have a shot blocked by South Carolina.
Tyler Nickel had 16 points on four of Vanderbilt’s 10 3-pointers. Devin McGlockton added 15 points for the Commodores.
Elijah Strong led South Carolina with 17 points.
Other
Vanderbilt: Hosts Alabama on Wednesday night.
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