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| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ole Miss | 39 | 45 | 84 |
| Alabama | 42 | 50 | 92 |
Men's Basketball Captures Second Win of the Preseason, Downs Ole Miss, 92-84
10/15/2026 11:21:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Six Crimson Tide players reach double figures led by Amari Allen’s 19 points and five assists
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -Â The Alabama men's basketball team defeated Ole Miss 92-84 in the annual Ballin' in Boutwell exhibition game on Thursday night. The Crimson Tide shot 50 percent from the field and outrebounded the Rebels, 45-28, to improve to 2-0 in the preseason.
Alabama was led by preseason All-SEC performer Amari Allen's 19 points and five assists. Freshman Cole Cloer added 18 of his own going 4-of-8 from three-point range and dishing out four assists himself.Â
Ole Miss was led by Corey Stephenson's 25 points off the bench and Budd Clark's 15 points and seven assists.Â
Head Coach Nate Oats Postgame CommentsÂ
"There's a reason we play good teams in the exhibitions, it helps to expose some stuff that we need to work on as a team. Our transition defense was not the best but our rebounding in the first half was great. Turnovers were a disaster tonight, we had 20 of them and four guys with three or more. Only two guys who played tonight did not have any turnovers.Â
"Ole Miss did a good job hanging in there. We had a couple chances to put them away and just couldn't. They had a 10-0 run before we scored the last bucket of the first half. We started the game well but closed the first half terribly, and the start of the second half was not good on defense.Â
"We need to get better but it's good that we are playing them. (Ole Miss head coach) Coach (Chris) Beard is one of the best defensive coaches in the country and their team did a great job defensively tonight. It is good for our young guys to learn and get prepared in these types of games. Some of our guys did well offensively against Furman but did not prepare the best coming into today. So it is important we have these games to learn how to prepare."
Team StatsÂ
- Six players reached double digits in the win, led by Amari Allen's 19 and Cole Cloer's 18
- Drew Fielder added a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards
- London Jemison (13), Jamarion Davis-Fleming (12) and Qayden Samuels (12) also reached double figures in the victory
- The Tide had a suffocating three-point defense, holding Ole Miss to just 20 percent (4-of-20) from beyond the arcÂ
- Alabama had a strong showing on the boards, outrebounding the Rebels 45-28, including 14 on the offensive glass leading to 20 second-chance points
- UA recorded 19 team assists on 31 made baskets with three players collecting four or more dimes
- Alabama shot 50 percent (31-of-62) from the field and 34 percent (11-of-32) from beyond the arc
- The Tide committed 20 turnovers, which led to 23 Rebel points
First Half Â
- After Ole Miss opened the game with a 7-4 lead, newcomers Cole Cloer and Qayden Samuels each scored five points to help the Tide grab a 15-14 lead at the 11:32 mark
- After a 6-0 spurt gave the Rebels a 20-14 lead, Alabama responded with a 12-4 run over a span of 2:00 that included four consecutive three-pointers, which opened a 29-24 lead with 6:27 left on the clock
- The Tide would go on to take its largest lead of the opening stanza at 40-29 with 4:13 left
- In all, Alabama's extended run was 23-9 that turned a six-point deficit into an 11-point advantage at the final media timeout of the half
- Ole Miss responded with a 10-0 run late in the first half to cut Alabama's lead to 42-39 at the intermission
- Cloer led the way through the first part of the game going into the break with game-highs in points (10) and assists (four)
- UA outrebounded the Rebels 24-14 at the break with nine offensive rebounds leading to 12 second-chance points
- The Tide struggled holding onto the ball, committing 12 turnovers and spotting Ole Miss 15 points off of them
Second Half Â
- The Tide started the second half going 5-of-7 from the field to stretch the lead to 53-46 with 15:59 remaining in the game
- A 15-3 Alabama run over six minutes of gameplay brought the team to its largest lead of the game, 65-47, with 11:28 on the clock
- The Rebels cashed in a run of its own (9-2) to bring the lead to within 10 points, but the Tide's lead remained strong, 70-59 with eight minutes remaining in the contest
- Ole Miss would extend the run 37-21 that lasted nearly nine minutes of action, to get within three points (86-83) with 2:46 remaining
- The Tide sealed with win by going 6-of-6 from the charity stripe over the final three minutes to result in the eight-point victory
- The Tide outrebounded the Rebels 21-14 in the second half, while Alabama's defense sealed the win by not allowing a field goal 4:35 (0-of-7)
- Amari Allen scored 12 of his 19 points during the second half
Up Next
- Alabama will stay in Birmingham for its last exhibition game of the preseason, playing in the first rendition of "The Feud" against rival Auburn
- Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. CT at Legacy ArenaÂ
