Tide’s struggles continue in loss at Georgia
By Bud L. Ellis
Basketball teams hope to find their stride as February closes and March dawns. The exact opposite has happened to the Alabama Crimson Tide.
The Tide lost for the fifth time in their past six games on Saturday, and this one hurt: Up by 13 points with just under 12 minutes remaining at Georgia, Alabama fell apart. The Bulldogs outscored the Crimson Tide 37-18 to close the game, taking a 76-70 victory.
Alabama (14-12, 4-8 SEC) shot just 40 percent from the floor while allowing Georgia to shoot 54.7 percent. Mikhail Torrance led the Tide with 20 points.
Alabama needs to turn things around quickly. At one point this season, the Tide was 13-7 overall until hitting the skids. Since blowing out LSU on Jan. 9, Alabama is 3-8.
The Tide finish the regular season with road games Wednesday at Mississippi State and March 3 at South Carolina, and home contests Saturday against Ole Miss and March 6 against state-rival Auburn.
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Monday, February 22, 2010 at 9:16 pm by bud
Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mikhail Torrance, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Southeastern Conference
