BamaCentral Courtside: Alabama 98, Florida 93
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00:00 I'm Joe Gaither and this is Bama Central's court side.
00:03 Alabama Crimson side defeated the Florida Gators 98-93 in overtime.
00:08 I'm here with Edwin Stanton.
00:09 Man, what a game.
00:11 Alabama extends its winning streak to 16 games in a row in SEC play.
00:15 What was the key to making a second half comeback?
00:19 >> Sam Walters, of all people.
00:20 Alabama could not buy a three point bucket in this game.
00:23 Two of 18 in the first half.
00:24 They didn't even shoot a three pointer in the first ten minutes of the second half.
00:27 Until Sam comes up with two big back to back threes.
00:30 And that kind of got everybody, got a spark, got everybody going.
00:32 And then, Rylan Griffin hits a three.
00:35 Mark Sears hit one before that.
00:36 So that was the big catalyst that they needed to get past this really good
00:42 Florida team.
00:42 >> Absolutely, and one of the biggest concerns tonight was Florida and
00:46 their offensive rebounding.
00:47 Especially considering Texas A&M really dominated that area of the game
00:51 in last Saturday's game.
00:53 Were you impressed with anyone on the glass?
00:55 Mark Sears had seven rebounds.
00:56 Aaron Estrada had eight.
00:58 Really, everybody attacked the glass.
01:00 It was all hands on deck in that area.
01:02 >> Yeah, obviously, Mark Sears coming in from his guard position to get some
01:06 rebounds.
01:07 Nick Pringle, I think, he had ten rebounds.
01:08 He played big tonight.
01:10 Got to the glass.
01:11 So everybody's crashing the glass.
01:12 Sam Walters came in big as well.
01:14 He got the tip pass at the very end and
01:18 allowed Aaron Estrada to get the basket that sealed the win for him.
01:21 So getting the offensive rebound was key,
01:25 especially when the three-pointers weren't following.
01:27 >> It was a huge night in Coleman Coliseum to stay just ahead of everyone else in
01:30 SEC play.
01:31 Alabama wins 98 to 93 in overtime against Florida.
01:35 I'm here with Edwin Stanton.
01:36 This has been Bama Central's court side.
01:38 Last question for you, what's the key to going into Kentucky on Saturday?
01:42 >> Gosh, they've got to start hitting threes.
01:45 This is a template for what they need to do.
01:47 They know what to do.
01:47 If the threes aren't working, they got to attack the glass and
01:50 they got to attack the paint, which is what they did.
01:53 So hopefully it'll be a different story next time.
01:55 >> We'll see what happens on Saturday.
01:56 You can follow it all right here on bamacentral.com.
01:59 For Edwin Stanton, I'm Joe Gaither, and this was Bama Central's court side.
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