TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama women’s basketball team improved to 6-2 on the season with a 69-56 victory over the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Foster Auditorium Friday night.
Five Alabama players registered double figures in a balanced Crimson Tide attack, including junior guard/forward Erin Hogue who notched her first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
“Erin is just outworking people,” said Alabama head coach Wendell Hudson. “You look at her stat line, and we’ll take 11 rebounds and 10 points every night. Erin is playing with a lot of energy, and she is getting better and better.”
Sophomore guard Jasmine Robinson led Alabama with 13 points, while junior guard Jessica Merritt totaled a career-high 12 points. Senior guard Ericka Russell and freshman forward Aneesah Daniels scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, for the Tide.
Alabama led by as many as 20 points and never trailed throughout the contest. After holding a 33-26 halftime lead, the Tide used an 11-0 run early in the second half to grab a 54-34 lead and take control of the game.
Alabama scored 21 points off 17 Southeastern Louisiana turnovers, while allowing just four points off 10 turnovers. Furthermore, the Lions were able to connect on just 2-of-20 from beyond the arc.
“We’ll definitely take the win, but we didn’t play as hard as we needed to play and didn’t do some things that we needed to do on the court, and that is a bit of a concern,” Hudson said.
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