TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 22/22 Alabama men’s basketball team will host the final game of its four-game homestand to start the 2023-24 season, as the Crimson Tide will face Mercer at 7 p.m. CT Friday night inside Coleman Coliseum.

The Tide has currently won 18-straight games at Coleman, which ranks as the fifth-longest home winning streak in Division I, winning by an average of 26.6 points per contest. 

In its first three games of the season, Alabama has scored 309 points (103.0 ppg) which is the most in program history since the 1956-57 season (315 points). UA enters the contest as one of six teams in the country that is averaging 100 points per game.

The Broadcast

Friday’s game is set for a 7 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on the SEC Network+ with Gray Robertson (play-by-play), Richard Hendrix (analyst) and Nathan Brown (sideline) on the call.

The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play), Bryan Passink (analyst) and Roger Hoover (sideline) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.

Notes You Need To Know

• For the second time in school history, and first since 1956-57, Alabama has opened a season with three consecutive 100-point games
• The Crimson Tide is averaging 103.0 points per game, which ranks No. 4 in the country and the best among Power Five programs
• The Crimson Tide is the only SEC team averaging over 88.0 points per game on offense
• UA is shooting 50.7 percent from three-point range, which ranks No. 7 in Division I
• Alabama has an 18-game winning streak at home, which ranks as the fifth-longest streak in the country
• During Alabama’s winning streak, UA has won by double-digits 14 times and by an average of 26.6 points per contest at home
• UA has won 17-straight non-conference games at Coleman Coliseum (last defeat was vs. Western Kentucky on Dec. 19, 2020)
• In the last four seasons, Alabama has won a league-best 79 games overall and 41 SEC contests
• Senior transfer Grant Nelson was named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List, which annually recognizes the top player in college basketball and the Karl Malone Award Watch List for the top power forward in Division I
• Alabama’s trio of Aaron Estrada, Nelson and Mark Sears have each scored over 1,000 points throughout their college career, which is tied for the third most in the country (St. John’s & TCU with four each)
• In his first five years at Alabama, head coach Nate Oats has won 95 games which is the most by a coach in UA program history

About Mercer

• Mercer has forced 18.0 turnovers per game through three outings, good enough for 33rd, nationally
• MU has turned in 9.3 steals per game (68th NCAA) this season
• Mercer’s 13 steals at Morehead State on Tuesday marked its most swipes in nearly a full calendar year
• Jalyn McCreary was named to the Preseason All-SoCon team
• The Bears returned one starter (McCreary) off of last season’s 14-19 club, as well as four other returning letterwinners and 10 newcomers. The cast of newcomers includes six transfers
• Jah Quinones has recorded eight steals this season, which ranks No. 41 in Division
• Robby Carmody has attempted 19 free throws this season, which ranks No. 69 in the country
• Head Coach Greg Gary won 51 games in his first three seasons at Mercer, the most by any coach in school history

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