Dezz Ricks, an Alabama cornerback and former five-star recruit, revealed his new destination.Dezz Ricks, a former cornerback for Alabama, plans to remain in the SEC.Ricks said on Tuesday that he will play at Texas A&M the following year.Three days after Nick Saban’s unexpected retirement, on January 13, the rookie cornerback for Alabama went via the transfer portal. This previous season, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound native of Virginia saw just nine snaps in two games for Alabama. Per the 247Sports Composite, Ricks was a five-star recruit and the nation’s second-best cornerback prospect. Ricks apparently used the transfer site to look for a new school and was considering LSU, Oregon, and Ole Miss as well.Coach Nate Oats of Alabama basketball has described Rylan Griffen as his finest perimeter defensive player. What if the best offensive was also the best defense? Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, on a very cold night, Griffen was on fire down the stretch, dishing up 16 points in the second half and four three-pointers in a four-minute span as Alabama overcame Missouri 93-75. In less than eight minutes, Griffen scored a career-high 21 points and made a layup, two free throws, and four three-pointers.Alabama’s sixth straight victory brought its record to 12-5, and it is now 4-0 in the SEC. Missouri’s record dropped to 8-9 overall and 0-4 in the league.Alabama’s next SEC matchup is against Tennessee on Saturday at 1 p.m. EST (Noon Central Time), which will be broadcast onWith most of the Tuscaloosa area iced in, Oats was really happy with the Coleman Coliseum crowd, which was greater than anticipated. Over 3,000 students attended.Missouri provided us with all we could manage, according to Oats. “We had a strong first half finish despite a poor start, but we’ve improved a lot [from previous games] in our performance under 12 (minutes remaining and under 8)
Alabama finished with a 52.6 percent field goal percentage, a 48.1 percent three-point percentage, and a 95.2 percent free throw percentage after making 60.7 percent of its second-half shots (17–28), including 8–13 (61.5 percent) of its three-point attempts. Missouri shot 26–53 (49.1%) from the field, 8–21 (38.1%) from three-point range, and 15-20 (75%) from the free throw line.
In terms of rebounds, the Tide enjoyed a 35-23 lead. “We can be a good rebounding team, but we have to have everyone rebounding,” Oats remarked. This gave Bama a 30-26 lead in paint points and a 17-7 lead in second-chance points. Additionally, the Tide had a tiny edge in assists (18–10), blocked shots (3-0), bench points (19–17), and fast break points (9–6).
The leading scorer in the Southeastern Conference, Mark Sears, sustained an ankle injury in the first half and ended up playing just 25 minutes, leaving a scoring hole that Griffen’s offensive brilliance filled. With just under 13 minutes remaining, the Tigers had closed the gap to three points, thus his lone three-pointer came at a favorable moment.
We really needed it, according to Oats. “That was a major motivator for us to start running.” He added that with the Tennessee gameapproaching, the decision was taken to rest Sears because Alabama was starting to pull away.Midway through the second half, Rylan reported that Oats told him, “You’ve got to get going, but he was talking about defense.”Oats stated,
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