No. 8 Alabama pursues another offensive surge in clash vs. Maryland

No. 8 Alabama will look to ride a stellar offensive performance into Wednesday night’s Players Era men’s tournament consolation game against Maryland in Las Vegas.Aden Holloway scored 26 points to lead six Crimson Tide players in double figures in a 115-76 rout of UNLV on Tuesday. The point total was the most for Alabama under Nate Oats, who is in his seventh year as the team’s head coach.Houston Mallette had 19 points and three steals for the Crimson Tide (4-2), and London Jemison came off the bench to collect 18 points and five rebounds. Labaron Philon Jr. (13 points), Amari Allen (13) and Taylor Bol Bowen (12) were the other double-figure scorers for Alabama.Alabama shot 55.4%t from the field, including a 14 of 33 from 3-point range. The Crimson Tide also made 29 of 35 free-throw attempts. Nine of the 11 players for Alabama attempted at least two free throws.Despite the effective shooting against UNLV, Oats said “the rebounding was where I was most happy.”Alabama outrebounded the Runnin’ Rebels 48-28.”Our frontcourt was significantly better than it has been,” said Oats, who noted a season-high six rebounds for Noah Williamson.In a 95-85 loss to No. 12 Gonzaga on Monday, the Crimson Tide were outrebounded 48-36. They shot 46.3% from the field while making only 9 of 29 shots from beyond the arc. They were 14 of 23 from the foul line.Maryland (5-2), meanwhile, is coming off a 100-61 loss to Gonzaga on Tuesday. The Terrapins committed 18 turnovers and were outrebounded 39-29, and they made 36.4% of their shots from the field, including 5 of 21 from 3-point range.”How we go about the response is probably more important than the outcome of this game,” Maryland coach Buzz Williams said. “How will we respond 24 hours later? We were exposed on multiple levels, and that’s the ownership we have to have.”

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