SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Alabama at LSU

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Alabama visits LSU on Tuesday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Alabama scores an average of 80.1 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 70.1 points per contest. LSU scores an average of 86.1 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 71.3 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Alabama	42.8	34.1	69.4	184	45.8	8.7	3.8	13.7	13.4
Alabama OPP	40.4	30.6	68.5	615	43.9	7.3	4.5	10.9	16.1
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
LSU	49.1	36.7	77.2	136	41.2	9.3	2.3	12.8	13.7
LSU OPP	40.8	27.6	68.6	442	36.8	6.4	2.8	13.3	15.6

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPG=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name		PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Cameron	Thomas	LSU	22.1	42.1	30.8	89.5
Trendon	Watford	LSU	18.7	51.9	43.5	75.9
Javonte	Smart	LSU	15.2	50.8	45.9	73.9
Darius	Days	LSU	13.7	56.1	40.4	75.0
John	Petty	ALA	13.7	47.4	37.8	70.4
Jaden	Shackelford	ALA	13.6	39.0	37.0	67.2
Herbert	Jones	ALA	12.6	47.2	50.0	78.0
Jahvon	Quinerly	ALA	12.3	45.7	28.9	70.0
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name		STLs	SPG
Herbert	Jones	ALA	22	1.6
Jordan	Bruner	ALA	20	1.5
Darius	Days	LSU	18	1.5
Josh	LeBlanc	LSU	10	1.3
Javonte	Smart	LSU	14	1.3
Mwani	Wilkinson	LSU	15	1.3
Eric	Gaines	LSU	14	1.2
Trendon	Watford	LSU	13	1.2
John	Petty	ALA	13	1.0
Cameron	Thomas	LSU	12	1.0
Jalen	Cook	LSU	10	0.9
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name		BLKs	BPG
Jordan	Bruner	ALA	15	1.2
Herbert	Jones	ALA	14	1.0
Josh	LeBlanc	LSU	7	0.9
Alex	Reese	ALA	8	0.6
Mwani	Wilkinson	LSU	5	0.4
Darius	Days	LSU	3	0.3
Juwan	Gary	ALA	4	0.3
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name		DREBs	REBs	RPG
Darius	Days	LSU	70	103	8.6
Trendon	Watford	LSU	58	77	7.0
Herbert	Jones	ALA	52	83	5.9
John	Petty	ALA	57	71	5.5
Jordan	Bruner	ALA	40	69	5.3
Jaden	Shackelford	ALA	44	59	4.2
Javonte	Smart	LSU	41	44	4.0
James	Rojas	ALA	35	49	3.8

Alabama vs. LSU Basketball Series History

Alabama leads 109-74.

College Basketball Ratings

Source	Alabama	LSU
NCAA NET	18	21
Sagarin	17	18
ESPN BPI	22	14
Ken Pomeroy	17	22
Massey Composite	10	18

Alabama Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
1	Herbert Jones	F	6′-8″	210	SR
2	Jordan Bruner	F	6′-10″	225	SR
3	Alex Reese	F	6′-9″	230	SR
4	Juwan Gary	F	6′-6″	218	FR
5	Jaden Shackelford	G	6′-3″	200	SO
10	Delaney Heard	G	6′-3″	198	–
11	Joshua Primo	G	6′-6″	190	FR
12	Darius Miles	F	6′-6″	185	FR
13	Jahvon Quinerly	G	6′-1″	175	SO
14	Keon Ellis	G	6′-6″	170	JR
15	Tyler Barnes	F	6′-8″	201	SR
21	Britton Johnson	G	6′-4″	183	JR
22	Keon Ambrose-Hylton	F	6′-8″	210	FR
23	John Petty Jr.	G	6′-5″	184	SR
24	Jaden Quinerly	G	6′-0″	155	FR
25	Adam Cottrell	G	6′-3″	200	SO
30	Kendall Wall	F	6′-5″	192	SR
33	James Rojas	F	6′-8″	220	JR
34	Paul Stramaglia	G	6′-0″	180	FR
35	Alex Tchikou	F	6′-11″	225	FR

LSU Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Mwani Wilkinson	F	6′-5″	215	FR
1	Ja’Vonte Smart	G	6′-4″	205	JR
2	Trendon Watford	F	6′-9″	240	SO
3	Jalen Cook	G	6′-0″	205	FR
4	Darius Days	F	6′-7″	245	JR
5	Parker Edwards	G	6′-2″	185	SO
10	Brandon Egemo	G	6′-0″	175	FR
11	Josh LeBlanc Sr.	F	6′-7″	230	JR
15	Aundre Hyatt	G	6′-6″	225	SO
21	Charles Manning Jr.	G	6′-5″	205	SR
22	Bryan Penn-Johnson	C	7′-0″	260	SO
24	Cameron Thomas	G	6′-4″	210	FR
25	Eric Gaines	G	6′-2″	155	FR
32	Shareef O’Neal	F	6′-10″	225	SO
34	Josh Gray	C	6′-11″	255	FR

Alabama Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/25/2020	Jacksonville St	57	Alabama	81
11/30/2020	Stanford	82	Alabama	64
12/1/2020	UNLV	74	Alabama	86
12/2/2020	Providence	71	Alabama	88
12/12/2020	Clemson	64	Alabama	56
12/15/2020	Furman	80	Alabama	83
12/19/2020	Western Kentucky	73	Alabama	71
12/22/2020	ETSU	69	Alabama	85
12/29/2020	Ole Miss	64	Alabama	82
1/2/2021	Alabama	71	Tennessee	63
1/5/2021	Florida	71	Alabama	86
1/9/2021	Alabama	94	Auburn	90
1/12/2021	Alabama	85	Kentucky	65
1/16/2021	Arkansas	59	Alabama	90
1/19/2021	Alabama		LSU
1/23/2021	Mississippi St		Alabama
1/26/2021	Kentucky		Alabama
1/30/2021	Alabama		Oklahoma
2/3/2021	LSU		Alabama
2/6/2021	Alabama		Missouri
2/9/2021	Alabama		South Carolina
2/13/2021	Georgia		Alabama
2/17/2021	Alabama		Texas A&M
2/20/2021	Vanderbilt		Alabama
2/24/2021	Alabama		Arkansas
2/27/2021	Alabama		Mississippi St
3/2/2021	Auburn		Alabama

LSU Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/26/2020*	SIUE	81	LSU	94
11/28/2020	LSU	81	Saint Louis	85
11/30/2020	SE Louisiana	43	LSU	96
12/6/2020	Louisiana Tech	55	LSU	86
12/12/2020	LSU	PPD	South Florida	PPD
12/14/2020	Sam Houston St.	66	LSU	88
12/16/2020	New Orleans	PPD	LSU	PPD
12/19/2020	North Texas	PPD	LSU	PPD
12/22/2020	VCU	PPD	LSU	PPD
12/26/2020	Nicholls	80	LSU	86
12/29/2020	Texas A&M	54	LSU	77
1/2/2021	LSU	79	Florida	83
1/6/2021	Georgia	92	LSU	94
1/9/2021	LSU	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/9/2021	LSU	75	Ole Miss	61
1/13/2021	Arkansas	76	LSU	92
1/16/2021	South Carolina	80	LSU	85
1/19/2021	Alabama		LSU
1/23/2021	LSU		Kentucky
1/26/2021	LSU		Texas A&M
1/30/2021	Texas Tech		LSU
2/3/2021	LSU		Alabama
2/6/2021	Florida		LSU
2/10/2021	LSU		Mississippi St
2/13/2021	Tennessee		LSU
2/20/2021	Auburn		LSU
2/23/2021	LSU		Georgia
2/27/2021	LSU		Arkansas
3/2/2021	Vanderbilt		LSU

Injuries and Suspensions

Alabama

[F] 01/13/2021 – Jordan Bruner is out indefinitely ( Knee )
[F] 10/21/2020 – Alex Tchikou is out for season ( Achilles )

LSU

[C] 12/26/2020 – Bryan Penn-Johnson is out indefinitely ( Personal )
[F] 01/18/2021 – Shareef O’Neal is “?” Tuesday vs Alabama ( Leg )

Source: statfox.com

Alabama-LSU Prediction

LSU 78, Alabama 76

Tuesday‘s game tips off at 9:00 PM ET. TV: ESPN2.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Alabama at LSU

Team Statistical Comparison

Statistical Leaders

SCORING

STEALS

BLOCKS

REBOUNDS