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No. 11 Vanderbilt hosts No. 13 Alabama after Holloway’s 26-point game

Alabama Crimson Tide (11-3, 1-0 SEC) at Vanderbilt Commodores (14-0, 1-0 SEC)

Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Commodores -4.5; over/under is 179.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Alabama takes on No. 11 Vanderbilt after Aden Holloway scored 26 points in Alabama’s 89-74 win over the Kentucky Wildcats.

The Commodores are 7-0 on their home court. Vanderbilt is 11-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 9.4 turnovers per game.

The Crimson Tide are 1-0 in conference matchups. Alabama is third in the SEC with 27.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Amari Allen averaging 5.4.

Vanderbilt averages 93.4 points, 12.3 more per game than the 81.1 Alabama allows. Alabama averages 13.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 6.8 more made shots on average than the 6.4 per game Vanderbilt allows.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Nickel averages 3.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Commodores, scoring 14.9 points while shooting 49.1% from beyond the arc. Tyler is shooting 54.3% and averaging 16.7 points over the last 10 games.

Labaron Philon is averaging 21.5 points, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals for the Crimson Tide. Holloway is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Commodores: 10-0, averaging 90.2 points, 34.3 rebounds, 19.7 assists, 9.8 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.9 points per game.

Crimson Tide: 8-2, averaging 95.4 points, 39.8 rebounds, 17.9 assists, 7.2 steals and 7.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
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