The Tiger Basketball Team travels to Tuscaloosa for a Saturday night tilt with Alabama – LSU

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Basketball team goes on the road Saturday to face No. 4/3 Alabama at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa.

The game will be the Tigers’ fourth in their first six Southeastern Conference contests.

LSU and Alabama tip off just after 1 p.m. 7:30 p.m. with The Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair and former LSU head coach John Brady on the call on the LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates (Guaranty Media flagship Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and on television on the SEC Network with Dave Neal and Pat Bradley.

Alabama is ranked fourth in the latest AP media poll and third in the coaches’ poll with a record of 16-3 and 5-1 in the SEC, while LSU, coming off a midweek bye, is 12-6 and 1-4 in the league .

LSU enters the game coming off a 68-57 loss last Saturday at Texas A&M. It was a contest where the Aggies were able to take control in the second half thanks to a 10-0 run over about six minutes as LSU went cold from the field and surrendered turnovers that resulted in Texas A&M baskets.

Alabama scored over 100 points for the second straight game in its last game on Tuesday, beating Vanderbilt 103-87. The Tide had previously beaten the no. 8 Kentucky, 102-97 the Saturday before at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

Cam Carter continues to lead the Tigers averaging 17.6 points per game for the season and 19.4 points in SEC play. He is one of three on the SEC rankings shooting over 40 percent from three-point range (46-of-113 (40.7%). He is seventh in the SEC in scoring average.

Jordan Sears has come off the bench the last few games. He is averaging 13.8 points and is 78 points shy of 2,000 for his career.

Alabama is led by Mark Sears, who leads the Crimson Tide in points (19.0) and assists (4.9). The Crimson Tide has three other players in double figures with Grant Nelson at 12.6 (also 8.7 rebounds), Aden Holloway (11.4 points) and Labaron Philon (11.3).

With the road map for LSU, the schedule tilts back toward home for the Tigers as they play three of the next four games at home, starting on Wednesday when potential No. 1 team in Auburn comes to Baton Rouge and the Maravich Center.

On Feb. 1, for the Texas game, the 25th anniversary of the 2000 SEC Champions and NCAA Sweet 16 team will be honored as many of Coach John Brady’s Tigers will be in town for that event. It is also Alumni Basketball Day and many players from several different eras will be in attendance for the game.

Tickets for both games at home next week are available at LSUTix.net.