# 19 Bama Gets Giant Road Win at LSU
I will be the first to admit, I had almost given up on our Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team this season. The 2-4 SEC record, lack of effort, blowout road loses, and an uninspired home loss to Arkansas this past Saturday almost broke my spirit. I was ready to throw in the towel going into tonight's game against the LSU Fightin' Tigers in Baton Rogue, LA. I even went as far as to pick the Tide to get blown out tonight. Our boys made me look dumb with a 73-70 win over LSU, and I love it.
The Tide(16-5, 3-4) came out focused and ready to play from the start. Even Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who is a doughnut away from weighing over the three hundred mark, hitting early 3-pointers could not shake the Tide. Every time LSU(13-8, 2-5) would start to pull away, Alabama would hit a big shot or go on a mini run to hang within a few points. The Tide was led by senior Jermareo Davidson, who had his best game of the season pouring in a career high 31 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.
Davidson was red hot all game. He took it to "Big Baby" in the low post and hit plenty of his mid range jump shots that the NBA scouts love. If he happened to miss it seemed like his low post buddy Richard Hendrix, who finished with 13 points, was there to put the shot back in. Bama trailed most of the 2nd half but did a great job of keeping it close and took over the game in the last 2 minutes. As LSU looked tired and turned the ball over, the Tide looked ready to get their first SEC road win and prove to everyone that their season was not over.
Down by 1 point with less than a minute in the game the Tide got the ball to Davidson in the low post and drew the foul call. He sank both foul shots and put the Tide up by one with about 30 seconds to play. On LSU's next possession sophomore Alonzo Gee stole a bounce pass and as he went up for the dunk to put the Tide up 3, he was fouled. After hitting both free throws and an LSU made basket the Tide ended the game with a fitting ending...a Davidson dunk as the clock expired.
The game was a pleasant surprise compared to the SEC road games the Tide has had this year. Alabama played hard and with high energy, an all around great game. The average basketball fan could tell they wanted this game and played their hearts out to win it. Hopefully, this is just the start to a winning streak for the rejuvenated Crimson Tide.
Alabama returns home to Coleman Coliseum this Saturday at 2pm CT against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
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