Alabama 86-83 Virginia Tech (Mar 15, 2018) Play-by-Play

Alabama Crimson Tide

20-15

	1	2	T
ALA	41	45	86
VT	43	40	83

Virginia Tech Hokies

21-12

Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Bibbs made Dunk.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
P.J. Horne missed Layup.
P.J. Horne missed Layup.
P.J. Horne made Layup.
Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Clarke.
Ahmed Hill missed Layup.
Ahmed Hill made Layup.
Wabissa Bede made Layup.
Chris Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Layup.
Justin Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
P.J. Horne missed Layup.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Robinson made Layup.
Justin Robinson made Layup.
Wabissa Bede missed Layup.
Wabissa Bede made Layup. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Bibbs missed Jumper.
Justin Bibbs missed Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
Justin Robinson made Layup.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Bibbs missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Bibbs missed Jumper.
Justin Bibbs made Layup.
Wabissa Bede made Three Point Jumper.
Justin Robinson made Jumper.
Justin Bibbs made Layup. Assisted by Wabissa Bede.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
P.J. Horne missed Jumper.
Justin Robinson made Jumper.
Justin Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Layup.
P.J. Horne made Layup. Assisted by Chris Clarke.
Justin Bibbs missed Jumper.
Justin Bibbs missed Three Point Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wabissa Bede.
Wabissa Bede made Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
Ahmed Hill made Layup.
Devin Wilson missed Layup.
Tyrie Jackson made Layup.
Herbert Jones made Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Collin Sexton.
Collin Sexton made Three Point Jumper.
Collin Sexton missed Three Point Jumper.
Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Collin Sexton.
Dazon Ingram made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Braxton Key.
Dazon Ingram missed Jumper.
John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Herbert Jones.
Herbert Jones made Dunk. Assisted by Avery Johnson Jr..
Avery Johnson Jr. made Jumper.
Avery Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Dazon Ingram made Layup.
Avery Johnson Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Collin Sexton missed Three Point Jumper.
Braxton Key missed Layup.
Braxton Key missed Three Point Jumper.
Herbert Jones missed Jumper.
Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Collin Sexton.
Dazon Ingram missed Jumper.
Collin Sexton missed Jumper.
Galin Smith missed Layup.
Galin Smith made Layup.
Galin Smith made Dunk. Assisted by John Petty.
John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Avery Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Galin Smith made Dunk. Assisted by John Petty.
John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Sexton.
Collin Sexton missed Three Point Jumper.
Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Herbert Jones.
Collin Sexton made Layup. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.
Dazon Ingram missed Three Point Jumper.
John Petty missed Three Point Jumper.
Collin Sexton made Jumper.
John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Sexton.
Collin Sexton missed Jumper.
John Petty missed Layup.
Alex Reese missed Jumper.
John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Herbert Jones.
Collin Sexton made Layup.
Galin Smith made Jumper. Assisted by John Petty.
Collin Sexton missed Layup.
Avery Johnson Jr. made Jumper.
Collin Sexton made Jumper.
Herbert Jones made Layup.
John Petty missed Three Point Jumper.
Collin Sexton made Jumper.
Collin Sexton missed Three Point Jumper.
Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Galin Smith.
John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Sexton.
Collin Sexton made Jumper.

ALABAMA

VIRGINIA TECH

TIME		ALA	VT
20:00	Jump Ball won by Alabama	0	0
19:34	Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..	0	0
19:29	Herbert Jones made Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.	2	0
19:06	Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.	2	0
19:06	Herbert Jones Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:51	Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Collin Sexton.	4	0
18:31	Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.	4	3
18:08	Collin Sexton made Three Point Jumper.	7	3
17:51	Justin Bibbs made Dunk.	7	5
17:34	Foul on Braxton Key.	7	5
17:34	Braxton Key Turnover.	7	5
17:22	Foul on Herbert Jones.	7	5
17:13	Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.	7	8
16:41	Collin Sexton missed Three Point Jumper.	7	8
16:41	Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.	7	8
16:27	Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.	7	10
16:22	Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Collin Sexton.	9	10
15:56	Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.	9	12
15:37	Dazon Ingram made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Braxton Key.	12	12
15:03	Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.	12	15
14:46	Foul on Justin Robinson.	12	15
14:46	Official TV Timeout	12	15
14:29	Dazon Ingram missed Jumper.	12	15
14:29	Dazon Ingram Offensive Rebound.	12	15
14:29	Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..	12	15
14:29	Dazon Ingram made Free Throw.	13	15
14:29	Dazon Ingram missed Free Throw.	13	15
14:29	Justin Robinson Defensive Rebound.	13	15
14:09	Nickeil Alexander-Walker Turnover.	13	15
13:43	Foul on Collin Sexton.	13	15
13:43	Collin Sexton Turnover.	13	15
13:21	Justin Bibbs Turnover.	13	15
13:21	Dazon Ingram Steal.	13	15
13:11	John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Herbert Jones.	16	15
12:36	P.J. Horne missed Layup.	16	15
12:36	P.J. Horne Offensive Rebound.	16	15
12:32	P.J. Horne missed Layup.	16	15
12:32	P.J. Horne Offensive Rebound.	16	15
12:29	P.J. Horne made Layup.	16	17
12:22	Foul on Collin Sexton.	16	17
12:22	Collin Sexton Turnover.	16	17
12:08	Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Clarke.	16	20
12:02	Herbert Jones made Dunk. Assisted by Avery Johnson Jr..	18	20
11:42	Ahmed Hill missed Layup.	18	20
11:42	Galin Smith Block.	18	20
11:42	Ahmed Hill Offensive Rebound.	18	20
11:31	Ahmed Hill made Layup.	18	22
11:11	Avery Johnson Jr. made Jumper.	20	22
11:11	Chris Clarke Turnover.	20	22
10:43	Official TV Timeout	20	22
10:26	Avery Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	20	22
10:26	Dazon Ingram Offensive Rebound.	20	22
10:21	Dazon Ingram made Layup.	22	22
9:56	Wabissa Bede made Layup.	22	24
9:29	Avery Johnson Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.	24	24
9:29	Foul on P.J. Horne.	24	24
9:29	Avery Johnson Jr. made Free Throw.	25	24
9:15	Foul on Donta Hall.	25	24
9:15	Chris Clarke missed Free Throw.	25	24
9:15	Virginia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.	25	24
9:15	Chris Clarke made Free Throw.	25	25
8:53	Foul on Wabissa Bede.	25	25
8:53	Dazon Ingram made Free Throw.	26	25
8:53	Dazon Ingram made Free Throw.	27	25
8:35	Foul on Braxton Key.	27	25
8:35	P.J. Horne missed Free Throw.	27	25
8:35	Virginia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.	27	25
8:35	P.J. Horne made Free Throw.	27	26
8:16	Collin Sexton Turnover.	27	26
8:16	Justin Robinson Steal.	27	26
8:00	Chris Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.	27	29
7:26	Collin Sexton missed Three Point Jumper.	27	29
7:26	Braxton Key Offensive Rebound.	27	29
7:20	Braxton Key missed Layup.	27	29
7:20	Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.	27	29
7:20	Ahmed Hill Turnover.	27	29
7:20	Official TV Timeout	27	29
6:56	Braxton Key missed Three Point Jumper.	27	29
6:56	Donta Hall Offensive Rebound.	27	29
6:49	Herbert Jones missed Jumper.	27	29
6:49	Virginia Tech Defensive Rebound.	27	29
6:47	Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Layup.	27	31
6:24	Donta Hall made Dunk. Assisted by Collin Sexton.	29	31
5:57	Justin Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.	29	34
5:24	Dazon Ingram missed Jumper.	29	34
5:24	Virginia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.	29	34
5:21	Alabama Turnover.	29	34
5:02	Justin Bibbs Turnover.	29	34
4:42	Collin Sexton missed Jumper.	29	34
4:42	Galin Smith Offensive Rebound.	29	34
4:37	Galin Smith missed Layup.	29	34
4:37	Galin Smith Offensive Rebound.	29	34
4:31	Galin Smith made Layup.	31	34
4:06	Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.	31	34
4:06	P.J. Horne Offensive Rebound.	31	34
4:02	P.J. Horne missed Layup.	31	34
4:02	John Petty Defensive Rebound.	31	34
3:58	Galin Smith made Dunk. Assisted by John Petty.	33	34
3:29	Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.	33	34
3:29	Dazon Ingram Defensive Rebound.	33	34
3:19	John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dazon Ingram.	36	34
3:14	Virginia Tech Timeout	36	34
3:14	Official TV Timeout	36	34
2:58	Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.	36	37
2:36	Avery Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	36	37
2:36	Justin Robinson Defensive Rebound.	36	37
2:31	Justin Robinson made Layup.	36	39
2:04	Galin Smith made Dunk. Assisted by John Petty.	38	39
1:38	Justin Robinson made Layup.	38	41
1:29	Official TV Timeout	38	41
1:17	Herbert Jones Turnover.	38	41
1:17	Devin Wilson Steal.	38	41
0:49	Wabissa Bede missed Layup.	38	41
0:49	Herbert Jones Block.	38	41
0:49	Herbert Jones Defensive Rebound.	38	41
0:43	John Petty Turnover.	38	41
0:43	Justin Robinson Steal.	38	41
0:39	Wabissa Bede made Layup. Assisted by Justin Robinson.	38	43
0:18	Foul on Justin Robinson.	38	43
0:18	Alabama Timeout	38	43
0:01	John Petty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Sexton.	41	43
0:00	End of 1st half	41	43

PPG Paints Arena

9:26 PM, March 15, 2018Coverage: TNT

Pittsburgh, PA

Attendance: 18,715

Referees:
Kevin Brill
Pat Adams
Nathan Farrell

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Auburn	15-3	-	27-4
Florida	14-4	1	27-4
Alabama	13-5	2	24-7
Tennessee	12-6	3	25-6
Texas A&M	11-7	4	22-10
Ole Miss	10-8	5	22-10
Kentucky	10-8	5	21-10
Missouri	10-8	5	21-10
Mississippi State	8-10	7	21-11
Georgia	8-10	7	20-12
Vanderbilt	8-10	7	20-12
Arkansas	8-10	7	20-13
Oklahoma	6-12	9	20-12
Texas	6-12	9	19-14
LSU	3-15	12	14-18
South Carolina	2-16	13	12-20

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	19-1	-	29-3
Clemson	18-2	1	26-5
Louisville	18-2	1	26-6
SMU	13-7	6	23-9
Wake Forest	13-7	6	21-11
North Carolina	13-7	6	22-12
Stanford	11-9	8	20-13
Georgia Tech	10-10	9	17-16
Florida State	8-12	11	17-15
Pittsburgh	8-12	11	17-15
Virginia	8-12	11	15-17
Notre Dame	8-12	11	15-18
Virginia Tech	8-12	11	13-19
Syracuse	7-13	12	14-19
California	6-14	13	14-19
NC State	5-15	14	12-19
Boston College	4-16	15	12-19
Miami	3-17	16	7-24

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