Alabama’s Mark Sears earns postseason acolades
Alabama Basketball
Alabama’s Mark Sears has racked up the postseason accolades including being named to the 2024 Sporting News All-American second team and to the Associated Press’s first-team All-SEC.
Alabama’s Mark Sears has racked up the postseason accolades including being named to the 2024 Sporting News All-American second team and to the Associated Press’s first-team All-SEC.
Denver Jones scored a season-high 21 points, making 7 of 9 3-pointers, and No. 13 Auburn closed the regular season with a 92-78 victory over Georgia. The Tigers secured a No. 4 seed and double bye in next week’s SEC Tournament with their third straight victory.
Mark Sears scored 22 points and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. had 20, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 22 seconds to go to force overtime, as No. 16 Alabama rallied to beat Arkansas 92-88.
Flau’jae Johnson scored 17 of her 25 points in the first half, Angel Reese had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 8 LSU raced to a 21-0 lead on the way to a 78-48 victory over seventh-seeded Auburn in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Second-seeded LSU will face either No. 3 seed Mississippi or 11th-seeded Florida in Saturday’s semifinals.
Jewel Spear scored 24 points, going 6 of 6 from distance, and Rickea Jackson had 22 points and nine rebounds as No. 5 seed Tennessee beat fourth-seeded Alabama 83-61 in the SEC Tournament.
Sydney Shaw, JaMya Mingo-Young and Mar’shaun Bostic each scored 11 points and No. 7 seed Auburn beat 10th-seeded Arkansas 67-48 in the second round of the SEC Tournament.
The 2023-24 basketball season for both the men’s and women’s teams at Troy set new attendance, ticket sales, and revenue records.
Auburn’s Honesty Scott-Grayson earns first team All-SEC.
Johni Broome had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead five players in double figures as No. 13 Auburn beat last-place Missouri 101-74. Chad Baker-Mazara added 15 points and seven boards for Auburn, which led nearly the entire way against a struggling Missouri program that’s winless in league play. Jaylin Williams also scored 15.
Christyon Eugene, Myles Rigsby, and Tayton Conerway earn conference awards at the conclusion of the regular season.