The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Kentucky Wildcats meet in college basketball action from Kroger Field on Saturday.
Alabama Knocks Off LSU
The Alabama Crimson Tide come into this game looking to build on their 42-28 win over LSU to improve to 8-1 on the year with their 7th straight win. Jalen Milroe has thrown for 1,836 yards, 13 touchdowns and 5 interceptions on 64.8% passing while Jase McClellan has a team-high 632 rushing yards with 5 TDs and Roydell Williams has 395 rushing yards and a pair of scores. The aforementioned Milroe also has 297 rushing yards and a team-high 9 touchdowns this season. Jermaine Burton leads Alabama’s receiving group with 537 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns while Isaiah Bond has a team-high 28 grabs for 420 yards and 3 TDs. Another pair of Alabama receivers have 200+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Caleb Downs leads Alabama with 76 total tackles while Dallas Turner has a team-high 7 sacks and Chris Braswell has 6.5 sacks as well this season.
Alabama Crimson Tide Team Facts
- Alabama has won each of its last 17 games against non-AP-ranked teams.
- Alabama has failed to cover the spread in each of its last four road games in November.
- Alabama has lost the first half in four of its last five road games against conference opponents.
- Each of Alabama’s last four November road games against non-AP-ranked teams have gone UNDER the total points line.
Kentucky Snaps Losing Skid
The Kentucky Wildcats got off the schneid after a 24-3 win over Mississippi State last time out to improve to 6-3 on the year. Devin Leary has thrown for 1,905 yards, 18 touchdowns and 7 interceptions on 57.4% passing while Ray Davis leads the Wildcats with 903 rushing yards and 9 touchdowns this season. Tayvion Robinson has a team-high 462 receiving yards with 3 touchdowns while Dane Key has 431 receiving yards with 4 scores. Barion Brown has 358 receiving yards with 2 TDs and the aforementioned Davis has a team-high 5 receiving TDs this season. On defense, D’Eryk Jackson has a team-high 58 total tackles while Trevin Wallace and Deone Walker each have 4.5 sacks. J.J. Weaver has 4 sacks and Maxwell Hairston has a team-high 5 interceptions this season.
Kentucky Wildcats Team Facts
- Kentucky has lost each of its last 10 November games as a home underdog.
- Kentucky has failed to cover the spread in nine of its last 10 November games as a home underdog.
- Kentucky has lost the first half in four of its last five home games against conference opponents.
- Seven of Kentucky’s last eight games as an underdog against top-15 AP-ranked teams have gone UNDER the total points line.
Chris’ Pick
I’m rolling with Alabama here. The Tide are in the driver’s seat to make the SEC championship game, and I think they’re just focused on getting there and taking out anyone who gets in their way. Kentucky’s really had some issues in all of their step up spots this season and I think this is another step up spot where the Wildcats falter against a rock solid Alabama defense. Give me the Tide by two scores here.
