Alabama's leading scorer earned SEC Player of the Week for the week following two big performances on the road in the Southeastern Conference.

Alabama's Mark Sears was emotional on the bench as he has yet to check into the second half of Saturday's game against LSU.

Alabama is ranked No. 4 in the country and is in the thick of the race to win the ultra-competitive SEC. Head coach Nate Oats understands that maintaining that lofty ranking -- and translating competing for the SEC title into competing for the national championship -- requires extremely high standards.

Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest in Lexington, Ky.

Aden Holloway and Mouhamed Dioubate each scored 22 points to help No. 4 Alabama beat Vanderbilt 103-87 on Tuesday night.

Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest at Lexington, Ky. Mark Sears added 24 points and nine assists as the Crimson Tide (15-3, 4-1 SEC) won for the ninth time in the past 10 games.

He also had 10 rebounds for Alabama (16-3, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) Mark Sears added 21 points and seven assists for the Crimson Tide. Vanderbilt (15-4, 3-3) was led by 21 points from Jason ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 on Saturday in a matchup of two of the top offensive teams in the country. Nelson was 7 for 13 from the field and 9 for 10 at the line. He scored a total of 21 points in his previous three games.

Much has gone right for Kentucky in the early juncture of the Mark Pope coaching era ... Through five Southeastern Conference games, UK (14-4, 3-2 SEC) is allowing an average of 88.6 points ...

Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 on Saturday in a matchup of two of the top

Big Blue Nation was reminded of the binary nature of spots on Saturday afternoon. Back on January 4th, Kentucky outlasted Florida 106-100 to begin Southeastern Conference game. Stops were hard to come by for both teams in that game.