2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson Tide, led by seventh-year head coach Kristy Curry, play their home games at Coleman Coliseum and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
2019–20 record18–12 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tiffany Coppage
  • Kelly Curry
  • Adrian Walters
Home arenaColeman Coliseum
2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 South Carolina160 1.000  321  .970
No. 9 Mississippi State133 .813  276  .818
No. 24 Arkansas106 .625  248  .750
No. 16 Kentucky106 .625  228  .733
No. 19 Texas A&M106 .625  228  .733
Tennessee106 .625  2110  .677
LSU97 .563  2010  .667
Alabama88 .500  1812  .600
Georgia79 .438  1714  .548
Florida610 .375  1515  .500
Missouri511 .313  922  .290
Vanderbilt412 .250  1416  .467
Auburn412 .250  1118  .379
Ole Miss016 .000  723  .233
2020 SEC Tournament winner
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes
Taniyah Worth0G6'1"FreshmanFlowery Branch, GATransferred to Georgia State
Taylor Berry10G5'9"SeniorNew Orleans, LAGraduated
Shaquera Wade23G6'0"SeniorHuntsville, ALGraduated
Grace Pelphrey34G6'1"FreshmanTuscaloosa, ALTransferred to Tennessee Tech

Roster

2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Ahriahna Grizzle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrBill Crothers Secondary School Toronto, Canada
G 1 Megan Abrams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoLafayette Christian Academy Lafayette, LA
G 2 Amber Richardson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS SrSoutheast Raleigh Magnet HS Garner, NC
G 3 Jordan Lewis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS JrLake Highland Prep Windermere, FL
G 4 Cierra Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrShelton State CC Mobile, AL
G 5 Hannah Barber 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoHomewood HS Homewood, AL
G 11 Destiny Rice 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrNorth Caddo Magnet HS Shreveport, LA
F 12 Allie Craig Cruce 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoLauderdale County HS Killen, AL
F 22 Ariyah Copeland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrColumbus HS Columbus, GA
G 23 Brittany Davis 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoGulf Coast State College Manchester, GA
G 24 De'sha Benjamin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoLucy Craft Laney HS Augusta, GA
F 25 Ashley Knight 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SrLyndon B. Johnson HS Austin, TX
F 40 Jasmine Walker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrJefferson Davis HS Montgomery, AL
C 42 Shelby Gibson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrOle Miss Murfreesboro, TN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 28, 2020

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team
1South Carolina
2Texas A&M
3Mississippi State
4Kentucky
5Arkansas
6Tennessee
7Auburn
8LSU
9Missouri
10Georgia
11Alabama
12Florida
13Ole Miss
14Vanderbilt

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2019*
2:30 pm
Auburn Montgomery W 105–16 
 19  Davis  8  Cruce  3  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (9,293)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+
Hampton L 61–64  0–1
 14  Lewis  11  Copeland  6  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (1,871)
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 12, 2019*
6:00 pm, ACCNX
at Clemson W 67–54  1–1
 21  Johnson  8  Johnson  6  Lewis  Littlejohn Coliseum (1,233)
Clemson, SC
November 17, 2019*
2:00 pm, SECN+
Mercer W 111–56  2–1
 16  Benjamin  10  Benjamin  5  Tied  Coleman Coliseum (1,885)
Tuscaloosa, AL
November 21, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at South Alabama W 74–62  3–1
 16  Johnson  11  Walker  3  Tied  Mitchell Center (1,270)
Mobile, AL
November 24, 2019*
4:00 pm
at Tulane W 66–56  4–1
 21  Lewis  8  Johnson  4  Abrams  Devlin Fieldhouse (657)
New Orleans, LA
November 29, 2019*
10:00 pm
vs. Northern Iowa
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 87–77  5–1
 23  Lewis  9  Walker  6  Johnson  South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa 
Enterprise, NV
November 30, 2019*
10:00 pm
vs. USC
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
L 57–60  5–2
 13  Benjamin  6  Tied  1  Tied  South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa 
Enterprise, NV
December 5, 2019*
6:00 pm, SECN
Iowa State
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
L 66–75  5–3
 20  Lewis  6  Walker  4  Abrams  Coleman Coliseum (1,915)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 8, 2019*
2:00 pm, SECN+
Colgate W 72–52  6–3
 16  Walker  11  Walker  4  Abrams  Coleman Coliseum (1,787)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 15, 2019*
2:00 pm, SECN+
North Carolina W 83–77  7–3
 23  Davis  9  Copeland  4  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (2,235)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 17, 2019*
11:30 am, SECN+
Bethune–Cookman W 60–49  8–3
 17  Lewis  11  Benjamin  4  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (4,105)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 20, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+
Radford W 85–51  9–3
 14  Walker  9  Walker  4  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (1,898)
Tuscaloosa, AL
December 29, 2019*
2:00 pm, SECN+
Southeastern Louisiana W 87–50  10–3
 16  Lewis  8  Johnson  4  Johnson  Coleman Coliseum (1,973)
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC regular season
January 2, 2020
7:40 pm, SECN+
at LSU L 60–71  10–4
(0–1)
 16  Walker  11  Walker  2  Tied  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,667)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 5, 2020
5:00 pm, SECN
No. 4 South Carolina L 78–93  10–5
(0–2)
 21  Lewis  7  Tied  6  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (2,168)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 9, 2020
7:00 pm, SECN+
No. 14 Kentucky L 71–81  10–6
(0–3)
 15  Tied  8  Walker  7  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (2,322)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 12, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN+
at Auburn W 75–48  11–6
(1–3)
 23  Walker  10  Walker  5  Lewis  Auburn Arena (2,833)
Auburn, AL
January 20, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN
at No. 23 Tennessee L 63–65  11–7
(1–4)
 17  Lewis  10  Walker  4  Johnson  Thompson–Boling Arena (8,537)
Knoxville, TN
January 23, 2020
7:00 pm, SECN+
No. 15 Texas A&M L 74–79  11–8
(1–5)
 18  Walker  7  Abrams  7  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (1,826)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 26, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN+
Vanderbilt W 98–61  12–8
(2–5)
 15  Davis  9  Benjamin  4  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (2,067)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 30, 2020
7:00 pm, SECN+
No. 25 Arkansas L 48–66  12–9
(2–6)
 10  Benjamin  12  Walker  2  Tied  Coleman Coliseum (1,857)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 2, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN+
at Ole Miss W 57–56  13–9
(3–6)
 11  Copeland  8  Knight  5  Lewis  The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,207)
Oxford, MS
February 6, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN+
at No. 15 Kentucky L 62–66  13–10
(3–7)
 17  Walker  8  Copeland  5  Tied  Memorial Coliseum (3,739)
Lexington, KY
February 9, 2020
2:00 pm, SECN
Auburn W 68–64  14–10
(4–7)
 17  Copeland  13  Copeland  3  Tied  Coleman Coliseum (3,188)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 16, 2020
12:00 pm, SECN+
at Georgia L 75–76 OT 14–11
(4–8)
 25  Lewis  9  Walker  4  Lewis  Stegeman Coliseum (4,569)
Athens, GA
February 20, 2020
7:00 pm, SECN+
Florida W 69–62  15–11
(5–8)
 16  Lewis  9  Walker  6  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (1,888)
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 23, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN2/SECN
at No. 9 Mississippi State W 66–64  16–11
(6–8)
 20  Walker  7  Johnson  8  Johnson  Humphrey Coliseum (8,083)
Starkville, MS
February 27, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN
at No. 12 Texas A&M W 76–63  17–11
(7–8)
 24  Walker  12  Copeland  9  Lewis  Reed Arena (4,061)
College Station, TX
March 1, 2020
12:40 pm, SECN+
Missouri W 73–61  18–11
(8–8)
 17  Johnson  12  Walker  5  Lewis  Coleman Coliseum (2,238)
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC Tournament
March 5, 2020
11:00 am, SECN
(8) vs. (9) Georgia
Second round
L 61–68  18–12
 15  Lewis  6  Tied  5  Johnson  Bon Secours Wellness Arena 
Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.
[2]

References

  1. "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. "Alabama Women's Basketball Schedule Completed with Announcement of SEC Slate". Alabama Athletics. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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