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For the fifth consecutive time and tenth time overall, the University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team are national champions. The Crimson Tide earned their latest championship by beating the University of Texas at Arlington 75-57 in the championship game of the Women’s Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball National Tournament on the afternoon of March 9 at Stran-Hardin Arena. The University of Alabama women's wheelchair basketball team are 2024 national champions after beating the University of Texas at Arlington 75-57 in the championship game on the afternoon of March 9 at Stran-Hardin Arena (photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics) The win in the championship game capped a perfect 25-0 season in intercollegiate division play for the Crimson Tide. “This season was so long, and we worked so hard, and this team was so emotional with being down three at halftime and ending up winning,” said Alabama senior Mary Silberman. After leading 13-10 at the end of the f

The University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team got a first-round bye due to their high seed, but the No. 1 seed Crimson Tide opened got off to a fast start once they started their tournament play as they jumped out to a 14-2 lead over the No. 4 seed University of Arizona five minutes into the game. Alabama outscored Arizona in each quarter and came away with a 65-35 win over Arizona in the semifinals of the Women’s Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball National Tournament on the evening of March 8 at Stran-Hardin Arena where every tournament game is being held. “It starts from our warmup. We had a really good warmup as a team,” said Alabama graduate student Joy Haizelden. “I think the home crowd got us really hyped for the game. We have a job to do here, and that’s to go win a national championship!” Ten of Haizelden’s game-high 22 points came in the first quarter. Alabama graduate student Joy Haizelden (12, pictured) had a game-high 22 points in the Crimson Tide

The University of Alabama men’s wheelchair basketball team finished the 2023-2024 regular season with 20-6 overall record and a 13-4 record in Intercollegiate Division play. Those four division losses are twice as many as the Crimson Tide had last regular season, but the team is on a three-game win streak in college play going into the NWBA National Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Intercollegiate Tournament, which will take place on March 14-16 at Southwest Minnesota State University. See Alabama's full season schedule and results here . “I think that we got better all year long. We showed some flashes of brilliance and then some flashes of needing to learn a little bit,” assessed coach Ford Burttram. “Overall, I think we had a really good season, and we have lots of good things to takeaway going into the national tournament.” Alabama will enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed. It will get a bye in the first round due to its high seed and will begin play in the quarterfinals aga

After finishing the 2023-2024 regular season undefeated in college play at 23-0 , the University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team now turns its attention to the NWBA Women’s Intercollegiate National Tournament, which is taking place on March 8 and 9 at home at Stran-Hardin Arena. The Crimson Tide will not be playing on the first round of the tournament, having received a first-round bye after finishing undefeated in division play and earning the tournament’s top seed. See the team's complete season results here . “I think it’s just a testament to our group,” coach Ryan Hynes said of the team’s undefeated regular season in the intercollegiate division. “We had some really tough battles, especially with (the University of) Texas-Arlington. But, at the end of the day, it’s kind of a fresh season now.” Seven of Alabama’s 23 college wins came against Texas-Arlington. Three of those games accounted for Alabama’s three narrowest margins of victory: a four-point win on

The University of Alabama women's wheelchair basketball team finished its 2023-2024 regular season undefeated in NWBA Intercollegiate Division play with a perfect 23-0 record. It is the team's second consecutive season going undefeated in college play. The Crimson Tide wrapped up their regular season division play by going 4-0 at the University of Illinois College Tournament presented by Hollister on Feb. 9 and 10. See also: International Nature of the Team on Display in Alabama Women's Latest Win They beat the City University of New York 43-12 on the morning of Feb. 9 behind a game-high 14 points by freshman Mary McLendon, who also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds, and followed that up with a 62-37 over the host University of Illinois shortly after that same day. Four Alabama players had double-digit scoring performances in the win over Illinois: seniors Mary Silberman and Bailey Moody each had 18 points, and graduate student Joy Haizelden and sophomore Ixhelt Gonz

The University of Alabama men’s wheelchair basketball team entered the Auburn University Tournament presented by Coca-Cola with a 10-3 record in NWBA Intercollegiate Division play. They left with a 13-4 record in division play after winning three of four games at the tournament. The Crimson Tide opened the tournament with a 52-22 win over the University of Missouri on the morning of Feb. 2 behind a game high 19 points by sophomore Tim Houston on 9-of-15 shooting. Alabama opened the Auburn University Tournament presented by Coca-Cola with a 52-22 win over the University of Missouri. Junior Shaun Doss (5) pictured. (photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics) After holding Missouri to 14 points on 7/23 (30.4 percent) shooting from the field in the first half, the Crimson Tide held the Tigers to 8 points on 3/24 (12.5 percent) shooting from the field in the second half. See also: International Nature of the Team on Display in Alabama Women's Latest Win Later that day, Alabama