Bama Women Sweep University of Arizona Tournament

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The University of Alabama women’s wheelchair basketball team advanced to 18-0 in NWBA Intercollegiate Division play this season after adding three more victories at the University of Arizona Tournament Presented by Hollister and finished the tournament with a non-division win.

The Crimson Tide opened the tournament with a 47-25 win over the University of Texas at Arlington in the early afternoon of Jan. 26 behind a dominant defensive performance where they held the Mavericks to 12/52 (23.1 percent) shooting from the field, including 0/4 on three-point attempts.


The University of Alabama opened the University of Arizona Tournament Presented by Hollister with a 47-25 win over the University of Texas at Arlington on Jan. 26. Freshman Elizabeth Floch (15) pictured.
(photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics) 

Sophomore Ixhelt Gonzalez put up a double-double in the win with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Senior Mary Silberman added nine points and nine rebounds.

It was Alabama’s fifth win over Texas-Arlington on the season.

See also: Bama Women Sweep UA Early College Classic, Remain Unbeaten in College Play

Alabama followed that up with a 57-43 win over Arizona later that afternoon in a game that saw three Crimson Tide players put up double-digit scoring performances: Gonzalez with 18, senior Bailey Moody with 15, and graduate student Joy Haizelden with ten.


The University of Alabama beeat the University of Arizona 57-43 on Jan. 27 at the University of Arizona Tournament Presented by Hollister. Junior Katie Hull (22) pictured.
(photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics)

The Crimson Tide had their narrowest margin of victory in a game this season when they beat Texas-Arlington 51-47 the following day.

The score was tied at 24 at halftime before Alabama outscored Texas-Arlington 14-12 in both the third and fourth quarters.

Haizelden had 17 points in the win. Silberman had 12 points, and Gonzalez had ten points.


The University of Alabama's third win of the University of Arizona Tournament Presented by Hollister, a 51-47 victory over the University of Texas at Arlington on Jan. 27, was the team's narrowest margin of victory of the season. Senior Mary Silberman pictured.
(photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics)

The Tide wrapped up the tournament with a 69-35 win over the Arizona Storm.

Silberman was the game’s leading scorer and rebounder with 21 points and eight rebounds, and Gonzalez was the game’s second-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder with 16 points and six rebounds.

Moody had 14 points.



The University of Alabama finished its sweep of the University of Arizona Tournament Presented by Hollister with a 69-35 win over the Arizona Storm in a non-division game on Jan. 27. Freshman Mary McLendon (52) pictured.
(photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics) 

That win over the Arizona Storm pushed Alabama’s overall record to 20-1 with the lone loss coming 71-51 to the ABC Medical Legends in the season opener.

See also: International Nature of the Team on Display in Alabama Women's Latest Win

The Crimson Tide have four more Intercollegiate Division games left in the season. Those four games take place at the University of Illinois Tournament presented by Hollister on Feb. 9 and 10 against the City University of New York, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, and a seventh game against the University of Texas at Arlington.

Alabama will then have a rematch against the Legends on Feb. 23 before playing in the NWBA Women’s Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, which will be played at Stran-Hardin Arena on March 7-9.

The Crimson Tide will be seeking their fifth consecutive nationalchampionship (there was no national championship tournament played in 2020 dueto the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic) and tenth overall.

 

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