Bama Men Take Three of Four at Auburn University Tournament

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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.

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Later that day, Alabama suffered a 77-68 loss to the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.

Wisconsin-Whitewater led by seven points, 46-39, at halftime and increased its lead by outscoring Alabama 31-29 in the second half.

Houston had a double-double with 21 points and a game-high 15 rebounds in the loss. Senior Parthasarathi Venkatram added 22 points, and freshman Gabe Taylor had 11 points.

Wisconsin-Whitewater senior Thomas Oberst had a game-high 41 points on 16/24 shooting from the field, including 5/8 on three-point attempts.

Alabama bounced back the following early afternoon with a 60-46 win over the University of Illinois behind another double-double performance by Houston, 27 points and 10 rebounds.

Venkatram had 15 rebounds in the win, and Taylor had 12 points.

Alabama wrapped up their tournament later that afternoon with a 63-47 win over the host Auburn University behind another double-double performance by Houston, 20 points and 11 rebounds.


Alabama sophomore Tim Houston (24) had 20 points and 11 rebounds in the Crimson Tide's 63-47 win over Auburn on the afternoon of Feb. 3. It was Houston's third double-double of the tournament.
(photo courtesy of Alabama Adapted Athletics)

Taylor had 15 points and nine rebounds in the win. junior Eric Francis had 11 points and seven rebounds. Venkatram had seven points and ten rebounds.

All three of Alabama’s other Intercollegiate Division losses this season have come at the hands of the University of Arizona.

Alabama has a standalone non-division game against the ABC Medical Legends on Feb. 23 as part of the UA Online Invitational before wrapping up the regular season with a pair of games each against Missouri and Auburn at the Hollister Classic at home at Stran-Hardin Arena on March 1 and 2.

Then Alabama will head to the NWBA Intercollegiate Men’s Wheelchair Basketball National Championship Tournament at Southwest Minnesota State University on March 13-16 where the team will be looking for its second consecutive national championship and fifth overall.


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