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No. 5 Alabama routs No. 15 Kentucky as SEC's top 4 seeds all advance to tourney semis

AP
Mar 15, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Labaron Philon scored 21 points and fifth-ranked Alabama never trailed in routing No. 15 Kentucky 99-70 on Friday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals.

The Crimson Tide (25-7), the No. 3 seed, will play fourth-ranked Florida on Saturday looking to play for their second tournament title in three seasons. The Gators beat No. 21 Missouri 95-81 earlier Friday night as the SEC's top four seeds all advanced.

Jarin Stevenson added 16 points. Mark Sears, Mouhamed Dioubate and Aden Holloway each had 13 as Alabama beat the Wildcats again after sweeping them during the regular season.

Kentucky (22-11) managed just one tie at 14 and trailed 45-38 at halftime.

Andrew Carr led Kentucky with 18 points. Amari Williams had 16, and Travis Perry 11.

Kentucky: The Wildcats played without starting guard Lamont Butler who missed his ninth game of the season after hurting his right shoulder Thursday night. Coach Mark Pope said on pregame radio that they got the “best possible news” from tests earlier Friday. ... The Wildcats go home with their last tournament title in 2018.

Alabama: The Crimson Tide are two wins from their third tournament title in five seasons under coach Nate Oats. They improved to 3-17 against Kentucky in this event and 2-6 in the quarterfinals. They also added to the program record for most wins over AP Top 25 opponents with the 11th this season.

The Crimson Tide extinguished any thoughts of a comeback starting the second half on a 12-6 run to force a Kentucky timeout after Dioubate's 3 with 16:31 left. Alabama led by 30 late.

Alabama had a 29-6 scoring edge off turnovers.

Butler has time to heal for the NCAA Tournament for Kentucky. Alabama has a chance to avenge a 99-94 loss to the Gators on March 5 on the Tide's home court.

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1st Half
UK
Wildcats
38
ALA
Crimson Tide
45

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Amari Williams vs. Clifford Omoruyi (Mark Sears gains possession)
19:48	+2	Clifford Omoruyi makes two point alley-oop dunk (Labaron Philon assists)	0-2
19:28		Amari Williams misses two point jump shot
19:26		Clifford Omoruyi defensive rebound
19:16		Otega Oweh blocks Chris Youngblood's three point jump shot
19:14		Travis Perry defensive rebound
19:07		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
19:05		Grant Nelson defensive rebound
18:59		Grant Nelson misses three point jump shot
18:57		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
18:48		Otega Oweh misses two point jump shot
18:46		Grant Nelson defensive rebound
18:35		Andrew Carr shooting foul (Grant Nelson draws the foul)
18:35	+1	Grant Nelson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-3
18:35	+1	Grant Nelson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-4
18:18		Travis Perry misses two point layup
18:16		Grant Nelson defensive rebound
18:07		Travis Perry personal foul
18:02		Clifford Omoruyi misses two point dunk
18:00		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
17:45		Grant Nelson shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
17:45	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-4
17:45	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-4
17:32	+2	Clifford Omoruyi makes two point alley-oop dunk (Labaron Philon assists)	2-6
17:12		Travis Perry misses two point jump shot
17:10		Clifford Omoruyi defensive rebound
16:59		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
16:57		Koby Brea defensive rebound
16:47	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point dunk	4-6
16:34	+2	Grant Nelson makes two point jump shot	4-8
16:21		Clifford Omoruyi personal foul
16:10	+3	Koby Brea makes three point jump shot	7-8
15:52	+2	Mark Sears makes two point layup	7-10
15:40		Amari Williams turnover (bad pass) (Jarin Stevenson steals)
15:35	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point layup	7-12
15:14	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point layup (Koby Brea assists)	9-12
15:06	+2	Mark Sears makes two point layup	9-14
14:44		Koby Brea turnover (lost ball) (Labaron Philon steals)
14:40		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
14:38		Amari Williams defensive rebound
14:29	+3	Travis Perry makes three point jump shot (Collin Chandler assists)	12-14
14:09		Jarin Stevenson misses three point jump shot
14:07		Amari Williams defensive rebound
13:47	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point layup (Amari Williams assists)	14-14
13:27		Amari Williams blocks Mark Sears's two point layup
13:25		Collin Chandler defensive rebound
13:20		Collin Chandler turnover (bad pass)
13:20		TV timeout
13:13	+2	Jarin Stevenson makes two point layup	14-16
13:13		Andrew Carr shooting foul (Jarin Stevenson draws the foul)
13:13	+1	Jarin Stevenson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	14-17
13:02		Otega Oweh turnover (lost ball) (Grant Nelson steals)
12:57		Aden Holloway misses three point jump shot
12:55		Koby Brea defensive rebound
12:49		Koby Brea misses two point jump shot
12:47		Aden Holloway defensive rebound
12:38		Clifford Omoruyi misses two point layup
12:36		Ansley Almonor defensive rebound
12:29		Jarin Stevenson shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
12:29		Otega Oweh misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:29		Otega Oweh misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:29		Ansley Almonor offensive rebound
12:17		Otega Oweh misses two point jump shot
12:15		Jarin Stevenson defensive rebound
12:09		Ansley Almonor shooting foul (Labaron Philon draws the foul)
12:09		Labaron Philon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:09	+1	Labaron Philon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-18
11:56		Collin Chandler turnover (lost ball) (Aden Holloway steals)
11:49	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point layup	14-20
11:29		Otega Oweh turnover (bad pass) (Jarin Stevenson steals)
11:24	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point layup	14-22
11:24		Otega Oweh shooting foul (Labaron Philon draws the foul)
11:24		TV timeout
11:24	+1	Labaron Philon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	14-23
11:11		Derrion Reid personal foul (Koby Brea draws the foul)
11:01		Amari Williams misses two point jump shot
10:59		Trent Noah offensive rebound
10:53	+2	Trent Noah makes two point layup	16-23
10:43		Aden Holloway misses three point jump shot
10:41		Travis Perry defensive rebound
10:41		Mouhamed Dioubate personal foul
10:32		Ansley Almonor misses three point jump shot
10:30		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
10:22		Mouhamed Dioubate misses two point layup
10:20		Ansley Almonor defensive rebound
10:08	+3	Koby Brea makes three point jump shot (Amari Williams assists)	19-23
9:48		Labaron Philon misses three point jump shot
9:46		Travis Perry defensive rebound
9:40		Aiden Sherrell personal foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
9:32	+2	Koby Brea makes two point jump shot	21-23
9:00	+2	Mouhamed Dioubate makes two point layup (Mark Sears assists)	21-25
8:36		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
8:34		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
8:25		Chris Youngblood misses two point layup
8:23		Amari Williams defensive rebound
8:07		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
8:05		Mark Sears defensive rebound
7:59		Chris Youngblood misses three point jump shot
7:57		Clifford Omoruyi offensive rebound
7:53	+2	Clifford Omoruyi makes two point dunk	21-27
7:47		Wildcats 30 second timeout
7:47		TV timeout
7:32		Trent Noah misses two point jump shot
7:30		Clifford Omoruyi defensive rebound
7:19		Andrew Carr shooting foul (Clifford Omoruyi draws the foul)
7:19		Clifford Omoruyi misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:19	+1	Clifford Omoruyi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-28
6:58		Clifford Omoruyi shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
6:58	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-28
6:58	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-28
6:45	+3	Jarin Stevenson makes three point jump shot (Mark Sears assists)	23-31
6:29	+2	Travis Perry makes two point layup	25-31
6:29		Jarin Stevenson shooting foul (Travis Perry draws the foul)
6:29	+1	Travis Perry makes regular free throw 1 of 1	26-31
6:19		Collin Chandler personal foul (Mark Sears draws the foul)
6:19	+1	Mark Sears makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-32
6:19	+1	Mark Sears makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-33
6:01	+2	Amari Williams makes two point hook shot (Brandon Garrison assists)	28-33
5:45		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
5:40		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
5:31		Aden Holloway misses two point layup
5:29		Wildcats defensive rebound
5:17		Aden Holloway shooting foul (Travis Perry draws the foul)
5:17		Travis Perry misses regular free throw 1 of 3
5:17	+1	Travis Perry makes regular free throw 2 of 3	29-33
5:17	+1	Travis Perry makes regular free throw 3 of 3	30-33
5:00	+3	Grant Nelson makes three point jump shot (Mark Sears assists)	30-36
4:46		Aiden Sherrell shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
4:46	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-36
4:46	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-36
4:38		Labaron Philon misses three point jump shot
4:36		Wildcats defensive rebound
4:22		Otega Oweh misses two point jump shot
4:20		Ansley Almonor offensive rebound
4:12		Labaron Philon blocks Amari Williams's two point dunk
4:10		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
3:49		Mark Sears turnover (lost ball)
3:49		TV timeout
3:35		Collin Chandler turnover (bad pass) (Labaron Philon steals)
3:30	+2	Mouhamed Dioubate makes two point layup (Labaron Philon assists)	32-38
3:19		Ansley Almonor misses two point jump shot
3:17		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
3:11		Grant Nelson offensive foul
3:11		Grant Nelson turnover (offensive foul)
2:52		Amari Williams misses two point jump shot
2:50		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
2:36		Labaron Philon misses two point jump shot
2:34		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
2:25		Jump ball. Aiden Sherrell vs. Ansley Almonor (Ansley Almonor gains possession)
2:25		Aiden Sherrell turnover (lost ball) (Ansley Almonor steals)
2:06		Brandon Garrison misses two point layup
2:04		Amari Williams offensive rebound
1:58	+2	Amari Williams makes two point layup	34-38
1:56		Amari Williams shooting foul (Mouhamed Dioubate draws the foul)
1:56	+1	Mouhamed Dioubate makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-39
1:56	+1	Mouhamed Dioubate makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-40
1:45		Travis Perry misses three point jump shot
1:43		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
1:37		Labaron Philon misses two point layup
1:35		Labaron Philon offensive rebound
1:30	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point layup	34-42
1:24	+2	Amari Williams makes two point dunk (Travis Perry assists)	36-42
1:16		Labaron Philon turnover (back court violation)
1:04		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
1:02		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
0:44		Mark Sears misses two point layup
0:42		Wildcats defensive rebound
0:42		Amari Williams turnover (lost ball) (Labaron Philon steals)
0:35	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point layup	36-44
0:35		Koby Brea shooting foul (Labaron Philon draws the foul)
0:35	+1	Labaron Philon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-45
0:23		Mark Sears personal foul (Travis Perry draws the foul)
0:23	+1	Travis Perry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-45
0:23	+1	Travis Perry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-45
0:00		Mark Sears misses two point jump shot
0:00		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UK
Wildcats
32
ALA
Crimson Tide
54

Time		Play	Score
19:46		Amari Williams shooting foul (Clifford Omoruyi draws the foul)
19:46		Clifford Omoruyi misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:46	+1	Clifford Omoruyi makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-46
19:35	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point jump shot (Amari Williams assists)	40-46
19:21	+3	Chris Youngblood makes three point jump shot (Mark Sears assists)	40-49
19:03		Andrew Carr misses three point jump shot
19:01		Crimson Tide defensive rebound
18:53		Labaron Philon misses two point layup
18:51		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
18:33		Grant Nelson shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
18:33	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-49
18:33	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-49
18:22		Mark Sears turnover (Otega Oweh steals)
18:14		Otega Oweh misses two point layup
18:12		Clifford Omoruyi defensive rebound
18:01	+3	Labaron Philon makes three point jump shot (Clifford Omoruyi assists)	42-52
17:47		Travis Perry misses two point jump shot
17:45		Travis Perry offensive rebound
17:40		Travis Perry turnover
17:30		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
17:28		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
17:28		Clifford Omoruyi personal foul
17:15		Trent Noah misses three point jump shot
17:13		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
17:06	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point jump shot	42-54
16:45	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point jump shot (Trent Noah assists)	44-54
16:31	+3	Mouhamed Dioubate makes three point jump shot (Labaron Philon assists)	44-57
16:20		Wildcats 30 second timeout
16:20		TV timeout
16:07	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point jump shot	46-57
15:59		Mark Sears turnover (Andrew Carr steals)
15:53		Andrew Carr turnover (out of bounds)
15:53		TV timeout
15:44	+2	Jarin Stevenson makes two point layup	46-59
15:23		Jarin Stevenson shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
15:23	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-59
15:23	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-59
15:06	+2	Aden Holloway makes two point jump shot	48-61
14:54		Jarin Stevenson shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
14:54	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-61
14:54	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-61
14:46		Brandon Garrison personal foul
14:43	+3	Aden Holloway makes three point jump shot (Chris Youngblood assists)	50-64
14:29		Chris Youngblood shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
14:29	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-64
14:29	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-64
14:00		Amari Williams shooting foul (Aden Holloway draws the foul)
14:00	+1	Aden Holloway makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-65
14:00		Aden Holloway misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:00		Amari Williams defensive rebound
13:45		Koby Brea misses two point layup
13:43		Labaron Philon defensive rebound
13:38		Labaron Philon misses three point jump shot
13:36		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
13:29		Chris Youngblood shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
13:29		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:29		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:29		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
13:21	+2	Aiden Sherrell makes two point dunk (Aden Holloway assists)	52-67
13:02		Travis Perry misses three point jump shot
13:00		Mouhamed Dioubate defensive rebound
12:52		Aden Holloway misses two point layup
12:50		Koby Brea defensive rebound
12:44		Otega Oweh turnover (Aiden Sherrell steals)
12:37	+2	Mouhamed Dioubate makes two point dunk	52-69
12:30		Wildcats 30 second timeout
12:30		TV timeout
12:21	+2	Amari Williams makes two point dunk (Andrew Carr assists)	54-69
12:08		Andrew Carr blocks Aiden Sherrell's two point layup
12:06		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
11:59		Aiden Sherrell turnover (Andrew Carr steals)
11:52		Mouhamed Dioubate blocks Andrew Carr's two point layup
11:50		Wildcats offensive rebound
11:47		Aiden Sherrell personal foul
11:47		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:47		Clifford Omoruyi defensive rebound
11:25	+2	Mouhamed Dioubate makes two point layup (Aden Holloway assists)	54-71
11:15		Travis Perry turnover (Mouhamed Dioubate steals)
11:11		Travis Perry personal foul
11:01	+3	Chris Youngblood makes three point jump shot (Aden Holloway assists)	54-74
10:52	+3	Andrew Carr makes three point jump shot (Amari Williams assists)	57-74
10:40	+3	Mark Sears makes three point jump shot (Aden Holloway assists)	57-77
10:27		Mouhamed Dioubate blocks Collin Chandler's two point layup
10:25		Aden Holloway defensive rebound
10:12		Collin Chandler personal foul
10:02		Mark Sears misses two point jump shot
10:00		Amari Williams defensive rebound
9:54		Otega Oweh turnover (Mark Sears steals)
9:49		Mark Sears misses two point layup
9:32	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point jump shot	59-77
9:20		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
9:18		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
9:15		Clifford Omoruyi personal foul
9:15	+1	Brandon Garrison makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-77
9:15		Brandon Garrison misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:15		Jarin Stevenson defensive rebound
9:08		Jarin Stevenson misses three point jump shot
9:06		Jarin Stevenson offensive rebound
8:59		Chris Youngblood misses three point jump shot
8:57		Collin Chandler defensive rebound
8:35		Otega Oweh misses two point layup
8:33		Grant Nelson defensive rebound
8:26	+2	Mark Sears makes two point layup	60-79
8:07		Ansley Almonor misses three point jump shot
8:05		Mark Sears defensive rebound
7:59	+2	Mark Sears makes two point layup	60-81
7:40		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
7:38		Grant Nelson defensive rebound
7:33		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
7:31		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
7:11		Otega Oweh offensive foul
7:11		Otega Oweh turnover (offensive foul)
7:11		TV timeout
6:48	+3	Jarin Stevenson makes three point jump shot (Grant Nelson assists)	60-84
6:34	+2	Trent Noah makes two point jump shot	62-84
6:23		Aden Holloway misses two point jump shot
6:21		Trent Noah defensive rebound
6:14	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point layup (Koby Brea assists)	64-84
5:58		Trent Noah shooting foul (Labaron Philon draws the foul)
5:58		Labaron Philon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:58	+1	Labaron Philon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-85
5:43		Trent Noah misses three point jump shot
5:41		Derrion Reid defensive rebound
5:22		Derrion Reid misses two point layup
5:20		Amari Williams defensive rebound
5:14		Grant Nelson shooting foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
5:14		Andrew Carr misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:14	+1	Andrew Carr makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-85
4:55	+3	Jarin Stevenson makes three point jump shot (Derrion Reid assists)	65-88
4:40		Trent Noah misses three point jump shot
4:38		Labaron Philon defensive rebound
4:32	+2	Labaron Philon makes two point layup	65-90
4:07		Aiden Sherrell personal foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
4:07		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:07		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:07		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
3:45		Jump ball. (Wildcats gains possession)
3:45		Jarin Stevenson turnover (Trent Noah steals)
3:45		TV timeout
3:33		Brandon Garrison offensive foul
3:33		Brandon Garrison turnover (offensive foul)
3:27		Mark Sears misses three point jump shot
3:25		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
3:18	+2	Jarin Stevenson makes two point dunk (Aiden Sherrell assists)	65-92
3:05		Jump ball. (Crimson Tide gains possession)
3:05		Trent Noah turnover (Jarin Stevenson steals)
2:40	+2	Aden Holloway makes two point jump shot	65-94
2:13		Aden Holloway shooting foul (Travis Perry draws the foul)
2:13	+1	Travis Perry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-94
2:13		Travis Perry misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:13		Jarin Stevenson defensive rebound
2:06		Aden Holloway turnover (Brandon Garrison steals)
1:55		Aiden Sherrell shooting foul (Collin Chandler draws the foul)
1:55		Collin Chandler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:55	+1	Collin Chandler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-94
1:38	+3	Aden Holloway makes three point jump shot	67-97
1:17		Jarin Stevenson blocks Ansley Almonor's two point layup
1:15		Crimson Tide defensive rebound
1:05		Mouhamed Dioubate turnover
0:55		Travis Perry misses two point layup
0:53		Wildcats offensive rebound
0:45	+3	Collin Chandler makes three point jump shot (Trent Noah assists)	70-97
0:26		Collin Chandler shooting foul (Aden Holloway draws the foul)
0:26	+1	Aden Holloway makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-98
0:26	+1	Aden Holloway makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-99
0:08		Trent Noah misses three point jump shot
0:06		Derrion Reid defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Derrion Reid defensive rebound