National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Alabama 67, Louisiana State 56
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 17, 2011
Where: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Officials: # Mike Eades, # Tom Eades, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 7830
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JaMychal Green had game-highs of 18 points and eight rebounds, and Alabama overcame a slow start to pick up its seventh win in eight games, 67-56 over host LSU on Thursday.

Trevor Releford scored 15 points for the first-place Crimson Tide (17-8, 9-2 SEC West).

Ralston Turner had 17 points and Malcolm White added 14 for LSU (10-16, 2-9 SEC West), which dropped its ninth straight.

The Tigers started the game with a 7-0 run as the Crimson Tide didn't score until Green's jumper five minutes into the game. Alabama, though, ended the first half on a 13-5 run to take a five-point lead into halftime.

LSU hung around and closed the gap to 60-56 on a 3-pointer by Matt Derenbecker with 4:05 left, but the Crimson Tide clamped down on defense, and held the Tigers scoreless the rest of the way.
Top Game Performances
 
Alabama   Louisiana State
JaMychal Green 18 Scoring Ralston Turner 17
JaMychal Green 2 Assists Chris Bass 2
JaMychal Green 7 Rebounds Storm Warren 8
Trevor Releford 5 Free Throws Made Andre Stringer 4
Trevor Releford 2 Steals Andre Stringer 3
Tony Mitchell 1 Blocks Storm Warren 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Alabama 67 43.1 2-6 15-19 5 29 1 9
Louisiana State 56 42.6 3-10 13-23 11 31 2 6