Shorthanded Tide Improves To 8-0 In SEC

Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports Herbert Jones is one of the best players in the country.The Alabama Crimson Tide won their ninth straight game on Saturday night, defeating a big, tough, Mississippi State squad by a score of 81-73 in a hard fought contest that went down to the last minute of play before being decided. Bama has grown accustomed to blowing teams out, so a close game should be a great learning tool. The Tide was still without starting center Jordan Bruner - out after knee surgery - but also was without one of his main back-ups, James Rojas to the dreaded “unnamed medical condition.” The Bulldogs are one of the biggest and most physical teams in the league, so Bruner and Rojas were especially missed. In their stead, senior Alex Reese and freshman Keon Ambrose-Hylton stepped up and held their own.

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