Vanderbilt has averaged 82.1 points per game this season, good for seventh in the SEC. Alabama leads the conference at 90.2 per game. The Crimson Tide enter the day at No. 7 in the NET rankings, while Vanderbilt is No. 37. In the latest KenPom ratings, Alabama is up to No. 8; the Commodores are No. 49.

The No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats host the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in college basketball action on Saturday, Jan. 18.

Sears and Auburn transfer Aden Holloway hit 3s to help spark a 11-2 run that gave the Tide a 67-60 lead with 11:40 remaining. Later, with the score tied at 81, Alabama went on a 9-0 run that was capped off by back-to-back 3s from Chris Youngblood and freshman Labaron Philon.