Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats called out a few players last week, and two of them responded to lead UA's win over Kentucky.

Alabama guard Mark Sears has been named SEC co-player of the week for his play in two road wins for the Crimson Tide last week, the Southeastern Conference announced on Monday afternoon. Florida’s Alex Condon was the conference’s other co-player of the week.

Alabama opened up its SEC slate with a home throttling over previously undefeated Oklahoma 107-79, and on Wednesday the Crimson Tide got its first SEC road victory over South Carolina 88-68.

Enter Alabama Preseason All-American guard Mark Sears ... However, numerous other members of the Crimson Tide continued to feed off of Sears' stellar start for the remainder of the game.

Grant Nelson and Mark Sears were the difference. Nelson scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Sears finished with 24 points to lift the Crimson Tide over Kentucky, 102-97. It's Alabama's first win at Rupp Arena over a Top 10 UK team since 2002.

Malik Dia’s 23 points, 19 rebounds and two blocks led No. 21 Mississippi to a 74-64 win over No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday. — Mark Sears scored 27 points, Aden Holloway added 15, and No. 5 Alabama ...

It goes without saying that Mark Sears, the Preseason National Player of the Year, has been instrumental in the Tide’s success this year. Last week Alabama picked up two key road wins in the SEC in a 20-point road victory vs. South Carolina and a top-ten win on the road against Texas A&M and Sears was a vital part of that.

No. 4 Alabama hosts the Vanderbilt Commodores after Grant Nelson scored 25 points in Alabama's 102-97 victory against the Kentucky Wildcats.

Big Blue Nation was reminded of the binary nature of spots on Saturday afternoon. Back on January 4th, Kentucky outlasted Florida 106-100 to begin Southeastern Conference game. Stops were hard to come by for both teams in that game.

The Crimson Tide bounced back from a loss at home to Ole Miss on Tuesday by scoring 100-plus points for the fifth time this season.

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today Alabama was the first team to 100 points and it was just enough to hold off Kentucky Saturday in a showdown between the two top-scoring teams in the Southeastern Conference.

The Alabama Crimson Tide won a thriller over the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday afternoon in Lexington 102-97. Grant Nelson and Mark Sears combined for 49 points as the fourth ranked team in the country improves to 15-3 overall and 4-1 in the SEC.