{"id":194883,"date":"2026-03-07T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/194883\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:23:10","slug":"crimson-tides-sec-tournament-run-halted-by-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/194883\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Tide&#8217;s SEC Tournament Run Halted by Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The No. 11 seed Alabama women&#8217;s basketball team saw its SEC tournament journey end Friday night, falling to No. 3 Texas in the quarterfinals.\u00a0After a significant victory over No. 6 seed Tennessee, marking their first quarterfinal appearance since 2024, Alabama couldn&#8217;t overcome a dominant Texas team that never relinquished the lead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/attachment-900.jpg\" alt=\"Tide 100.9 logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alabama briefly took a one-point lead early in the first quarter thanks to a 3-pointer from Ta&#8217;Mia Scott. However, Texas quickly responded with a 5-0 run, taking control of the game. The Longhorns capitalized on this momentum, closing the first quarter with a 14-5 surge, holding the Crimson Tide to just 10 points and establishing a 21-10 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Texas continued to apply pressure, holding Alabama scoreless for the first 6:12 minutes of the second quarter while adding 14 points to extend their lead to 23. By halftime, the Longhorns had built a commanding 52-19 lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, the Crimson Tide displayed resilience despite the significant deficit, outscoring Texas 41-31. A 3-pointer by Texas at the start of the third quarter put Alabama at a 36-point disadvantage, but the Crimson Tide managed to reduce the margin to 30 by the end of the frame.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alabama did everything they could in the second half, outscoring Texas 20-15 in the third and 21-16 in the fourth, but it wasn&#8217;t enough and the Longhorns secured an 83-60 victory to advance to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>The Crimson Tide&#8217;s SEC tournament run may have come to an end, but they now await their fate for the NCAA Tournament. The selection show is scheduled for Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Tide&#8217;s SEC Tournament Run Halted by Texas <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/secmedia.mediashuttle.com\/memberLogin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEC Media Portal <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 11 seed Alabama women&#8217;s basketball team saw its SEC tournament journey end Friday night, falling to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2895,51952,77271,1445,51954,51955,51956,51957,27,29,28,62875,51958,51959,51960,77272],"class_list":["post-194883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-alabama","tag-alabama-sports","tag-alabama-womens-basketball","tag-articles","tag-inside-the-locker-room","tag-martin-houston-show","tag-on-air","tag-t-town-sports-daily","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-the-deep-south-college-football-show","tag-the-game-with-ryan-fowler","tag-the-gary-harris-show","tag-the-millers-edge","tag-the-rookie-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}