Alabama slows Trae Young, stuns No. 12 Oklahoma 80-73
January 28, 2018
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Avery Johnson said he'll throw three or four different defensive looks at an opposing team during a typical game.
Oklahoma — and its freshman sensation Trae Young — got seven of them.
Not all of them worked, but most of them did. The result was one of Young's worst offensive games of the year and an 80-73 upset victory for the Crimson Tide over No. 12 Oklahoma on Saturday in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
Alabama's own star freshman, Collin Sexton, scored 18 points. The 6-foot-3 guard was part of the waves of Crimson Tide defense that held Young to just 17 poin...
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