Alabama Basketball: 3 keys for Crimson Tide to stay hot against Oklahoma.

Get secondary scoring from the other freshman

Alabama is led by freshman Brandon Miller. Coming into the game he is averaging 19.5 points per game while shooting a remarkable 45.1% from 3-point land. This could be a good game, and a good matchup for the other freshman on the Crimson Tide to have a “coming out party” and give Miller some help on the offensive end of the court.

The guys that could provide that scoring are Noah Clowney and Jaden Bradley.

By normal freshman metrics, both Clowney and Bradley are having a good season in their first years in Tuscaloosa. Clowney is averaging 10.1 points and 8.5 rebounds while Bradley is averaging 8.5 points and leading the Crimson Tide in assists with 3.6 per game.

Alabama could be looking for both of these guys to get more involved when it comes to scoring the ball, and Jaden Bradley is a prime candidate to have a breakout scoring game soon. Bradley is a former 5-star recruit from IMG Academy. The former Mcdonald’s All-American came onto campus with big expectations.

Bradley is not someone that is going to take a ton of shots and would be considered a pass-first point guard at this point in his career. As the season has gone on however you have started to see his shot attempts increase for the Tide and one thing has been able to do pretty consistently is get to the free throw line where he shoots 75% on the year.

As Bradley gets more comfortable with the speed of college basketball the game should start to slow down for him which could lead to an increase in scoring production for the freshman.