Postgame Takeaways: Alabama 87 #4 Baylor 78

Positives

• Love the play of Dale Bonner (7 points; 2-2 from 3; zero turnovers) off the bench.  Jeremy Sochan gave great effort with 17 points and 8 rebounds as well.  
• Cut it to 4 with about 4 minutes left on a James Akinjo lay-up.  
• 17-22 from the free throw line on the road was good.
• Matthew Mayer was good in limited minutes (12 points and no turnovers in 17 minutes).

Needs Work

• 11 assists to 16 turnovers is not winning basketball.
• Did a poor job defending the paint.  Alabama goes 22-28 in the paint and gets to the foul line 26 times.  Not Baylor's standard defensively.  
• Outrebounded 29-25.  And that is despite Alabama not missing many shots.  
• Allowing 1.26 points per possession.  That may be the worst defensive performance in the last 3 years.  
• Need to get healthy and have the full team practicing together as we get ready for the stretch run.