London Jemison made a career-best six 3-point attempts without a miss and matched his career high of 20 points while leading No. 18 Alabama to an easy 109-68 victory over Oakland on Monday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Amari Allen added 14 points and six assists as the Crimson Tide (3-0) never trailed and topped 100 points for the second straight contest while recording a season high in scoring. Jemison was 7 of 7 overall from the floor.
Aden Holloway scored 12 points on four 3-pointers in his first appearance of the season. Holloway served a five-game suspension for a drug possession arrest last March. Charges were later dismissed and his suspension included Alabama’s three exhibition games.
Nassim Mashhour scored 18 points and Chris Fields Jr. added 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies (0-4), who have one game left on a season-opening stretch of five road games.
Alabama shot 62.9% from the field, including 52.2% (24 of 46) from 3-point range. The school record for 3-pointers is 25, which is also the NCAA Tournament mark. It came in the Crimson Tide’s 113-88 rout of BYU in the Sweet 16 in 2025.
Allen and Anderson Diaz each made three treys while Tarris Bouie added 10 points.
Oakland shot 34.8% from the field and was 3 of 18 (16.7%) from behind the arc.
The Crimson Tide’s biggest lead was 41 points.
Alabama shot 66.7% from the field in the first half, making 11 of 21 3-point attempts while running out to a 56-29 lead. Allen had 11 points for the Crimson Tide while Mashhour had 10 in the half for the Golden Grizzlies.
Qayden Samuels and Jemison capped a 20-6 spurt with 3-pointers as Alabama held a 25-11 lead with 11:30 to play in the first half.
Brandon Garrison later scored three straight baskets to boost the Crimson Tide advantage to 37-16 with 7:40 left.
Holloway made two 3-pointers in the final 1:53, the latter one accounting for the 27-point halftime advantage.
Fielder and Jemison hit treys early in the second half to push the lead to 62-30.
Jemison scored five straight points and Allen followed with a 3-pointer as the Crimson Tide moved ahead 73-37 with 15:25 remaining.
Oakland then displayed life with an 11-2 burst. Fields finished it with a three-point play to leave the Golden Grizzlies trailing 75-48.
A short time later, Fielder scored five consecutive points during a 10-0 burst as the Crimson Tide led 90-52 with 7:37 left and finished off the easy win.
–Field Level Media
