Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats praises the Preseason All-American guard for a dominant first half that sparked Alabama past the Gamecocks.

Alabama basketball's Mark Sears saw his third consecutive 20-plus point performance at South Carolina on Wednesday. What it means for the program.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Sears scored 22 points — hitting of 4 of 6 3-pointers — to help No. 5 Alabama beat South Carolina 88-68 on Wednesday night for its seventh straight victory. Aden Holloway added 13 points for the Crimson Tide (13-2 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mark Sears is heating up at the right ... On Wednesday, in a 88-68 win at South Carolina, Sears became the second player in Crimson Tide program history to score 1,500 points ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Sears scored 22 points — hitting of 4 of 6 3-pointers — to help No. 5 Alabama beat South Carolina 88-68 on Wednesday night for its seventh straight victory.

No. 5 Alabama men's basketball made some strides this past week with victories over South Carolina and then-No. 10 Texas A&M. Alabama Preseason All-American guard Mark Sears led the Crimson Tide in points in both of these battles.

Alabama opened up its SEC slate with a home throttling over previously undefeated Oklahoma 107-79, and on Wednesday the Crimson Tide got its first SEC road victory over South Carolina 88-68.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 on Saturday in a matchup of two of the top offensive teams in the country. Nelson was 7 for 13 from the field and 9 for 10 at the line. He scored a total of 21 points in his previous three games.

New occupants for the old Sears space? We’re being told there could be a couple of businesses looking to move into the old Sears space at Carolina ... you an example: South Florida was a 21.5 ...

"I definitely feel like that non-conference schedule helped us out," top-scoring senior Mark Sears said ... SEC opponents in January − South Carolina, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Vanderbilt ...

Mark Sears delivered. Not just for himself ... Coleman Coliseum will host Kent State and South Dakota State for the last two games of the nonconference slate, starting with the Golden Flashes ...

Alabama guard Mark Sears has been named SEC co-player of the week for his play in two road wins for the Crimson Tide last week, the Southeastern Conference announced on Monday afternoon. Florida’s Alex Condon was the conference’s other co-player of the week.