Four-star OL Dontrell Glover decommits from Alabama.
Four-star offensive lineman Dontrell Glover (Fairburn, GA) is decommitting from Alabama, he told Bama247 on Monday night. The 6-foot-3, 290-pounder committed to the Crimson Tide in April 2023 over schools like Georgia, Ohio State and many others.
Earlier this afternoon, the No. 14 interior offensive lineman in the 2025 class told Bama247 he was “100% locked in” but mentioned how much of a factor offensive line coach Eric Wolford played in his recruitment.
Glover is the second commit in the 2025 class to reopen his recruitment since Nick Saban retired. Five-star receiver Jaime Ffrench (Jacksonville, FL) decommitted from the Crimson Tide on Sunday night.
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After losing Glover, Alabama now has the No. 9 class in the 247Sports Team Rankings with five commits. Five-star EDGE Zion Grady (Troy, AL) and Anthony Rogers (Bradenton, FL) – the No. 1 running back in the country – headline the class.
Cold Weather, Missouri Basketball Invade Tuscaloosa.
Saturday, Bama taking an 82-74 win over the Bulldogs, “showed a lot of character,” Crimson Tide Coach Nate Oats said. He said in a hostile Humphrey Coliseum against a good team, Alabama’s newcomers, particularly, “learned what the road environment is like in the SEC.”
Now comes a new challenge in the Missouri Tigers — dangerously wounded Tigers who have gone 0-3 to start Southeastern Conference play.
While Alabama improved to 11-5 overall and tied with Auburn at the top of the SEC with a 3-0 league record, Mizzou is 8-8 overall.
The Tigers aren’t the only thing coming from the North. Very cold weather with freezing precipitation is threatening in Tuscaloosa, but barring a change the Tuesday night tipoff between the Crimson Tide and Missouri in Coleman Coliseum is set for 6 p.m. CST and SEC Network televising.
While Mark Sears with his 20.2 points per game average continues to lead the Tide and was co-SEC Player of the Week, Oats also gave credit to 6-11 forward Grant Nelson for the job he did defensively on State’s star inside player, Tolu Smith.
Oats said the result against Mississippi State “showed what we can do with all playing good defense,” adding defense and rebounding will be key against Mizzou.
Unlike Mississippi State, Missouri will play fast, the Alabama game, and have “a lot of offensive firepower.” He also warned that the Tigers “will turn you over.”
Missouri’s 8-8 overall record looks a little better “upon further examination,” as the saying goes. There’s a road win over Pittsburgh and Minnesota, a home win over Wichita State, and close losses to Kansas and Seton Hall. The 0-3 Southeastern Conference start has been much the same with close losses to Georgia and South Carolina at home, and a road loss at Kentucky.
The Tide is led by the SEC’s leading scorer, 6-1 guard Mark Sears, 20.3, ppg,; 6-3 guard Aaron Estrada (13.2 ppg and team-leading 3.9 assists per game); 6-6 guard Rylan Griffen, 9.8 ppg; 6-11 forward Grant Nelson (12.6 ppg, team best 5.7 rebounds per game, and team high 23 blocked shots. With 6-10 forward Mohamed Wague (5.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg) having recovered from a foot injury, either he or 6-10 Nick Springle (5.1 ppg, 4.3 rp;g) could be in Bama’s starting five.
Also seeing regular action are 6-3 guard Laterell Wrightsell (7.5 ppg), 6-10 forward Sam Walters (6.6 ppg), 6-11 forward Jarin Stevenson (5.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg), 6-5 guard Davin Cosby (4.8 ppg), and 6-7 forward Mouhamed Diouibate (1.7 ppg).
Missouri is led by 6-3 guard Sean East (17.1 ppg, 4.4 assists, team leader in both), who Oats said has scored 15 or more points in 10 straight games. “He goes downhill,” attacking the basket, Oats said.
Also expected to start are 6-6 forward Noah Carter (12.8 ppg, team high 6.0 rpg), 6-5 guard Tamar Bates (10.8 ppg), 5-10 guard Nick Honor (10.3 ppg), and 6-3 guard Caleb Grill 8.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg). Also noticeable is 7-5, 230-pound center Connor Vanover.
Alabama is second in the league in scoring (90.1 ppg, just behind Kentucky at 90.8 ppg), Missouri 10th, 75.6 ppg. The Tigers are 10th in the league in scoring defense, 72.7 ppg, Bama 11th, 73.9 ppg. The Tide has the league’s second best scoring margin, 16.2 ppg, Mizzou 12th at 2.9.
Bama is also second in the conference in field goal percentage at 48.8 percent and third in three-point percentage at 39.2 per cent, and the Tide is 10th in field goal percentage defense at 42.1 percent and sixth in three-point defense percent, 31.1. The Tigers are ninth in field goal shooting, 44.8 percent on all field goals, 33.2 percent on treys. Defensively, Missouri is 12th in field goal defensive percentage, 42.7 percent, eighth defending three-pointers, 32.4 percent.
Alabama is third in the league in rebounding, 39.8 per game, and in rebounds allowed, 33.4, for a rebound margin, sixth, of plus 6.3. Mizzou is last in the league in rebounding, 33.3 per game, 12th in allowing rebounds, 37.4 per game, a margin of -4.1, also 14th in the SEC.
Missouri blocks 5.9 shots per game, third, Alabama is eighth with 4.4 per game.
The Tide is sixth in assists, 15.8 per game, the Tigers ninth, 13.8. Missouri is fourth in steals, 8.6 per game, Alabama eighth, 7.6.
Mizzou is third in turnover margin, making 11 per game, forcing 14.4, a margin of 3.4. Bama is ninth, committing 191, forcing 196, plus three-tenths.
In assist-turnover ratio, the Tide is sixth at 1.32 assists per turnover, the Tigers seventh, 1.26.
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