2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team represented the University of Alabama during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson Tide, led by seventh-year head coach Kristy Curry, played their home games at Coleman Coliseum and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	18–12 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach	Kristy Curry (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Tiffany Coppage Kelly Curry Adrian Walters
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 South Carolina †	16	–	0		1.000			32	–	1		.970
No. 9 Mississippi State	13	–	3		.813			27	–	6		.818
No. 24 Arkansas	10	–	6		.625			24	–	8		.750
No. 16 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			22	–	8		.733
No. 19 Texas A&M	10	–	6		.625			22	–	8		.733
Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
LSU	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Alabama	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Georgia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Florida	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Missouri	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Vanderbilt	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Auburn	4	–	12		.250			11	–	18		.379
Ole Miss	0	–	16		.000			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 SEC tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Taniyah Worth	0	G	6'1"	Freshman	Flowery Branch, GA	Transferred to Georgia State
Taylor Berry	10	G	5'9"	Senior	New Orleans, LA	Graduated
Shaquera Wade	23	G	6'0"	Senior	Huntsville, AL	Graduated
Grace Pelphrey	34	G	6'1"	Freshman	Tuscaloosa, AL	Transferred to Tennessee Tech

Roster

2019–20 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Ahriahna Grizzle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Bill Crothers Secondary School Toronto, Canada G 1 Megan Abrams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lafayette Christian Academy Lafayette, LA G 2 Amber Richardson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Southeast Raleigh Magnet HS Garner, NC G 3 Jordan Lewis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Lake Highland Prep Windermere, FL G 4 Cierra Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Shelton State CC Mobile, AL G 5 Hannah Barber 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Homewood HS Homewood, AL G 11 Destiny Rice 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr North Caddo Magnet HS Shreveport, LA F 12 Allie Craig Cruce 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Lauderdale County HS Killen, AL F 22 Ariyah Copeland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Columbus HS Columbus, GA G 23 Brittany Davis 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Gulf Coast State College Manchester, GA G 24 De'sha Benjamin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lucy Craft Laney HS Augusta, GA F 25 Ashley Knight 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Lyndon B. Johnson HS Austin, TX F 40 Jasmine Walker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Jefferson Davis HS Montgomery, AL C 42 Shelby Gibson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Ole Miss Murfreesboro, TN	Head coach Kristy Curry (Louisiana–Monroe) Assistant coach(es) Tiffany Coppage (Missouri State) Kelly Curry (Texas A&M) Adrian Walters (Saint Francis (PA)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 28, 2020

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.^[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team
1	South Carolina
2	Texas A&M
3	Mississippi State
4	Kentucky
5	Arkansas
6	Tennessee
7	Auburn
8	LSU
9	Missouri
10	Georgia
11	Alabama
12	Florida
13	Ole Miss
14	Vanderbilt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2019* 2:30 pm		Auburn Montgomery	W 105–16		19 – Davis	8 – Cruce	3 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (9,293) Tuscaloosa, AL
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+		Hampton	L 61–64	0–1	14 – Lewis	11 – Copeland	6 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (1,871) Tuscaloosa, AL
November 12, 2019* 6:00 pm, ACCNX		at Clemson	W 67–54	1–1	21 – Johnson	8 – Johnson	6 – Lewis	Littlejohn Coliseum (1,233) Clemson, SC
November 17, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+		Mercer	W 111–56	2–1	16 – Benjamin	10 – Benjamin	5 – Tied	Coleman Coliseum (1,885) Tuscaloosa, AL
November 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at South Alabama	W 74–62	3–1	16 – Johnson	11 – Walker	3 – Tied	Mitchell Center (1,270) Mobile, AL
November 24, 2019* 4:00 pm		at Tulane	W 66–56	4–1	21 – Lewis	8 – Johnson	4 – Abrams	Devlin Fieldhouse (657) New Orleans, LA
November 29, 2019* 10:00 pm		vs. Northern Iowa South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 87–77	5–1	23 – Lewis	9 – Walker	6 – Johnson	South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa  Enterprise, NV
November 30, 2019* 10:00 pm		vs. USC South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 57–60	5–2	13 – Benjamin	6 – Tied	1 – Tied	South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa  Enterprise, NV
December 5, 2019* 6:00 pm, SECN		Iowa State Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 66–75	5–3	20 – Lewis	6 – Walker	4 – Abrams	Coleman Coliseum (1,915) Tuscaloosa, AL
December 8, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+		Colgate	W 72–52	6–3	16 – Walker	11 – Walker	4 – Abrams	Coleman Coliseum (1,787) Tuscaloosa, AL
December 15, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+		North Carolina	W 83–77	7–3	23 – Davis	9 – Copeland	4 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (2,235) Tuscaloosa, AL
December 17, 2019* 11:30 am, SECN+		Bethune–Cookman	W 60–49	8–3	17 – Lewis	11 – Benjamin	4 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (4,105) Tuscaloosa, AL
December 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+		Radford	W 85–51	9–3	14 – Walker	9 – Walker	4 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (1,898) Tuscaloosa, AL
December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+		Southeastern Louisiana	W 87–50	10–3	16 – Lewis	8 – Johnson	4 – Johnson	Coleman Coliseum (1,973) Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC regular season
January 2, 2020 7:40 pm, SECN+		at LSU	L 60–71	10–4 (0–1)	16 – Walker	11 – Walker	2 – Tied	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,667) Baton Rouge, LA
January 5, 2020 5:00 pm, SECN		No. 4 South Carolina	L 78–93	10–5 (0–2)	21 – Lewis	7 – Tied	6 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (2,168) Tuscaloosa, AL
January 9, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN+		No. 14 Kentucky	L 71–81	10–6 (0–3)	15 – Tied	8 – Walker	7 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (2,322) Tuscaloosa, AL
January 12, 2020 2:00 pm, SECN+		at Auburn	W 75–48	11–6 (1–3)	23 – Walker	10 – Walker	5 – Lewis	Auburn Arena (2,833) Auburn, AL
January 20, 2020 6:00 pm, SECN		at No. 23 Tennessee	L 63–65	11–7 (1–4)	17 – Lewis	10 – Walker	4 – Johnson	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,537) Knoxville, TN
January 23, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN+		No. 15 Texas A&M	L 74–79	11–8 (1–5)	18 – Walker	7 – Abrams	7 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (1,826) Tuscaloosa, AL
January 26, 2020 2:00 pm, SECN+		Vanderbilt	W 98–61	12–8 (2–5)	15 – Davis	9 – Benjamin	4 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (2,067) Tuscaloosa, AL
January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN+		No. 25 Arkansas	L 48–66	12–9 (2–6)	10 – Benjamin	12 – Walker	2 – Tied	Coleman Coliseum (1,857) Tuscaloosa, AL
February 2, 2020 2:00 pm, SECN+		at Ole Miss	W 57–56	13–9 (3–6)	11 – Copeland	8 – Knight	5 – Lewis	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,207) Oxford, MS
February 6, 2020 6:00 pm, SECN+		at No. 15 Kentucky	L 62–66	13–10 (3–7)	17 – Walker	8 – Copeland	5 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (3,739) Lexington, KY
February 9, 2020 2:00 pm, SECN		Auburn	W 68–64	14–10 (4–7)	17 – Copeland	13 – Copeland	3 – Tied	Coleman Coliseum (3,188) Tuscaloosa, AL
February 16, 2020 12:00 pm, SECN+		at Georgia	L 75–76 OT	14–11 (4–8)	25 – Lewis	9 – Walker	4 – Lewis	Stegeman Coliseum (4,569) Athens, GA
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, SECN+		Florida	W 69–62	15–11 (5–8)	16 – Lewis	9 – Walker	6 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (1,888) Tuscaloosa, AL
February 23, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 9 Mississippi State	W 66–64	16–11 (6–8)	20 – Walker	7 – Johnson	8 – Johnson	Humphrey Coliseum (8,083) Starkville, MS
February 27, 2020 6:00 pm, SECN		at No. 12 Texas A&M	W 76–63	17–11 (7–8)	24 – Walker	12 – Copeland	9 – Lewis	Reed Arena (4,061) College Station, TX
March 1, 2020 12:40 pm, SECN+		Missouri	W 73–61	18–11 (8–8)	17 – Johnson	12 – Walker	5 – Lewis	Coleman Coliseum (2,238) Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC Tournament
March 5, 2020 11:00 am, SECN	(8)	vs. (9) Georgia Second round	L 61–68	18–12	15 – Lewis	6 – Tied	5 – Johnson	Bon Secours Wellness Arena  Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. [2]

References

1. "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
2. "Alabama Women's Basketball Schedule Completed with Announcement of SEC Slate". Alabama Athletics. Retrieved October 15, 2019.