The No. 3 Alabama men’s basketball team moved into a tie for first-place in the Southeastern Conference following its 85-81 win at Arkansas.

After a week off for its midweek bye, Alabama basketball returned to action without losing momentum on Saturday, beating Arkansas 85-81 in Fayetteville. The win didn’t come easy, with the Razorbacks mounting a furious late comeback.

Mouhamed Dioubate, Chris Youbgblood and Grant Nelson have big games for Alabama as the Crimson Tide take down Arkansas.

Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats opens up the latter 20 minutes that featured Alabama growing its lead to 18 points and then the Razorbacks quickly cutting it down to three.

College basketball's conference title races are starting to heat up, and this weekend's college basketball slate could go a long way in determining pretenders from contenders. The fun begins when No.

Alabama basketball (19-3, 8-1 SEC) and Arkansas (13-8, 2-6) face off this weekend. Check here for details on how to watch the SEC showdown.

Despite Ivisic, Davis and Thiero all having two fouls for the final two minutes and only scoring two points in the final six minutes of the first half, Arkansas was able to quell the high-powered Alabama offense to just seven points over that same stretch. The Tide came into the night averaging an SEC-best 90.2 points a game.

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