National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Alabama 62, Detroit 54
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 11, 2011
Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Officials: # John Cahill, # Ed Corbett, # Joe Lindsay
Attendance: 10011

The last time Alabama played at Coleman Coliseum, it had its 24-game home win streak snapped. Sunday, the No. 16 Crimson Tide began what it hopes will be a new streak with a 62-54 win over Detroit.

JaMychal Green scored 21 points and Tony Mitchell added 15 for Alabama (8-2), which snapped a two-game skid.

When the Tide went cold at the start of the second half, Detroit (5-7) climbed back in and sliced an 18-point deficit to nine with 11 minutes to play. The hosts pushed the lead back to 14 at 53-39 when Trevor Lacey fed Mitchell for an alley-oop reverse dunk.

Alabama scored 12 of the first 13 points of the game. Detroit didn’t make a field goal until more than six minutes had passed. The Tide pushed its lead to as many as 22 points thanks to Green and Mitchell, who combined to outscore the Titans 23-22 in the first half.

Detroit, which shot just 28 percent from the field against one of the nation's top defenses, got 13 points from Ray McCallum and 12 from Doug Anderson.
Top Game Performances
 
Detroit   Alabama
Ray McCallum 13 Scoring JaMychal Green 21
Ray McCallum 4 Assists Trevor Releford 5
LaMarcus Lowe 10 Rebounds Tony Mitchell 8
Chase Simon 6 Free Throws Made JaMychal Green 7
Doug Anderson 2 Steals Tony Mitchell 2
LaMarcus Lowe 2 Blocks Nick Jacobs 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Detroit 54 32.1 0-12 20-26 7 38 4 4
Alabama 62 48.0 2-15 12-17 16 26 3 7