Maddie Burke, who scored a season-high 18 points, made the game-sealing three-pointer, while Jasmine Bascoe had a double-double Saturday.
The matchup lived up to the hype, with both teams rising to the occasion as the game clock lowered. The Crimson Tide (24-7, 13-5 SEC) controlled the first half, leading from the 18-minute mark to halftime by as much as eight points.
The regular season has come to a close for the top conferences in women's college basketball, which means it's time for awards. All five of the major conferences -- the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC -- have announced their end-of-season honors.
Women's college basketball conference tournament Thursday and Friday games saw a magnitude of large wins, close calls, and for some teams last second heartbreaks.
The SEC on Saturday took a big step toward a huge milestone: earning the most NCAA Tournament bids for a conference in a single season.
The St. John's Red Storm take on the Butler Bulldogs in the Big East Tournament. Friday's matchup is the first this season between the two squads. St.
Notre Dame, which plays Duke in Saturday’s second ACC semifinal, has been the final No. 1 seed in both seeding reveals, but it lost to Florida State in the final week of the regular season. Beating the Wolfpack would help the Irish stay on the top line, though UConn and South Carolina also will be in the mix.