Nov. 21, 2002

SAMFORD (0-0) PROBABLE STARTERS:

POS. NO. NAME HT. YR.

G 11 LaBrena Friend 5-7 So.

G 10 Lindsey Harris 5-8 So.

F 32 Giovanni Price 6-0 Jr.

F 33 Noot Pittman 6-0 Sr.

F 14 Morgan Vickery 6-1 So.

ALABAMA (0-0) PROBABLE STARTERS:

POS. NO. NAME HT. YR.

G 15 Manisha Redus 5-7 Jr.

G 20 Beth Vice 5-11 Sr.

G 25 Katie Sipe 5-10 So.

F 11 Shun Hunter 5-11 Sr.

C 42 Jamilah Johns 6-4 Sr.

TIPOFF: Friday Nov. 22, 2002, 5 p.m. Seibert Hall, Birmingham, Ala.

SAMFORD: Head coach Mike Morris makes his coaching debut when the Bulldogs host the Crimson Tide in the season-opener for both teams. Morris, who served as an assistant coach for eight seasons for Samford's men's team, looks to bring a variation of the Princeton Style Offense to the women's game. Samford begins a new era after finishing 3-24 in 2001-02. Junior forward Giovanni Price led the team last season averaging 11.2 point per game. Sophomore forward Morgan Vickery set a school record for three-pointers made in a season with 45 last season.

ALABAMA: Alabama won one of its two exhibition games in the preseason. The Crimson Tide lost to Premier Players, 78-72, but defeated Berry College, 102-50. Alabama had four players average in double figures during the preseason: Jamilah Johns (14.5 ppg), Beth Vice (13.0 ppg), Natasha Gamble (11.0 ppg) and Manisha Redus (11.0 ppg).

INSIDE STUFF: The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide have met five times with Alabama winning last season's meeting, 96-44, in Tuscaloosa. Alabama leads the series, 5-0. Samford returns four starters from a year ago while the Crimson Tide only has two starters returning. The last time in Seibert Hall, Alabama won, 66-42.

ON AIR: The game can be heard on the Crimson Tide Network.

NEXT: Samford hits the road Monday, Nov. 25 to face Chattanooga. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.