Alabama Crimson Tide vs Kentucky Wildcats: Don Best Odds & Insights for 1/26/2021

The No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide (13-3) are favored (-6.5) to build on a nine-game win streak when they host the Kentucky Wildcats (5-9) at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Coleman Coliseum. The game airs on ESPN. The point total is 147.5 for the matchup.

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ATS Records for Alabama and Kentucky

Alabama Leaders

• John Petty Jr. leads the Crimson Tide scoring 14.1 points per game.
• The squad is led in rebounding by Herbert Jones' 5.7 rebounds per game and assisting by Jahvon Quinerly's 3.4 assists per game .
• Petty averages 2.9 made threes per game to pace the Crimson Tide.
• The Crimson Tide steals leader is Jones, who collects 1.7 per game. Jordan Bruner leads the team averaging 1.2 blocks a game.

Kentucky Leaders

• Brandon Boston Jr. outpaced his teammates on the Wildcats scoring front by putting up 12.4 points per game. He adds 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game this season.
• Isaiah Jackson's 7.0 rebounds per game and Devin Askew's 2.9 assists per game put them in the top spots on the Wildcats rebounds and assists leaderboards.
• The Wildcats are led by Dontaie Allen from beyond the arc -- he connects on 1.7 shots from deep per game.
• Kentucky's Boston has the top spot on the team's steals leaderboard with 1.4 per game and Jackson is first in blocks with 3.0 per game.

Alabama vs Kentucky: Last 3 Meetings

The Crimson Tide have a 2-1 record in the last three games against the Wildcats. In those matchups with the Wildcats, the Crimson Tide have a 1-0-1 record against the spread.

Points Insights

• The 81.8 points per game the Crimson Tide record are 13.7 more points than the Wildcats give up (68.1).
• When Alabama scores more than 68.1 points, it is 12-0 against the spread and 13-1 overall.
• Kentucky has a 0-1 record against the spread and a 0-1 record overall when allowing more than 81.8 points.
• The Wildcats score just 2.5 fewer points than the Crimson Tide give up to opponents (70.6).
• Kentucky has put together a 4-0 ATS record and a 5-0 overall record in games it scores more than 70.6 points.
• Alabama's record is 8-2 overall and 7-3 against the spread when it allows more than 68.1 points to its opponents.
• The Crimson Tide have put up a total of 178 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 11.2 per game), while the Wildcats have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by one total point, zero per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Crimson Tide and the Wildcats are evenly matched on the glass this season, with the teams averaging similar numbers (39.3 and 37.8 boards per game, respectively).
• When Alabama earns the rebounding advantage they are 8-1 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Kentucky is 1-4.
• The Crimson Tide and the Wildcats collect offensive rebounds at very similar rate (11.7 and 11.9 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Wildcats are 2-5 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Crimson Tide are 7-2 when they trail in offensive rebounds.
• Rebounding has been a pillar for both teams this year. Alabama records an average rebounding margin of +1.9 rebounds per game. Kentucky averages a margin of +3.7 rebounds.