Alabama coach Nate Oats chalked up the night's offensive struggles to turnovers (of which his team had 21) and poor rebounding, the latter issue being fairly uncharacteristic of this season's team, certainly nowhere anywhere in the neighborhood of the kind of problems turning the basketball over has caused.

Alabama basketball entered Tuesday’s matchup with Ole Miss flying high off a road SEC win at Texas A&M. When the night at Coleman Coliseum ended, the Crimson Tide had lost 74-64, and what is allegedly one of the top teams in college basketball had some serious questions.

No. 21 Ole Miss delivered a statement win Tuesday night, toppling No. 4 Alabama 74-64 on the road to hand the Crimson Tide their first SEC loss of the season. Led by center Malik Dia’s commanding 23-point, 19-rebound double-double, the Rebels controlled the game down the stretch.