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Alabama basketball star guard Mark Sears was benched in the second half of the Crimson Tide's win over LSU. Here's what coach Nate Oats said about it.

Mark Sears' mother, Lameka, thanked NFL legend Emmitt Smith for his message to her son after getting benched as Alabama basketball faced LSU.

When Alabama basketball came out for the second half of Saturday’s win over LSU, regular starting point guard Mark Sears wasn’t on the floor. The Muscle Shoals native did not appear in the entire second half, during which the Crimson Tide pulled off a 80-73 victory after the game was tied at 40 entering halftime.

With Mark Sears on the bench for the entire second half, the Crimson Tide squeaked past the Tigers to remain in the hunt for the SEC title.

Alabama guard Mark Sears came into Saturday's game against LSU leading the team and the Southeastern Conference in scoring but was held scoreless and spent the entire second half of the Crimson Tide’s

No. 4 Alabama men's basketball defeated LSU 80-73 on Saturday evening. The Alabama and LSU men's basketball programs came into SEC play with t

If you took a quick scan of the box score after Alabama’s 80-73 win over the LSU Tigers on Saturday night, the first thing you’d likely notice is that high-scoring All-American guard Mark Sears was held scoreless in just 17 minutes of action.

Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats benched his star player Saturday night, Mark Sears. And you can bet he's got every player's attention over it.