Alabama extended its winning streak to three on Saturday, holding off LSU in Tuscaloosa. They did so without Mark Sears as the star guard did not play the entire second half. The absence was not injury-related,

No. 4 Alabama pulled away from LSU on Saturday night in the second half for an 80-73 win without the services of the SEC's leading scorer entering the weekend, Mark Sears, who logged zero minutes over the game's second half after leading the team with 17 first-half minutes.

Alabama’s mens basketball team chalked up another win. The difference was the Tide beat LSU with no help from star guard Mark Sears. The usual playmaker for Alabama was held scoreless for the first half of the game and sat out on the bench for the second half.

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

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.