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Star Alabama athlete Doris Lemngole won her third national championship at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach on Friday. The sophomore took home the gold medal in the women's 5,000m. This comes less than a year removed from her first gold in June 2024, as well as less than six months removed from her second this past November.
All three of her national titles have come in different events. She set a facility-record time on Friday, checking in at 15:05.93.Men's basketball: SEC Tournament semifinal vs. Florida in Nashville, Tenn., at 2:30 p.m. CT Gymnastics: at Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., at 5 p.m. CT Men's basketball: defeated Kentucky 99-70 in SEC Tournament quarterfinal in Nashville, Tenn.Softball: split doubleheader with Mississippi State, losing 9-1 in the first game and winning 7-4 in the second, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.Women's tennis: lost to Auburn 4-3 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Track and field: Doris Lemngole won her third career national title at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, Va.Former Alabama basketball player Kira Lewis Jr. had an explosive steal and a dunk to follow it up on Friday for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League.Justin Thomas tied a course record with a second-round 62 at TPC Sawgrass during The Players on Friday. He almost missed the cut for the weekend but is now in the picture. Justin Thomas after his Players course record-tying 62: "That was one of the best rounds I've played, for sure.": Football players were set to play a predominant role on Happy Campbell's baseball team. Leading candidates to earn playing time were gridironers-turned-diamond men Joe Kilgrow, Hal Newman, Tex Shoemaker, Bud Waites, Johnny Roberts, Vic Bradford, George Zivich and Howard Blackmon. Shoemaker also lettered for Coach Hank Crisp's basketball team.: Collin Sexton shook off a foul-filled first half to score 21 of his team-high 24 points after halftime as Alabama enjoyed its first NCAA Tournament win since 2006 with an 86-83 victory against Virginia Tech. Freshman guard John Petty Jr. finished with 20 points while making six of eight 3-pointers."When I get in that type of mode, I feel like no one can stop me from shooting the ball. I always have my eyes locked on my target and I'm going to hit it."'Will Miller is the baseball writer for BamaCentral/Alabama Crimson Tide On SI. He also covers football and basketball and graduated from the University of Alabama in December 2024 with experience covering a wide array of sports.'
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