Alabama starter Aden Holloway was arrested Monday on drug possession prices, a spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa police department told 247Sports. The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force searched Holloway’s residence and reportedly found greater than a pound of marijuana, paraphernalia and money.
Holloway has been charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp. He was transported to the Tuscaloosa County jail on Monday morning with a bond set at $5,000. The junior guard is the Crimson Tide’s second-leading scorer this season at 16.8 factors per recreation and is taking pictures at a 48.1% clip.
A former Auburn switch, Holloway has spent the final two seasons at Alabama, however that is his first as an every-game starter for Oats’ crew. He’s averaging career-highs throughout a number of statistical classes, together with a 43.8% success price from past the arc. When Alabama is taking part in at its finest offensively, the mixture of Labaron Philon Jr. and Holloway within the backcourt is one in every of faculty basketball’s most deadly combos.
Alabama hasn’t but commented on Holloway’s arrest or any disciplinary motion that will likely be taken forward of this week’s NCAA Tournament opener. Fourth-seeded Alabama (23-9) performs Hofstra in Friday’s first spherical of March Madness.
Alabama coach Nate Oats just isn’t a fan of the Crimson Tide’s placement within the Midwest Region of the bracket.
“Hofstra’s good. I can’t say I love the draw,” Oats mentioned Sunday. “It’s not easy to do what we’ve done. Having said that, I didn’t plan on being a four seed this year. Our players didn’t plan on it.”
The Crimson Tide is coming off an 80-79 loss to Ole Miss within the SEC Tournament quarterfinals final week.
“I would say they were doing a good job switching out, putting length on our guards, making it tough to make kick-out reads, make tough rim finishes,” Holloway said after scoring 18 points against the Rebels. “I just give a lot of credit to them for how they came out on the defensive end, especially to start the game.”
