TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 6 Alabama gymnastics team (8-0 overall, 5-0 SEC) beat No. 5 Arkansas 197.650-196.125 in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,075 during the Crimson Tide's eighth annual Power of Pink meet.

Friday marked the ninth time Alabama has sold out Coleman Coliseum and the eighth time in the past seven years. With the win, Alabama is now a perfect 17-0 in its pink leotards. In the midst of all things pink, for the third year in a row, prior to the meet, each Alabama gymnasts was introduced in tandem with a breast cancer survivor.

"Seeing all of the pink just kind of set the stage for tonight," senior Geralen Stack-Eaton said. "As we walked out with our survivors on our arm, it was just so inspiring to see them and what they've endured and how much they've fought through. That to me, I just think it set the bar for tonight."
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Jasmine Robinson scored 17 points and Alabama held off a big rally for a 77-75 victory over Kentucky (No. 8 ESPN/USA Today, No. 7 AP) on Thursday night, the Crimson Tide's first win against a ranked team in more than nine years.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Sophomore Jasmine Robinson scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead the Alabama Crimson Tide (12-15, 2-11 SEC) to a 77-75 win over the No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats (21-5, 10-3 SEC) on Thursday night at Foster Auditorium. It was Alabama's first victory over a top-10 opponent since February 10, 2000, when the Tide beat No. 7 LSU, 72-68.


"I could look in their eyes and at no point, even when Kentucky started making their run, and you knew they were going to make a run, we never looked like we were not going to be able and play," said Alabama head coach Wendell Hudson. "Credit these young ladies who stepped up. Kentucky is a good basketball team. They are not No. 7 in the country for no reason, and we played about as good a first half of basketball as we could play. We didn't play as smart as we needed to play (in the second half), but we played hard, and we kept fighting and didn't give up towards the end."

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 6 Alabama gymnastics team hosts No. 5 Arkansas Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum in the eighth annual Power of Pink meet. Head coach Sarah Patterson's Power of Pink initiative, sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota, helps raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer.


"It's going to be a great meet and I fully expect it to come down, once again, to the last two athletes on each side on the last rotation," Patterson said. "But more than that, it's for a tremendous cause, one that this community has truly embraced."


Both the Crimson Tide and the Razorbacks, who also competed in the 2008 Power of Pink meet, will put aside their school colors for the night and wear pink leotards. Fans are also encouraged to "Think Pink and Wear Pink" for the event.


The meet will be broadcast, on a tape delayed basis, on ESPNU with Olympians Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke calling the action. The Tide's radio broadcast can be found locally on WVUA-FM 90.7 or online through RollTide.com.

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