Alabama basketball and Creighton meet in Tuscaloosa for the first time on Saturday. Follow for score updates, game highlights from Coleman Coliseum.

No. 7 Alabama men's basketball took down Creighton 83-75 on Saturday night in its first home game in over a month. The Crimson Tide grabbed a 17-point lead early, but Creighton constantly found ways to keep the game from being blown open and out of reach.

But linebacker Darrell Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound four-star out of Eastman, Georgia, said he's talked with Crimson Tide defensive back coaches before his arrival. While he said he plans to arrive as a future Mike linebacker, Johnson said his positionless versatility is what helped him catch the eye of Alabama.

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