CLEM

BAMA

Labaron Philon scores 29 points and propels No. 12 Alabama past Clemson 90-84 in ACC/SEC

AP
Dec 03, 2025

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Labaron Philon tied his career high with 29 points, Amari Allen added 20 points and 11 rebounds and No. 12 Alabama Crimson Tide beat Clemson Tigers 90-84 on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.

The Crimson Tide (6-2) led by 19 and then had to rally down the stretch after Clemson (7-2) took a two-point lead with 2:41 to play.

RJ Godfrey led the Tigers with 19 points. Dillon Hunter chipped in 13 points, and Zac Foster added 12.

Alabama played without second-leading scorer Aden Holloway, who was a late scratch after aggravating a wrist injury. In his place, Allen had his third double-double of the season. Two other starters, Keitenn Bristow and Latrell Wrightsell Jr., were sidelined again.

Alabama delivered one of its most impressive first halves of the season, shooting 50% from the field and 44% from 3-point range while building the big lead.

Clemson closed the gap midway through the second half. With Philon on the bench with three fouls, the Tigers used a 14-3 run to take its first lead, 62-61, since the opening minute of the game.

With the Tigers up 83-81, Philon answered and put Alabama up for good. The Crimson Tide closed out the game on a 9-1 run.

Clemson: Vs. No. 9 BYU at Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday night.

Alabama: Hosts UTSA on Sunday.

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1st Half
CLEM
Tigers
30
ALA
Crimson Tide
45

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Carter Welling vs. Taylor Bol Bowen (Tigers gains possession)
19:42	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point layup	2-0
19:29	+2	Amari Allen makes two point layup	2-2
19:19		RJ Godfrey turnover (bad pass)
19:00	+3	Labaron Philon Jr. makes three point jump shot (Taylor Bol Bowen assists)	2-5
18:42		Aiden Sherrell blocks Jake Wahlin's two point layup
18:36		Jestin Porter offensive rebound
18:31		Carter Welling misses two point layup
18:29		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
18:17	+2	Labaron Philon Jr. makes two point layup	2-7
17:55	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point jump shot	4-7
17:55		Labaron Philon Jr. shooting foul (Dillon Hunter draws the foul)
17:55	+1	Dillon Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-7
17:36		RJ Godfrey blocks Aiden Sherrell's two point layup
17:30		Taylor Bol Bowen offensive rebound
17:29	+3	Labaron Philon Jr. makes three point jump shot (Amari Allen assists)	5-10
17:19		Jestin Porter misses three point jump shot
17:17		Labaron Philon Jr. defensive rebound
17:09		Labaron Philon Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Carter Welling steals)
16:55		Aiden Sherrell blocks RJ Godfrey's two point layup
16:48		Amari Allen defensive rebound
16:46	+3	Taylor Bol Bowen makes three point jump shot (Amari Allen assists)	5-13
16:19	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point jump shot	7-13
16:05	+3	Amari Allen makes three point jump shot (Taylor Bol Bowen assists)	7-16
15:43		TV timeout
15:32		RJ Godfrey turnover (bad pass) (London Jemison steals)
15:09		Noah Williamson turnover (bad pass) (RJ Godfrey steals)
15:03		Zac Foster misses three point jump shot
15:01		Butta Johnson offensive rebound
14:50		Zac Foster misses three point jump shot
14:48		Butta Johnson offensive rebound
14:44		Butta Johnson misses three point jump shot
14:39		Zac Foster offensive rebound
14:23		Zac Foster misses two point jump shot
14:20		Tigers offensive rebound
14:09		Davion Hannah blocks Nick Davidson's two point layup
14:07		Amari Allen defensive rebound
13:56	+2	Amari Allen makes two point layup	7-18
13:45		Butta Johnson turnover (bad pass) (London Jemison steals)
13:38		Dillon Hunter personal foul (Jalil Bethea draws the foul)
13:38		Crimson Tide turnover (5-second violation)
13:23		Jalil Bethea shooting foul (Chase Thompson draws the foul)
13:23	+1	Chase Thompson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-18
13:23		Chase Thompson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:21		Crimson Tide defensive rebound
13:06	+3	London Jemison makes three point jump shot (Labaron Philon Jr. assists)	8-21
12:56		Chase Thompson misses three point jump shot
12:52		Ace Buckner offensive rebound
12:48		Carter Welling flagrant 1 (London Jemison draws the foul)
12:48		Carter Welling turnover (offensive foul)
12:48		Official timeout
12:48	+1	London Jemison makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	8-22
12:48	+1	London Jemison makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	8-23
12:29		Taylor Bol Bowen misses three point jump shot
12:27		Jalil Bethea offensive rebound
12:24	+2	Jalil Bethea makes two point layup	8-25
11:59		Ace Buckner misses two point jump shot
11:57		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
11:43		Jalil Bethea misses three point jump shot
11:41		Zac Foster defensive rebound
11:27		Ace Buckner misses two point layup
11:25		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
11:18		Davion Hannah misses three point jump shot
11:16		Butta Johnson defensive rebound
11:12		Zac Foster misses two point layup
11:08		Carter Welling offensive rebound
11:08	+2	Carter Welling makes two point layup	10-25
10:47	+3	London Jemison makes three point jump shot (Jalil Bethea assists)	10-28
10:26		Carter Welling misses three point jump shot
10:24		Jalil Bethea defensive rebound
10:17		London Jemison misses three point jump shot
10:15		Zac Foster defensive rebound
10:03	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point hook shot	12-28
9:48	+3	Taylor Bol Bowen makes three point jump shot (Jalil Bethea assists)	12-31
9:31		Davion Hannah shooting foul (RJ Godfrey draws the foul)
9:31		TV timeout
9:31	+1	RJ Godfrey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-31
9:31	+1	RJ Godfrey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-31
9:16		Jake Wahlin shooting foul (Aiden Sherrell draws the foul)
9:16		Aiden Sherrell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:16		Aiden Sherrell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:16		Jake Wahlin defensive rebound
8:59	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point hook shot (Jestin Porter assists)	16-31
8:47		RJ Godfrey shooting foul (Aiden Sherrell draws the foul)
8:47		Aiden Sherrell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:47		Aiden Sherrell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:45		Amari Allen offensive rebound
8:45		Crimson Tide 30 second timeout
8:45		Chase Thompson flagrant 1 (Houston Mallette draws the foul)
8:45		Official timeout
8:45	+1	Houston Mallette makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	16-32
8:45	+1	Houston Mallette makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	16-33
8:42		Houston Mallette misses three point jump shot
8:40		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
8:38		Dillon Hunter personal foul (London Jemison draws the foul)
8:38		Davion Hannah offensive foul
8:38		Davion Hannah turnover (offensive foul)
8:32		Aiden Sherrell blocks Zac Foster's two point layup
8:30		Trent Steinour offensive rebound
8:27		Amari Allen personal foul (Trent Steinour draws the foul)
8:17		Butta Johnson misses three point jump shot
8:15		Ace Buckner offensive rebound
8:09		Ace Buckner misses two point jump shot
8:06		Trent Steinour offensive rebound
8:06		Aiden Sherrell blocks Trent Steinour's two point layup
8:03		Amari Allen defensive rebound
8:02		Zac Foster personal foul (Amari Allen draws the foul)
8:02	+1	Amari Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-34
8:02	+1	Amari Allen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-35
7:54	+3	Butta Johnson makes three point jump shot (Zac Foster assists)	19-35
7:40		Aiden Sherrell misses three point jump shot
7:34		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
7:33		TV timeout
7:16	+2	Aiden Sherrell makes two point layup (Labaron Philon Jr. assists)	19-37
6:43		Jestin Porter misses three point jump shot
6:41		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
6:21		London Jemison misses three point jump shot
6:19		London Jemison offensive rebound
6:19		Dallas Thomas personal foul (London Jemison draws the foul)
6:19		London Jemison misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:19		Ace Buckner defensive rebound
5:56	+2	Zac Foster makes two point jump shot	21-37
5:56		Houston Mallette shooting foul (Zac Foster draws the foul)
5:56	+1	Zac Foster makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-37
5:33		Amari Allen turnover (bad pass) (Ace Buckner steals)
5:26		Jestin Porter misses three point jump shot
5:24		Ace Buckner offensive rebound
5:17		Carter Welling misses two point jump shot
5:09		Ace Buckner personal foul (Labaron Philon Jr. draws the foul)
5:09	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-38
5:09	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-39
4:55	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point jump shot	24-39
4:39	+3	Houston Mallette makes three point jump shot (Taylor Bol Bowen assists)	24-42
4:39		Ace Buckner shooting foul (Houston Mallette draws the foul)
4:39	+1	Houston Mallette makes regular free throw 1 of 1	24-43
4:20	+3	Ace Buckner makes three point jump shot	27-43
3:54		Labaron Philon Jr. misses two point jump shot
3:51		Crimson Tide offensive rebound
3:51		TV timeout
3:40		Noah Williamson misses three point jump shot
3:38		Butta Johnson defensive rebound
3:22	+2	Zac Foster makes two point layup (RJ Godfrey assists)	29-43
3:07		Amari Allen turnover (traveling)
2:47		RJ Godfrey misses two point layup
2:45		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
2:41		Amari Allen misses three point jump shot
2:39		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
2:20		Zac Foster misses three point jump shot
2:18		Houston Mallette defensive rebound
2:02	+2	Labaron Philon Jr. makes two point layup	29-45
1:30		Butta Johnson misses three point jump shot
1:28		Amari Allen defensive rebound
1:21		Zac Foster blocks Amari Allen's two point layup
1:19		Amari Allen offensive rebound
1:14		Amari Allen misses two point layup
1:10		Amari Allen offensive rebound
1:10		Taylor Bol Bowen misses three point jump shot
1:10		Tigers defensive rebound
0:58		Aiden Sherrell blocks Ace Buckner's two point layup
0:56		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
0:45		Labaron Philon Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Dillon Hunter steals)
0:43		Labaron Philon Jr. personal foul (Dillon Hunter draws the foul)
0:43	+1	Dillon Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-45
0:43		Dillon Hunter misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:43		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
0:28		Jump ball. Aiden Sherrell vs. Carter Welling (Tigers gains possession)
0:28		Aiden Sherrell turnover (lost ball) (Carter Welling steals)
0:06		Zac Foster misses three point jump shot
0:03		London Jemison defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CLEM
Tigers
54
ALA
Crimson Tide
45

Time		Play	Score
19:51		Amari Allen misses three point jump shot
19:49		Carter Welling defensive rebound
19:41	+2	Jake Wahlin makes two point dunk (Dillon Hunter assists)	32-45
19:24		Labaron Philon Jr. misses two point jump shot
19:22		Houston Mallette offensive rebound
19:18		Labaron Philon Jr. misses three point jump shot
19:16		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
19:11	+2	Jestin Porter makes two point layup (RJ Godfrey assists)	34-45
18:40	+2	Amari Allen makes two point layup	34-47
18:25	+2	Jestin Porter makes two point layup	36-47
18:01	+2	Labaron Philon Jr. makes two point layup	36-49
17:42		Jestin Porter misses two point jump shot
17:40		Carter Welling offensive rebound
17:35		Aiden Sherrell blocks Carter Welling's two point jump shot
17:33		Crimson Tide defensive rebound
17:15		Taylor Bol Bowen misses three point jump shot
17:13		Carter Welling defensive rebound
17:08		Labaron Philon Jr. shooting foul (RJ Godfrey draws the foul)
17:08	+1	RJ Godfrey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-49
17:08	+1	RJ Godfrey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-49
16:46		Davion Hannah misses two point layup
16:44		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
16:41		Jump ball. (Tigers gains possession)
16:20		Carter Welling turnover (lost ball) (Houston Mallette steals)
16:14		Zac Foster shooting foul (Amari Allen draws the foul)
16:14	+1	Amari Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-50
16:14		Amari Allen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:14		Jake Wahlin defensive rebound
16:04		Dillon Hunter misses three point jump shot
16:02		Davion Hannah defensive rebound
15:53		Houston Mallette misses three point jump shot
15:51		Tigers defensive rebound
15:49		TV timeout
15:33		Noah Williamson personal foul
15:21	+2	Jake Wahlin makes two point layup	40-50
15:21		Noah Williamson shooting foul (Jake Wahlin draws the foul)
15:21	+1	Jake Wahlin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	41-50
15:08		Davion Hannah turnover (lost ball) (Dillon Hunter steals)
15:03	+2	Zac Foster makes two point dunk (Dillon Hunter assists)	43-50
14:45		Jake Wahlin blocks Davion Hannah's two point layup
14:43		Jake Wahlin defensive rebound
14:27	+3	Zac Foster makes three point jump shot (RJ Godfrey assists)	46-50
14:09		Labaron Philon Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:07		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
14:02	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point layup	48-50
13:53		Jake Wahlin shooting foul (Labaron Philon Jr. draws the foul)
13:53	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-51
13:53	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-52
13:40	+2	Nick Davidson makes two point jump shot (Dillon Hunter assists)	50-52
13:18		Amari Allen misses three point jump shot
13:16		Nick Davidson defensive rebound
12:59		RJ Godfrey turnover (lost ball)
12:47		Zac Foster shooting foul (Labaron Philon Jr. draws the foul)
12:47	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-53
12:47	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-54
12:34		Jestin Porter misses two point layup
12:34		Nick Davidson offensive rebound
12:33		Taylor Bol Bowen shooting foul (Nick Davidson draws the foul)
12:33	+1	Nick Davidson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-54
12:33	+1	Nick Davidson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-54
12:18		Labaron Philon Jr. misses two point layup
12:16		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
12:05	+2	Nick Davidson makes two point jump shot	54-54
11:56		TV timeout
11:40	+2	Taylor Bol Bowen makes two point layup	54-56
11:19	+2	Nick Davidson makes two point layup	56-56
10:49	+2	Amari Allen makes two point layup	56-58
10:38	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point layup (Nick Davidson assists)	58-58
10:29	+3	Labaron Philon Jr. makes three point jump shot (Amari Allen assists)	58-61
10:05		Amari Allen flagrant 1 (RJ Godfrey draws the foul)
10:05	+1	RJ Godfrey makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	59-61
10:05	+1	RJ Godfrey makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	60-61
9:53	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point jump shot	62-61
9:36	+2	Labaron Philon Jr. makes two point jump shot	62-63
9:36		Jestin Porter shooting foul (Labaron Philon Jr. draws the foul)
9:36	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-64
9:21	+2	Nick Davidson makes two point jump shot	64-64
9:08		Houston Mallette misses three point jump shot
9:06		Amari Allen offensive rebound
9:02		Taylor Bol Bowen misses three point jump shot
9:00		Nick Davidson defensive rebound
8:54	+2	Jake Wahlin makes two point dunk (Dillon Hunter assists)	66-64
8:38		Jestin Porter personal foul
8:29	+3	London Jemison makes three point jump shot (Labaron Philon Jr. assists)	66-67
8:05		Amari Allen blocks RJ Godfrey's two point layup
8:03		Butta Johnson offensive rebound
7:54		Butta Johnson misses two point jump shot
7:52		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
7:38	+3	Houston Mallette makes three point jump shot (Amari Allen assists)	66-70
7:28		Tigers 30 second timeout
7:28		TV timeout
7:15		Aiden Sherrell shooting foul (Butta Johnson draws the foul)
7:15		TV timeout
7:15	+1	Butta Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-70
7:15	+1	Butta Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-70
7:04		Labaron Philon Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:02		Aiden Sherrell offensive rebound
6:54		RJ Godfrey shooting foul (Aiden Sherrell draws the foul)
6:54	+1	Aiden Sherrell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-71
6:54	+1	Aiden Sherrell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-72
6:29	+2	Dillon Hunter makes two point jump shot	70-72
6:06	+2	London Jemison makes two point layup	70-74
5:45	+2	Zac Foster makes two point dunk	72-74
5:36		Labaron Philon Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:34		Zac Foster defensive rebound
5:23		Nick Davidson misses two point jump shot
5:21		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
5:13	+2	Amari Allen makes two point layup	72-76
4:55		London Jemison personal foul (Nick Davidson draws the foul)
4:55	+1	Nick Davidson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-76
4:55		Nick Davidson misses regular free throw 2 of 2 (Taylor Bol Bowen lane violation)
4:55		Nick Davidson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:55		Amari Allen defensive rebound
4:54		Carter Welling personal foul (Amari Allen draws the foul)
4:54	+1	Amari Allen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-77
4:54	+1	Amari Allen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-78
4:38		Zac Foster misses three point jump shot
4:36		Jake Wahlin offensive rebound
4:35		Taylor Bol Bowen personal foul (Jake Wahlin draws the foul)
4:35	+1	Jake Wahlin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-78
4:35	+1	Jake Wahlin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-78
4:27		Labaron Philon Jr. misses two point layup
4:25		Houston Mallette offensive rebound
4:23	+3	Taylor Bol Bowen makes three point jump shot (Houston Mallette assists)	75-81
3:59	+3	Butta Johnson makes three point jump shot (Zac Foster assists)	78-81
3:42		London Jemison misses three point jump shot
3:40		Jake Wahlin defensive rebound
3:31		Jake Wahlin misses two point layup
3:30		Amari Allen defensive rebound
3:29		TV timeout
3:20		Houston Mallette misses three point jump shot
3:18		Jake Wahlin defensive rebound
3:15		Labaron Philon Jr. shooting foul (Jake Wahlin draws the foul)
3:15	+1	Jake Wahlin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-81
3:15	+1	Jake Wahlin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-81
2:56		Zac Foster personal foul (Amari Allen draws the foul)
2:56		Amari Allen misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:56		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
2:41	+2	RJ Godfrey makes two point layup (Zac Foster assists)	82-81
2:41		Aiden Sherrell shooting foul (RJ Godfrey draws the foul)
2:41	+1	RJ Godfrey makes regular free throw 1 of 1	83-81
2:31	+2	Labaron Philon Jr. makes two point jump shot	83-83
2:31		Dillon Hunter shooting foul (Labaron Philon Jr. draws the foul)
2:31	+1	Labaron Philon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	83-84
2:19		Amari Allen shooting foul (RJ Godfrey draws the foul)
2:19		RJ Godfrey misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:19		RJ Godfrey misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:19		Taylor Bol Bowen defensive rebound
2:07	+2	Labaron Philon Jr. makes two point jump shot	83-86
1:38		Taylor Bol Bowen blocks Zac Foster's two point layup
1:36		Zac Foster offensive rebound
1:36		Zac Foster misses two point layup
1:36		Tigers offensive rebound
1:36		Tigers 30 second timeout
1:33		Butta Johnson misses three point jump shot
1:31		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
1:10	+2	Amari Allen makes two point jump shot	83-88
1:03		Zac Foster misses two point layup
1:01		Amari Allen defensive rebound
0:55		Crimson Tide 60 second timeout
0:36		Amari Allen misses two point jump shot
0:34		RJ Godfrey defensive rebound
0:22		Aiden Sherrell blocks Dillon Hunter's two point layup
0:20		RJ Godfrey offensive rebound
0:17		Taylor Bol Bowen blocks RJ Godfrey's two point jump shot
0:15		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
0:14		Jake Wahlin personal foul (Aiden Sherrell draws the foul)
0:14	+1	Aiden Sherrell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-89
0:14		Aiden Sherrell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:14		Dillon Hunter defensive rebound
0:13		Taylor Bol Bowen personal foul (Dillon Hunter draws the foul)
0:13		Dillon Hunter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:13	+1	Dillon Hunter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	84-89
0:13		Butta Johnson personal foul (Houston Mallette draws the foul)
0:13		Houston Mallette misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:13	+1	Houston Mallette makes regular free throw 2 of 2	84-90
0:08		Aiden Sherrell blocks Zac Foster's two point layup
0:06		Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Aiden Sherrell defensive rebound