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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Aaliyah Nye hit six 3-pointers and finished with 29 points to help No. 18 Alabama overcome a 16-point first-half deficit and beat in-state rival Auburn 66-50. Sarah Ashlee Barker added 13 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals for Alabama (22-6, 9-5 SEC) and Zaay Green scored 12 points. DeYona Gaston hit a jumper that made it 34-all about 3 1/2 minutes into the third quarter but Nye responded with back-to-back 3s to spark a 15-3 run. After Yuting Deng's three-point play trimmed Auburn's deficit to five points, Nye scored eight points in a 10-0 run that made it 63-48 with 2:29 to play. Gaston led the Tigers with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Auburn (12-15, 3-11) committed nine of its 21 turnovers in the fourth quarter.
