After a 5-day layoff, Alabama will be back in action on Friday night in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament. The 3-seed Crimson Tide will be taking on 6-seed Kentucky for the third time this season following the Wildcats’ 85-84 win over 14-seed Oklahoma in the second round on Thursday night.

Mark Sears and the Alabama Crimson Tide take the court in Nashville for another matchup against Kentucky, the third meeting between the two this year.

The Crimson Tide have gone 13-5 against SEC teams, with an 11-2 record in non-conference play. Alabama is 1-2 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Wildcats are 11-8 against SEC opponents. Kentucky is second in the SEC scoring 37.4 points per game in the paint led by Otega Oweh averaging 9.0.