TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama would likely rather keep its secret scrimmage a secret.

But stats from its closed-door game with Jacksonville State were leaked Saturday, revealing the Crimson Tide men’s basketball team lost to the in-state Gamecocks by a score of 92-66.

Walk-on guard Lawson Schaffer, who did not play in the scrimmage, said it served as a wake-up call.

“Honestly, I think it was a good wake-up call for us, and I think it’s something we can learn from,” Schaffer said Monday. “I think it helps us refocus a little bit because we did have such good success, and although we ended on a bad note, I feel like, with the Villanova loss, I still think we believe with the experience we got back, the talent we got back we can get there.

“But I think sometimes you just lose focus of that. Definitely early in the season like this, thankfully that’s not on our record sheet, but it helped us get in that mindset. We’re real in-tune now. It’s time to wake up. This ain’t some workout, this is real stuff now. So, I think it helped us more than hurt us, honestly.”

Senior wing Riley Norris, who was 0-for-3 from the field in 14 minutes, said it was an eye-opening experience.

“We’ve got to take it day-by-day. We’ve got to get better, that’s the biggest thing,” Norris said. “We’ve got to work on the stuff we need to work out -- rebounding, transition defense, stuff like that. We’ve got a lot of stuff to work on, and I think today, we’re going to correct a lot of stuff. Watch film, break it down and just get better. I think it was an eye-opening experience.

Alabama coach Avery Johnson

“I think we realized we’ve got a ways to go to get where we want to be. But I think it was good for us that it happened now rather than two weeks from now during the season. So, I think we understand what we need to do and change some stuff going forward.”

Alabama shot 38.2 percent (21-of-55) from the floor and 16.7 percent (3-of-18) from three-point range. Sophomore Herbert Jones led the Tide with 18 points in 20 minutes, while Galin Smith (15) and Kira Lewis (10) also scored in double figures. UA was out-rebounded 37-35.

Collectively, Alabama turned the ball over 25 times with Dazon Ingram (5) and Daniel Giddens (5) combining for 10 turnovers. That is something the head coach wants to see cleaned up.

“We have a long ways to go,” Crimson Tide head coach Avery Johnson said. “There’s ebbs and flows in a season. We just have to do a better job of playing on both ends of the floor, obviously transition defense, especially when we’re big. We’ve got to do a better job of communicating in transition. I thought we did a decent job of rebounding the basketball, decent job. But we’ve got to take care of the ball.

“… We’ve just got to do a better job of taking care of the ball, which I think is going to help us offensively. And then our real talent, I think, will be able to come to the forefront. They’ll feel better about themselves when they don’t turn it over because we’ll get more shots at the basket, we’ll be able to get our defense set, we’ll be able to rebound the basketball. But we just have to do a better job of ball security.”

Alabama will play its lone exhibition game of the season Tuesday when it hosts Montevallo at 7 p.m. CT in Coleman Coliseum. The game will air on SEC Network + via the WatchESPN app.

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