Alabama coach Stephany Smith met with the two players she recently dismissed to clarify the reasons she had for excusing them from the team.

Neither player seemed to find much validity for the reasons given. "There's been so many other confrontations that she's had with other players, and they have not been punished the way we have," co-captain Krystle Johnson said "For her to give these bogus reasons, they don't warrant a dismissal at all."

Johnson does not have any more elgibility to play in another program and Marverly Nettles has transferred once before so will have to play at the Division II or III level, if she wants to continue to play next year. Both players are still currently listed on the team's roster.

Last time out, Alabama ended a 23 game losing streak in SEC road games and this season's seven game losing streak with a last second shot in a 61-59 victory over Mississippi State last weekend and next face Tennessee.