Alabama guard Mark Sears came into Saturday's game against LSU leading the team and the Southeastern Conference in scoring but was held scoreless and spent the entire second half of the Crimson Tide’s

Mark Sears' mother, Lameka, thanked NFL legend Emmitt Smith for his message to her son after getting benched as Alabama basketball faced LSU.

Alabama's Mark Sears was emotional on the bench as he has yet to check into the second half of Saturday's game against LSU.

When Alabama basketball came out for the second half of Saturday’s win over LSU, regular starting point guard Mark Sears wasn’t on the floor. The Muscle Shoals native did not appear in the entire second half, during which the Crimson Tide pulled off a 80-73 victory after the game was tied at 40 entering halftime.

Alabama’s mens basketball team chalked up another win. The difference was the Tide beat LSU with no help from star guard Mark Sears. The usual playmaker for Alabama was held scoreless for the first half of the game and sat out on the bench for the second half.

Nate Oats appeared to call out Mark Sears after the guard was benched in the second half of Saturday's win against LSU.

We played the guys that we thought gave us the best chance to win in the second half,” Alabama coach Nate Oats said. Sears, a preseason All-American averaging 19 points per game, went 0 for 5 from the field with three rebounds,

If you took a quick scan of the box score after Alabama’s 80-73 win over the LSU Tigers on Saturday night, the first thing you’d likely notice is that high-scoring All-American guard Mark Sears was held scoreless in just 17 minutes of action.

Alabama basketball star guard Mark Sears was benched in the second half of the Crimson Tide's win over LSU. Here's what coach Nate Oats said about it.