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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 11 seed Alabama gymnastics program used a 197.275 team score to advance to Sunday's Tuscaloosa Regional Final, alongside the No. 6 seed Cal Golden Bears who scored a 197.550.

The Crimson Tide's showing was highlighted by an electric, session-leading 49.600 rotation score on the floor exercise as four different gymnasts hit 9.900-or-better to close the first of two sessions of the day.

Three UA gymnasts led all scorers in the first session (Corinne Bunagan – 9.900, VT; Gabby Gladieux and Lilly Hudson – 9.950, FX), while another trio of UA student-athletes earned the second-highest score of the afternoon (Ryan Fuller and Chloe LaCoursiere – 9.900, UB; Jamison Sears – 9.925, FX).

With the top-two finish in session I, Alabama advances to Sunday's Regional Final, which will also include Cal and the top two teams from Friday's night session. The top two teams from Sunday's meet, which will begin at 5:02 p.m. CT and be televised on ESPN+, will advance to the NCAA Gymnastics National Championships Semifinals in Fort Worth, Texas.

Alabama Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said

"We are incredibly excited to check that meet off our list. The first day you compete in this tournament is always a pressure cooker of an environment. A theme for us as a team has been progress, not perfection. It's one of our values that if you believe in having a growth mindset, you don't go out to compete to be perfect. You go out there to make progress, moment by moment, tweak by tweak and performance by performance, you find a way to create momentum, whether that's your routine or through the energy and the team culture that's alongside of you. I feel like our team did an incredible job of that.

"The crowd was invested. They were cheering for us and were all in. I feel like this team really put the exclamation mark on a really good night. I think we have so much more to bring to the table for Sunday, so we're going to stay focused on celebrating that was a great moment, a great day. Now it's all about how we get those tenths in recovery in our mindset, and how do we find that edge moving into Sunday where we're just a couple tenths away from being with the top teams in the country. So, we're excited about what our group is capable of and ready to get back to work."

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— Alabama gymnastics got to experience the bonus of its homefield advantage with its final rotation on the floor exercise during Friday's NCAA Regional meet.

The Coleman Coliseum rallied behind the crowd as the Crimson Tide put up the highest event total of the afternoon for any of the four teams competing with a 49.600 on the floor exercise to secure a spot in the regional final.

"It's always a pressure cooker of an environment, but really a theme for us as a team has been progress, not perfection," Alabama head coach Ashley Johnston said after the meet. "It's one of our values that I really believe in having a growth mindset that you don't go out to compete to be perfect, you go out there to make progress moment by moment, tweak by tweak, performance by performance... I feel like our team did an incredible job of that tonight."

The 49.600 was Alabama's second highest floor total of the season as the Crimson Tide rolls into the Sweet 16.

No. 11 Alabama finished in second place with a 197.275 behind a 197.550 from No. 6 Cal. The Crimson Tide and Golden Bears advance to Sunday's regional final and will find out its two opponents after Friday's evening session.

North Carolina and Iowa are eliminated from the NCAA Tournament after finishing in third and fourth place respectively with a 196.250 and 196.000.

Alabama earned four scores of 9.9 or higher on floor capped by 9.95s from Lilly Hudson and Gabby Gladieux. This marked the 12th time this season that Gladieux has scored a 9.9 or higher on floor. She is ranked fifth nationally on the event.

"That's who we are on floor," Hudson said. "That's normal for us. I think just ending our day like that was a confidence boost and gives us that momentum we need going into Sunday. I'm really proud of ending like that."

The Crimson Tide got off to a bit of a slow start with a 49.150 on vault. Corinne Bunagan was the only Alabama gymnast to stick her landing on the event. But the Crimson Tide got stronger as the meet went along.

Chloe LaCoursiere and Ryan Fuller were the highlights of the uneven bars rotation for the Crimson Tide, both scoring 9.9s. Shania Adams did fall in the anchor spot on balance beam, but Alabama already had five hit routines record, which allowed the Crimson Tide to drop the fall.

Cal had the lead from the first rotation on and never relinquished it.

The evening session with No. 3 Florida, No. 14 Oregon State, NC State and Clemson will be Friday at 7 p.m. The regional final will be Sunday at 5 p.m.

"I feel like this team really put the exclamation mark on a really good night, and I think we have so much more to bring to the table for Sunday at the same time," Johnston said. "We're gonna stay focused on celebrating. That was a great moment, a great day. And now it's all about how do we get those tenths in recovery, in our mindset, and how do we find that edge moving into Sunday where we're just a couple tenths away from being one of the top teams in the country."

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Alabama basketball forward Mouhamed Dioubate is going portaling.

The sophomore entered his name in the transfer portal on Friday afternoon, per On3's Pete Nakos. Dioubate marks the second Crimson Tide player from the 2024-25 Elite Eight run to make moves to leave Tuscaloosa, following redshirt freshman Naas Cunningham, who hit the portal on Monday.

After Alabama's loss to Duke in Newark, Dioubate told the Tuscaloosa News that he was in search of a starting spot.

"I know what I deserve," Dioubate said.

Mo Dioubate enters name in transfer portal after Elite Eight run with Alabama basketball

Dioubate never saw a start in his two seasons at Alabama, but contributed even more critical minutes for the Crimson Tide after his rookie year.

Averaging 16 minutes per game in 37 appearances, Dioubate averaged 7.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 61.7% from the floor.

In an Instagram post, Dioubate wrote a message to "Crimson Tide Nation."

"I would like to thank Coach Oats and the rest of the coaching staff, all the supporting staff and the University of Alabama as a whole for extending me the opportunity to be a part of a great run and experience during my time here. Thanks to everyone that showed me love and support during my time at Alabama," Dioubate said.

"With that being said, I have decided to enter the transfer portal."

Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].

This article was updated to add quotes from Mouhamed Dioubate.