Alabama basketball beat Arkansas 92-88 in overtime on Saturday, after trailing for nearly all of regulation before tying the game in the final minute. The win moved the Tide to 21-10 on the season, 13-5 in SEC play.

The Crimson Tide will find out its SEC Tournament fate later on Saturday as the rest of the league’s games finalize the regular season standings. The tournament starts Wednesday in Nashville and will run through next Sunday.

Before that, here’s what to know about Saturday’s win.

Bad start

Alabama entered Saturday’s game playing as poorly as it had all season. UA had taken a tough loss to Florida on Saturday, losing its chance to take any share of the SEC regular season title, and was looking ice cold with postseason play looming.

At the start of the Arkansas game, it seemed to be more of the same. By the under-16 timeout in the first half, the Tide was just 1-for-5 from the field and was behind 8-2.

By the under-12 it was even worse, as Alabama had made just three of its 15 attempts, while turning the ball over five times. At one point, the Razorbacks led by 15, before the Tide started to pull things together.

Nate Oats called a timeout down 36-21 with 6:23 left in the half, with Arkansas scoring 1.333 points per possession and shooting 65%.

At the halftime break, Alabama had cut the lead down to 42-36. Arkansas shot 52% from the field in the first half, even as the Crimson Tide improved on defense late in the half, cutting the points per possession down to 1.077.

The state of the offense

For most of the season, Alabama used one of the best offenses in college basketball to make up for the sins of its defense. Even if opponents were able to put up huge point totals, the Crimson Tide could usually make it work, getting up over 100 points numerous times.

Over the past several games, that offensive touch has disappeared. The troubles began against Tennessee, continued against Florida and were causing major trouble against Arkansas.

In the second half, Alabama started to show signs of life. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. hit some big three-pointers, the Coleman Coliseum crowd got into it and the Arkansas lead was cut to two points.

The offense was inconsistent the rest of the way. UA would pull things close, but could never take the lead. However, entering the final minute of the game, the Tide still had a chance.

Overtime

With 59.9 second left, Nate Oats took a timeout. His team, despite the struggles throughout the game, was down just three points.

Arkansas had possession, but the Crimson Tide was a stop and a three away from a tie. They got the stop.

Then, Mark Sears found Wrightsell. The guard made a move toward the hoop, lost his defender, then stepped back and drained a three.

The Tide made another stop and the game went off to overtime. Once there, Alabama took its first lead of the game on a Nick Pringle free throw.

From there, Arkansas gave a solid fight, but couldn’t regain the lead. The Crimson Tide escaped into the postseason.