Trevor Releford scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures as host Alabama rolled past Jacksonville 72-55 on Thursday.

Alabama (10-3) held a five-point halftime lead, but pulled away in the first eight minutes of the second half. While Jacksonville went scoreless over the first 8:37 of the half, the Tide hit their first four shots - three from Nick Jacobs - and capped a 10-0 run on Levi Randolph’s layup to make it a 52-37 game.

The Dolphins (2-10), who dropped their eighth consecutive game, shot 52 percent from the field in the first half, but were held to six made field goals after the break.

Alabama, playing its second consecutive game without leading scorer JaMychal Green (shoulder injury), began the game hitting only 5-of-14 field goals, but turned things around by making 8-of-10 in the final nine minutes of the half.

Trailing 23-19, the Tide went on a 15-5 run, aided by three consecutive 3-pointers-two from Tony Mitchell (13 of his 17 points in the first half) and one from Releford, who had 12 in the first half-to grab a 34-28 lead.

The Tide went up by as many as 10 points in the opening 20 minutes before Jacksonville closed to within 42-37 at halftime on a three-point play by Keith McDougald.

Delwan Graham led the Dolphins with 13 points.