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Sparse crowd….1/3rd full

UAB starters
G 4 Eric Gaines
G 10 Alejandro Vasquez
G 24 Efrem Johnson
F 0 Javian Davis
F 3 Yaxel Lendeborg

SMU starters
G 0 B.J. Edwards
G 1 Zhuric Phelps
G 3 Chuck Harris
F 10 Samuell Williamson
F 12 Tyreek Smith

SMU enters the game at 20-10 overall, 11-6 in AAC games
UAB is 19-11 / 11-6 AAC

THE SERIES VS. UAB (3-9): SMU won the first meeting this season 72-69 in Dallas on Feb. 4. This is the first season as American Athletic Conference opponents after playing 10 times as Conference USA mates (2005-13). UAB won seven of the eight Conference USA regular-season meetings. SMU's lone C-USA win came in a 60-56 victory at UAB in 2007. The teams met twice in the C-USA Tournament. The first meeting was a 79-63 SMU win in the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 29, 1983.

No. 4 seed (and two-round bye in AAC tournament) on the line today

Yaxel Lendeborg leads the AAC and is 11th in the country with 10.3 rebounds per game ... and leads five Blazers averaging double-digit scoring at 13.8 points per game.

Williamson opens the scoring with a lay-in off an inbound pass under the basket

Mustangs 1 for 5 from the floor early

UAB's Vasquez and SMU's Phelps hit 3s — 5-5

UAB shooting 3 for 7 from the floor
SMU: 3 for 11

According to the broadcast, SMU is 11-6 in the conference but 10-20 overall. That’s quite a feat.

Zhuric starts 1-6 from the floor including a couple of missed bunnies. Need to shoot well to have any chance today. team now 3-11 early and game tied at 7

Phelps fouls Vasquez on a 3
Vasquez hits 3 of 3 free throws
UAB leads, 10-7

highlander wrote:According to the broadcast, SMU is 11-6 in the conference but 10-20 overall. That’s quite a feat.

SMU now 4-15 and 1-6 shooting. Fortunately we've been able to take 5 more shots than UAB so far but somebody needs to start making shots

SMU holding UAB to 3/10 shooting

UAB holding SMU to 4/16 shooting

UAB 11, SMU 9