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Hot shooting Pirates fall
short
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Elijah Millsap, a 6-6
junior guard, scored 25 points and had 12 rebounds to help UAB weather a
stiff challenge from East Carolina and claim a 76-68 victory in the
Conference USA opener for both teams Wednesday night in Birmingham.
Junior guard Brock Young
had 17 points and 7 assists, sophomore forward Darrius Morrow scored 15
points and junior forward Jamar Abrams had 13 points for the Pirates
(6-9, 0-1 C-USA).
Junior guard Jamarr
Sanders finished with 16 points and junior guard Aaron Johnson added 15
for the Blazers (13-2, 1-0).
East Carolina outshot the
Blazers from the field 50 percent to 38.5 percent but was outrebounded
39-23.
The Pirates were also hot
at the free throw line, converting 93.3 percent (14-15), an advantage
that was more than canceled out by the 39 opportunities UAB enjoyed from
the charity stripe. The Blazers made good on 30 of the chances for a
16-point swing.
East Carolina was whistled
for 24 fouls while UAB committed only 13. The Pirates lost Morrow and
junior center Chad Wynn to fouls.
East Carolina, which
trailed at the half 36-33, spurted to a 39-36 lead by scoring the first
six points after intermission.
UAB responded by reeling
off 13 straight points for a 10-point advantage with 13:38 left and did
not allow the Pirates to close the gap to less than 5 for the rest of
the game.
East Carolina will return
home and prepare for a Saturday matchup with another tough C-USA
opponent in Marshall (12-2, 1-0). The Pirates and Thundering Herd,
coming off a 76-63 Tuesday night win over Southern Miss, will tip of at
7 p.m.
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BOX SCORE
UAB 76, EAST CAROLINA 68
Date: Wednesday, Jan 6, 2010
Place: Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL
Attendance: 5,877
Officials: Steve Olson, Kyle Chambers, Terry Davis
Technical Fouls: None
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina
33 35 - 68
Alabama-Birmingham 36 40 -
76
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (6-9, 0-1
C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
01 Morrow............. f 5-6 0-0
5-6 4 15 29
21 Abrams............. f 5-10 1-2
2-2 2 13 36
33 Wynn............... c 2-4 0-0
2-2 5 6 17
10 Young.............. g 6-16 0-4
5-5 3 17 38
24 Sherrod............ g 1-8 0-2
0-0 4 2 36
23 Straughn............. 3-3 3-3
0-0 0 9 13
30 Ellison.............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 2
42 Joyner............... 3-3 0-0
0-0 3 6 29
TEAM....................
2
TOTALS.................. 25-50 4-11 14-15 23 68 200
PERCENT................. 50.0 36.4 93.3
ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM BLAZER (13-2,
1-0 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
35 Crawford........... f 1-3 0-1
5-7 4 7 19
01 Johnson............ g 4-8 2-3
5-6 1 15 36
04 Sanders............ g 4-11 4-9
4-4 3 16 35
24 Millsap............ g 6-16 0-3 13-15 12
25 34
34 Drake.............. g 0-6 0-3
2-2 6 2 28
15 Cooper............... 3-4 0-0
1-5 5 7 20
22 Moore................ 2-3 0-0
0-0 4 4 15
23 Fields............... 0-1 0-1
0-0 2 0 8
32 Soko................. 0-0 0-0
0-0 1 0 5
TEAM....................
1
TOTALS.................. 20-52 6-20 30-39 39 76 200
PERCENT................. 38.5 30.0 76.9
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