Houston Cougars vs UAB Blazers

Men's Basketball Championship - South Region - 1st Round

27-8

Final

	1	2	T
UAB UAB	37	31	68
Houston HOU	46	36	82

Houston CougarsHoustonHOU

30-5

UAB Blazers

starters
KJ BuffenKJ Buffen#5
Trey Jemison IIIT. Jemison#55
Jordan WalkerJ. Walker#10
Michael ErtelM. Ertel#2
Quan JacksonQ. Jackson#13
bench
Rongie GordonR. Gordon#25
Elijah TateE. Tate#24
Tony ToneyT. Toney#12
Jon ColemanJ. Coleman#21
Tavin LovanT. Lovan#3
Justin BrownJ. Brown #4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
35	10	4-7	0-1	2-2	11	1	1	3	1	2	9	2
32	7	3-4	0-0	1-1	9	2	2	0	0	2	7	2
37	17	6-18	1-10	4-5	1	5	5	0	0	0	1	1
35	13	5-10	3-6	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
28	7	3-8	1-2	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	14	5-7	0-0	4-6	5	1	1	1	0	3	2	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	68	26-56	5-19	11-14	32	12	12	6	1	9	23	14
		46%	26%	79%

Houston Cougars

starters
Josh CarltonJ. Carlton#25
Jamal SheadJ. Shead#1
Kyler EdwardsK. Edwards#11
Taze MooreT. Moore#4
Fabian White Jr.F. White Jr. #35
bench
Ja'Vier FrancisJ. Francis#5
J'Wan RobertsJ. Roberts#13
Ramon Walker Jr.R. Walker#3
Robbie ArmbresterR. Armbrester #2
Reggie ChaneyR. Chaney #32
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
22	12	6-11	0-0	0-2	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	1
34	12	4-8	2-4	2-2	3	7	1	1	0	0	3	2
37	25	9-15	6-8	1-2	7	3	2	1	1	1	6	0
36	9	4-10	1-4	0-0	4	6	0	1	0	0	4	2
29	14	5-11	1-4	3-5	6	0	0	0	1	3	3	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	6	3-3	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
16	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	6	2	0	1	0	2	4	3
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
	82	32-60	10-21	8-15	33	19	7	6	3	10	23	12
		53%	48%	53%

Game Information

Pittsburgh, PA

Referee:Bret Smith

Referee:Doug Sirmons

Referee:Olandis Poole

NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

NCAA Division I

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

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