UAB (124) hosts ECU (258) at 2 PM Saturday.
ECU is 11-10 overall and 0-6 in C-USA. That win total includes four wins over non-D1 schools.
KenPom.com has UAB favored 82-70.
In the last ten games, ECU is 2-8. Their best win is over UNC Ashville (231) and their worst loss is to Tulane (267).
They are 2-5 on the road, winning at UNC Greensboro (318) and at Campbell (314). Their best game may have been their 83-74 loss at Duke (3).
(01-31-2014 01:04 AM)tibber Wrote: [ -> ]I want this one bad.
+1. For Pete sake, just beat them.
Yes beat the brakes off of them. I want us to be up by 20 at the half, and then I want us to outscore them by another 20 in the second. When the game is all locked up and the last seconds are ticking off the clock, I want Chad to knock down one more three as time expires. They have become by far my least favorite team leaving C-USA.
We will win by about 10, and they will claim it as a moral victory. Just keep winning. We've knocked off two of the higher seeds in CUSA in consecutive games, so we need to keep the momentum going. I may be overly optimistic, but with the parity in this league, the #1 seed is still open. Top 4 is definitely a possibility.
Offensive Statistics for Conference Play Only
Effective FG% UAB 47.5 (12th) ECU 45.6 (14th)
Turnover% ECU 20.0 (11th) UAB 20.7 (13th)
Off Reb% UAB 38.6 (2nd) ECU 32.7 (7th)
FTA/FGA UAB 40.4 (8th) ECU 34.7 (14th)
3P% UAB 33.7 (6th) ECU 30.5 (13th)
2P% UAB 46.4 (13th) ECU 45.6 (15th)
FT% ECU 68.5 (5th) UAB 63.4 (12th)
Block% UAB 8.0 (7th) ECU 16.0 (16th)
Steal% UAB 10.5 (13th) ECU 10.5 (14th)
UAB leads in seven of the nine offensive categories.
Defensive Statistics for Conference Play Only
Effective FG% UAB 46.6 (6th) ECU 53.0 (14th)
Turnover% ECU 17.4 (12th) UAB 15.5 (16th)
Off Reb% UAB 32.1 (9th) ECU 34.7 (12th)
FTA/FGA UAB 28.4 (1st) ECU 41.7 (10th)
3P% ECU 33.7 (11th) UAB 37.0 (14th)
2P% UAB 43.0 (2nd) ECU 54.0 (16th)
FT% UAB 63.0 (2nd) ECU 69.2 (12th)
Block% UAB 10.7 (6th) ECU 6.2 (13th)
Steal% UAB 8.6 (11th) ECU 8.2 (13th)
UAB leads in seven of the nine defensive categories.
ECU's most frequently used lineup over the past five games:
#11 Antonio Robinson 6-4 175 Jr (5.0)
#1 Akeem Richmond 6-0 180 Sr (18.4)
#22 Paris Roberts-Campbell 6-3 185 Jr (13.1)
#2 Caleb White 6-6 190 Fr (12.4)
#34 Michael Zangari 6-9 230 So (9.4)
Other significant contributors -
#4 Prince Williams 6-5 200 So (9.1)
#25 Brandon Stith 6-7 215 Fr (5.5)
Average points per game in brackets.
Chad Frazier has attempted the most 3-pointers for UAB (42-106 = 39.6%).
Akeem Richmond leads ECU in 3-pt attempts (79-207 = 38.2%).
In the last five games against ECU, ECU has won four of them.
UAB lost both games to ECU last season.