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Georgia Southern comes into Wednesday night's game, at The Bart, with a record of 6-7. They are ranked 280th by Ken Pomeroy. UAB is ranked 144th.

KenPom.com has UAB winning this game 73-61, with UAB's probability of victory at 88%.

They have one huge road victory as they beat 125th ranked Virginia Tech 78-73 on December 15th. Tech has lost 4 of their last 6 games.

On the flip side, Georgia Southern has lost to 310th ranked Samford (57-48) on the road.

They have won 4 of their last 6 games.

Their go-to-player is Eric Ferguson (6-7 210). He has 66 made field goals, that includes seven 3-pointers. He goes to the free throw line a lot, but is only a 66% FT shooter.

They have three 3-point shooters: Reed 6-3 200, Roberts 6-5 175, and Bussey 6-2 185. Reed and Roberts lead the way at 44% and 42% respectively.

Baskerville (6-7 226) is their best free throw shooter at 16-17 (0.941). Nobody else shoots above 75%, although they do have a seldom used player who is 2-2.

Georgia Southern plays in the Southern Conference. They play their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse, which has a seating capacity of 4,358 (260th largest in D-1).


UAB Notes: Swing leads the way with 31 made 3-pointers. There is a three-way tie for second place, as Williams, TJ, and Purifoy have 14 each.

Rucker has made 74 2-pointers, while Alihodzic has 48, Williams has 34, and Swing has 33.

equals UAB beatdown

Blazers strike first...Swing for 2

a 3 puts GaSo up 9-8, which leads into the media timeout...
T Jones shooting 2 when we come back

the offense is getting out fast and finding the layups...all 8 of our points have been "in the paint"

11:34 left
Blazers trail 11-13
UAB ball after the timeout

Hoopy has made an appearance

I seriously underestimated this Georgia Southern team. We're in for a ball game fellas.

7:43 left
Blazers trail 16-15

forcing turnovers, but not scoring.
on the upside, at least GameTracker worked well for almost a whole 12 minutes before stalling

Rucker is 3 for 3 from the field to put UAB back up 18-16

and Terence Jones scores his 1,000th career point...20-18 good guys

Halftime, Blazers lead 25-22
cant shoot

10 made shots, 9 of them "in the paint"
add 5 FT's, leaving a mere 2 points on shots outside the lane
0-6 from 3point land

at least the 10 made shots came on 8 assists

UAB 25-22 at the half. Shooting 37%. 0-6 from three point range

Terence Jones has 7 points. Rucker and Alihodzic has 6.

Can't wait to find out how bad the officiating is from AttallaBlaze.

GSU looks like a Mike Davis coached team.

CUSA is shining tonight.

We are struggling with Ga. Southern.
ECU has "come back strong" and now leads Campbell by 2.
Marshall in a dog fight with Delaware State.

(01-02-2013 08:49 PM)LairDweller Wrote:  Halftime, Blazers lead 25-22
cant shoot

10 made shots, 9 of them "in the paint"
add 5 FT's, leaving a mere 2 points on shots outside the lane
0-6 from 3point land

at least the 10 made shots came on 8 assists

Can't shoot at all! This is starting to be a nagging problem with ths is team.

Zero Bench points with 8 minutes to go in the game. Pitiful.

(01-02-2013 09:30 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Zero Bench points with 8 minutes to go in the game. Pitiful.

Don't be so negative. But yes we will need to work on things before Dayton

If you think that is negative for a game thread, you are very new around here.

Heh.

(01-02-2013 08:49 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  UAB 25-22 at the half. Shooting 37%. 0-6 from three point range

Terence Jones has 7 points. Rucker and Alihodzic has 6.

Can't wait to find out how bad the officiating is from AttallaBlaze.

It was great officiating: they let Rucker inbound the ball to himself.

Purifoy pretty much is the bench. Hoopy doesn't seem to there yet, either health-wise or experience. QT is shooting 28% from the field and 15% from 3pt line. Scottie is Scottie.

Some bad shooting but loved the hustle. Twelve steals and 23 turnovers for GSU. The offensive rebound and put-back by Rucker on Swing's miss late was pure toughness.

Go Blazers, Beat the Flyers