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Beat George Mason in the Bahamas behind a breakout game form freshman Denim DeShields.

We play #12 LSU tomorrow.

Good start to the season by the Lady Blazers, but going to be tough sledding against a loaded LSU team.

I believe the Blazers played their strongest game today since Miyah Barnes graduated three years ago. That has everything to do with freshman point guard Denim DeShields, whose stat line looked like this:

25 points, 10-of-15 shooting (3 of 5 on 3-pointers), 3 assists.

Here’s hoping the knee injury that forced her from the game with 5:32 left is not serious. The Blazers led by 16 when she exited. On the live stream a few minutes after her departure, I saw her jumping a little off two feet off to the side, but she looked to be walking a little stiffly in the postgame high-five line.

We had three others in double figures: Margaret Whitley with 14 points and Lyndsey Robson and Tracey Bershers with 11 each. Bershers, a center who transferred from Oklahoma State, was 3 of 4 on 3-pointers.

UAB (4-0) did all this without Destinee McGhee and Emily Klaczek today. If we can get DeShields and everybody else healthy again, I believe this is going to be a really special season. Today was a ton of fun (except for DeShields’ exit).

What's up with the SEC (Arkansas?) transfer from BHam area? Haven't seen mention of her recently.

wait, what?
I got an alert from the UAB app that we lost 74-83
website shows a loss
when you click on the boxscore, main score up top says we lost, but when you scroll down it looks like we won

why is it so hard to be a Blazer fan?

The app is a joke. No one apparently monitors it / does QC.

(11-25-2022 04:41 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  What's up with the SEC (Arkansas?) transfer from BHam area? Haven't seen mention of her recently.

I’ve wondered that too. I saw the Twitter account wished her a happy birthday recently & she’s still on the official roster, so it looks like she’s still part of the team. Illness perhaps?

Humbled a bit today.

Losing by 9 to the #12 team when you're rebuilding isn't really humbling for a rebuilding program. IMO, it's a step in the right direction to show that you can hang with a highly ranked program. The future is bright.

(11-27-2022 11:21 AM)BlazerFromMD Wrote:  Losing by 9 to the #12 team when you're rebuilding isn't really humbling for a rebuilding program. IMO, it's a step in the right direction to show that you can hang with a highly ranked program. The future is bright.

Except they lost by 35.

Stop relying on the UAB app.....LOL

(11-27-2022 11:29 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(11-27-2022 11:21 AM)BlazerFromMD Wrote:  Losing by 9 to the #12 team when you're rebuilding isn't really humbling for a rebuilding program. IMO, it's a step in the right direction to show that you can hang with a highly ranked program. The future is bright.

Except they lost by 35.

Lol. Yeah, slight difference.

Are we playing LSU in any other sports in the near future? Just want to be prepared for more humiliation.

There’s going to be a ton of good for UAB having played a team the caliber of LSU. I guarantee it. It was a great experience for the ladies.

(11-27-2022 11:49 AM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(11-27-2022 11:29 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(11-27-2022 11:21 AM)BlazerFromMD Wrote:  Losing by 9 to the #12 team when you're rebuilding isn't really humbling for a rebuilding program. IMO, it's a step in the right direction to show that you can hang with a highly ranked program. The future is bright.

Except they lost by 35.

Lol. Yeah, slight difference.

Oops.

(11-28-2022 12:37 PM)BlazerFromMD Wrote:  

(11-27-2022 11:49 AM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  

(11-27-2022 11:29 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(11-27-2022 11:21 AM)BlazerFromMD Wrote:  Losing by 9 to the #12 team when you're rebuilding isn't really humbling for a rebuilding program. IMO, it's a step in the right direction to show that you can hang with a highly ranked program. The future is bright.

Except they lost by 35.

Lol. Yeah, slight difference.

Oops.

From experience, it's a LOT more embarrassing to say something like that directly to a coach during a postgame press conference. :-)

(11-27-2022 03:23 PM)randy22263 Wrote:  Are we playing LSU in any other sports in the near future? Just want to be prepared for more humiliation.

I hope we don't see them in softball anytime soon. Marla Townsend's daughter Maia will be a freshman for them this year. Maia's a helluva player.

DeShields Named C-USA Rookie of the Week
https://uabsports.com/news/2022/11/28/wo...f-the-week

Fills HUGE hole for UAB since Maya Barnes...

(11-28-2022 09:33 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  DeShields Named C-USA Rookie of the Week
https://uabsports.com/news/2022/11/28/wo...f-the-week

Fills HUGE hole for UAB since Maya Barnes...

Need some inside length still...

(11-28-2022 09:33 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  DeShields Named C-USA Rookie of the Week
https://uabsports.com/news/2022/11/28/wo...f-the-week

Fills HUGE hole for UAB since Maya Barnes...

https://twitter.com/jakestansell_/status...8097003520