UAB 78, at Memphis 67

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Interstat) — In a commanding wire-to-wire performance fueled by a dominant first half, the UAB Blazers avenged a loss from earlier this month by defeating the Memphis Tigers 78-67 in an American Athletic Conference men’s basketball game Sunday at FedExForum. A crowd of 9,541 watched as the Blazers (18-10, 8-7 AAC) built a 16-point halftime lead and withstood several second-half pushes from the Tigers (12-15, 6-9) to secure a critical road victory. The win snapped a two-game skid for UAB and flipped the script from the teams’ previous meeting on Feb. 5, which Memphis won 90-80 in Birmingham.… Read more...