UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Jay D’Abramo | Associate Athletics Communications Director | Cell: (205) 234-9422 | Office: (205) 934-7920
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Date
2016-17 SCHEDULE
Opponent [TV]
NOVEMBER
game nine
Time/Result
11.11 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF
W, 86-66
11.17 TROY
W, 74-51
11.14 FURMAN
11.21 vs. Kansas^ [ESPN2]
UAB BLAZERS (4-4)
L, 84-74 L, 83-63
11.22 vs. George Washington^ [ESPN3] W, 81-74 11.27 vs. Saint Mary’s! [TheW.tv] 11.29 ALABAMA A&M DECEMBER 12.3 12.7
AUBURN [beIN Sports]
at Stephen F. Austin [ESPN3]
12.10 at Memphis [ESPN3] 12.18 SOUTHERN
12.21 at Texas [Longhorn Network] 12.28 MILES COLLEGE
W, 75-45
12 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m.
1.7
at Rice*
1.19 1.21 1.26 1.28
at North Texas* [ESPN3]
7 p.m.
WKU* [Campus Insiders]
7 p.m.
MARSHALL*
at Florida Atlantic* [beIN Sports] at FIU*
LOUISIANA TECH* [ASN] SOUTHERN MISS*
FEBRUARY
7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m.
at UTEP* [CBS SN]
9 p.m.
2.9
CHARLOTTE* [Campus Insiders]
7 p.m.
2.11 2.16 2.19 2.26 MARCH
at UTSA*
OLD DOMINION* [ASN] at Marshall* [CBS SN] at WKU* [CBS SN]
MIDDLE TENNESSEE* [CBS SN]
3 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC*
3.8
at C-USA Tournament [Campus Insiders] TBA
3.9
3.10 3.11
FIU* [Campus Insiders]
7 p.m.
at C-USA Tournament [CBS SN] at C-USA Tournament [CBS SN]
^ — CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) * — Conference USA Game Home games in ALL CAPS
All times Central and subject to change
UAB PROBABLE STARTERS
7 p.m.
at C-USA Tournament [ASN]
! — Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.)
OPENING TIP
• UAB is 2-0 all-time versus Stephen F. Austin and has won by an average of 12.5 points per game. • UAB is 10-2 all-time against schools in the Southland Conference and has won six straight against the league. • UAB has won 10 of its last 14 road games dating back to last season. • UAB has won five straight games against schools from the state of Texas. • William Lee is averaging 15.8 points , 5.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 55.9% from the field over his last four games. • UAB is 23rd in the NCAA with 5.8 blocks per game and William Lee is 22nd in the nation with 2.8 per game. • UAB is second in Conference USA in blocks per game (5.8) and third in assists per game (15.9). • UAB is 34th in the NCAA with a .763 free throw percentage. Dirk Williams leads UAB and is 38th in the NCAA shooting 90.9 percent from the charity stripe. • UAB is 65-12 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2012-13 season. • UAB is 11-3 in its last 14 games decided by five points or less and has won eight of the last nine that qualify.
12 p.m.
3.2
3.4
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 | 7:00 p.m. CST Nacogdoches, Texas | Johnson Coliseum Television: ESPN3 | Radio: WZRR-FM 99.5 Live Stats: www.UABSports.com Twitter: @UAB_MBB | Instagram: @blazerhoops | Snapchat: UAB_MBB
7 p.m.
2.2 2.4
Head Coach: Kyle Keller | 3-3 (1st year) | 3-3 (1st year)
5 p.m.
at Middle Tennessee* [Campus Insiders] 3 p.m.
1.14
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS (3-3)
7 p.m.
1.1
1.12
VS.
L, 74-70
JANUARY 1.5
Head Coach: Robert Ehsan | 4-4 (1st year) | 4-4 (1st year)
L, 76-63
TBA TBA DEION LAVENDER G | So. | 6-4 | 192 PPG............ 6.1 RPG............ 3.6 AST............. 5.0 STL. . ............ 0.8 BLK............. 0.1 MIN.......... 27.1
HAKEEM BAXTER G | Sr. | 6-2 | 186 PPG............ 7.8 RPG............ 3.3 AST............. 1.4 STL. . ............ 0.5 BLK............. 0.1 MIN.......... 25.1
DIRK WILLIAMS G | Sr. | 6-5 | 178 PPG.......... 11.1 RPG............ 3.0 AST............. 1.3 STL. . ............ 0.5 BLK............. 0.6 MIN.......... 27.9
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
CHRIS COKLEY F | Jr. | 6-8 | 229 PPG.......... 13.0 RPG............ 5.6 AST............. 1.4 STL. . ............ 0.9 BLK............. 0.8 MIN.......... 20.9
WILLIAM LEE F | Jr. | 6-9 | 209 PPG.......... 10.8 RPG............ 5.6 AST............. 1.4 STL. . ............ 0.9 BLK............. 2.8 MIN.......... 25.1
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
ROBERT EHSAN
HEAD COACH
R
THE ROBERT EHSAN FILE
CAREER RECORD AS A HEAD COACH 4-4 (.500 winning pct. / 1st season)
Ehsan played a key role in the resurgence of UAB basketball, as he helped the Blazers capture the 2015 Conference USA Tournament championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. UAB would go on to make shockwaves in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, as the 14th-seeded Blazers knocked off No. 3 seed Iowa State, 60-59, to advance to the NCAA Round of 32.
RECORD AS UAB’S HEAD COACH 4-4 (.500 winning pct. / 1st season) HONORS • Gordon S. Baranco Award (2005) • Team Captain (2005)
Ehsan and UAB enjoyed more success the following season when the Blazers won the 2016 Conference USA Championship with a 16-2 record inside the league. Additionally, UAB set school records for overall wins (26), Conference USA wins, road wins (10) and consecutive wins (14).
COACHING CAREER Season School
Position
2005-06 Maryland
Graduate Assistant
19-13/NIT
2006-07 Maryland
Graduate Assistant
25-9/NCAA Tournament
2007-08 Maryland
Assistant Recruiting Director
2008-09 Maryland
Assistant Coach
21-14/NCAA Tournament
2009-10 Maryland
Assistant Coach
24-9/NCAA Tournament
2010-11 Maryland
Assistant Coach
19-14
2011-12 Virginia Tech
Assistant Coach
16-17
2012-13 UAB
Assistant Coach
16-17
2013-14 UAB
Assistant Coach
18-13
2014-15 UAB
Assistant Coach
20-16/NCAA Tournament
2015-16 UAB
Associate Head Coach
2016-17 UAB
Head Coach
UAB ALL-TIME COACHING WINS LIST Coach (Seasons)
Wins
Record/Postseason
19-5/NIT
26-7/NIT 4-3
Years
Gene Bartow (1978-96). . ..............365 18 Mike Davis (2006-12).. .................122 6 Murry Bartow (1996-02). . .............103 6 Mike Anderson (2002-06).. ............89 4 Jerod Haase (2012-16).................80 4 Robert Ehsan (2016-pres.). . ........... 4 1
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obert Ehsan begins his first season as head coach of the UAB men’s basketball program and his fifth season on the staff after serving as associate head coach under former Blazer head coach Jerod Haase.
Individually, Robert Brown, Chris Cokley, William Lee and Nick Norton were named all-conference, while Lee was tabbed the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and Dirk Williams the Sixth Man of the Year. A second consecutive trip to the postseason capped the year when the Blazers earned a berth in the NIT for the 12th time in school history. Prior to his time at UAB, Ehsan spent a season as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech University under Seth Greenberg and six seasons under Gary Williams at the University of Maryland, where he was heavily involved with many aspects of the program, including coaching, player development, recruiting, academics, scouting, scheduling and fundraising. At Maryland, Ehsan was instrumental in securing two Top 25 recruiting classes, and developed players like Jordan Williams, All-ACC, and ACC Player of the Year Greivis Vasquez. He was also involved in the recruitment of Brown, who was originally recruited by Ehsan at Virginia Tech before transferring to rejoin him at UAB, as well as UAB standout Lee and others. Ehsan played four seasons at the University of California, Davis. He started his last two seasons for the Aggies and was the team captain in his senior year. Ehsan finished 23rd in the nation in free-throw percentage as a junior for UC Davis, which was in a transition period while moving from NCAA Division II to Division I. At UC Davis, Ehsan received the Gordon S. Baranco Award, symbolizing exceptional leadership, unselfishness, work ethic and commitment to the team. Ehsan earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at UC Davis and completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Maryland. Ehsan is a native of Sacramento, Calif., and is married to the former Lindsey Rattray. They have one daughter, Katelyn, and a son, Davis.
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17 BLAZERS TAKES TO THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME The UAB men’s basketball team will play its first true road game of the season Wednesday at 7 p.m. when the Blazers travel to Nacogdoches, Texas, to face Stephen F. Austin from Johnson Coliseum. The Blazers have played three games away from Bartow Arena thus far this season, but all three games were at neutral sites. UAB AND STEPHEN F. AUSTIN UAB and Stephen F. Austin will meet on the hardwood for the third time in school history when the two schools battle Wednesday at 7 p.m. UAB won the first meeting in 1996 and captured a victory last season in the second game of the series. The Blazers won both matchups by double digits and has defeated the Lumberjacks by an average of 12.5 points in the all-time series. Last season, Chris Cokley scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help UAB erase an 18-point deficit in the first half en route to a 76-66 victory. UAB AND THE SOUTHLAND UAB is 10-2 all-time against schools currently in the Southland Conference and has a winning record against all five schools it was faced from the league. The Blazers are 1-0 against Lamar, 4-2 against New Orleans, 2-0 against Nicholls State, 2-0 against Stephen F. Austin and 1-0 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. In addition, UAB has won six straight against the league and has not lost to a Southland Conference school since falling to New Orleans in 1991. MESS WITH TEXAS The UAB men’s basketball team will face its first of six schools from the state of Texas when the Blazers battle Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday. UAB enters play having won five straight games against schools from the state of Texas. The Blazers will also play Texas, North Texas, Rice, UTEP and UTSA later this season.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Statistic
UAB SFA
Scoring Offense
73.2
71.5
Scoring Defense
69.1
71.8
Scoring Margin
+4.1
-0.3
Field Goal Pct.
.457
.457
3-point Pct.
.316
.336
Opp. 3-Point Pct.
.382
.324
Free Throw Pct.
.763
.788
Rebounds Per Game
38.4
34.0
Opp. Rebounds Per Game
32.5
29.8
Rebound Margin
+5.9
+4.2
Assists Per Game
15.9
12.2
Turnovers Per Game
15.1
22.3
Opp. Turnovers Per Game
13.8
16.7
Turnover Margin
-1.4
-5.7
Steals Per Game
5.5
6.0
Blocks Per Game
5.8
4.3
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 STREAK BUSTERS UAB will look to snap a significant home winning streak for the second straight year when the Blazers take the floor Wednesday at Stephen F. Austin. Last season, the Blazers snapped Old Dominion’s 32-game home winning streak with a 72-71 overtime victory at the Constant Convocation Center. Stephen F. Austin currently owns the third-longest home winning streak in the NCAA at 31 straight. THE MAYOR OF BLOCKINGHAM UAB junior forward William Lee — The Mayor of Blockingham — blocked one shot Saturday against Auburn. Lee, who finished last season second in the NCAA in blocks, enters Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin first in Conference USA and 22nd in the NCAA with 2.8 blocked shots per game. Lee has blocked at least one shot in seven of eight games this year. WHAT A DIFFERENCE UAB senior forward Tosin Mehinti made a career-best six free throws Saturday when he went 6-for-6 from the charity stripe against Auburn. Mehinti is now 17-for-19 from the free throw line and is second on the team with a .895 free throw percentage. Last season as a junior, Mehinti shot only 52.6 percent from the free throw line and didn’t make his 17th free throw until Jan. 3, 2016 in the 14th game of the season. BLACK JACK UAB junior forward Chris Cokley is inching closer and closer to becoming the 21st member of the 1,000 point club at UAB. Cokley begins play Wednesday at Stephen F. Austin with 801 career points and is 199 shy of joining the club. UAB hasn’t had a 1,000 point scorer since Cameron Moore hit the mark at the end of the 2011-12 season. WHAT A STRETCH UAB junior forward William “HaHa” Lee scored a teamhigh 13 points and grabbed six rebounds Saturday against Auburn. Lee has been on quite a tear lately and enters play Wednesday at Stephen F. Austin averaging 13.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.0 blocks while shooting 55.9 percent (19-for-34) from the field over his last four games.
UAB QUICK FACTS
Name......................................................... UAB Nickname. . ............................................ Blazers Location................................. Birmingham, Ala. Founded.. ................................................. 1969 Enrollment............................................ 19,535 Colors.......................... Forest Green & Old Gold Conference. . ............................. Conference USA Home Court. . ................................ Bartow Arena Capacity.................................................. 8,508 President..................................... Dr. Ray Watts Athletic Director............................ Mark Ingram Head Coach.................................. Robert Ehsan Overall record/years. . .............................. 4-4 (1) UAB record/years.................................... 4-4 (1) First year of men’s basketball.................... 1979 Overall all-time record......................... 763-457 2015-16 overall record.. ............................. 26-7 Conference record/finish...................... 16-2/1st Starters returning/lost.. ................................ 4/1 Letterwinners returning/lost. . ..................... 10/2 Newcomers.. ................................................... 2 UAB ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Ted Feeley Associate AD/Athletics Communications 205-934-0730
[email protected] Jay D’Abramo Associate Athletics Communications Director Men’s Basketball Contact 205-934-7920 (o) 205-234-9422 (c)
[email protected] Kathryn Langley Athletics Communications Associate Secondary Men’s Basketball Contact 205-934-0722 (o) 229-308-3823 (c)
[email protected] FOUL AT YOUR OWN RISK UAB senior guard Dirk Williams hit both his free throws Saturday against Auburn and is now 20-for-22 from the charity stripe this season. Williams enters play Wednesday at Stephen F. Austin second in Conference USA and 38th in the NCAA with a .909 free throw percentage. Williams has only missed seven free throws in his UAB career.
MEDIA INTERVIEWS: All interviews with players and or members of the UAB men’s basketball coaching staff must be arranged through JAY D’ABRAMO and the UAB Athletics Communications Office. No interviews will be granted on gameday until competition is over.
TOSIN TIME UAB senior forward Tosin Mehinti scored a season-high 13 points Nov. 29 in helping the Blazers to a victory over Alabama A&M. UAB has enjoyed a great deal of success when Mehinti reaches double digits, as the Blazers are 13-3 when Mehinti scores at least 10 points.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: Both team locker rooms will be CLOSED to the media following the game. Coach Ehsan will address the media approximately 10 minutes after the game. Selected players will be escorted into the media interview room following the head coaches. Visiting coach and player interviews will be coordinated through the visiting team’s athletics communications contact.
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
2016-17 C-USA STANDINGS
C-USA Pct All Pct
Middle Tennessee
0-0
Charlotte
0-0 .000 6-2 .750
.000
Rice
0-0 .000 6-2 .750
Old Dominion
0-0
Marshall
0-0 .000 5-2 .714
Louisiana Tech
0-0
.000
5-3
.625
North Texas
0-0
.000
4-4
.500
UAB
0-0 .000 4-4 .500
Southern Miss
0-0
WKU
0-0 .000 3-5 .375
FIU
0-0 .000 3-6 .333
UTEP
0-0 .000 2-4 .333
Florida Atlantic
0-0
UTSA
0-0 .000 2-6 .250
.000
.000
.000
8-1
5-2
3-3
2-5
.889
.714
.500
.286
THIS WEEK IN C-USA DECEMBER 5 (MONDAY) Louisiana Tech 98, Alcorn State 65 DECEMBER 6 (TUESDAY) Florida Atlantic at Ohio State • 6 p.m. Southern Miss at Florida State • 6 p.m. Charlotte at Wake Forest • 6 p.m. Marshall at Chattanooga • 6 p.m. Old Dominion at Rhode Island • 6 p.m. DECEMBER 7 (WEDNESDAY) UTSA at Texas Tech • 7 p.m. UAB at Stephen F. Austin • 7 p.m. UTEP at New Mexico • 8 p.m. DECEMBER 8 (THURSDAY) Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee • 6:30 p.m. Delaware State at North Texas • 7 p.m. DECEMBER 10 (SATURDAY) UAB at Memphis • 12 p.m. SE Oklahoma State at UTSA • 3 p.m. Tulane at Southern Miss • 4:30 p.m. Toledo at Marshall • 6 p.m. VCU at Old Dominion • 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Rice • 7 p.m. Louisiana Tech at UL Lafayette • 7:15 p.m. DECEMBER 11 (SUNDAY) WKU at Indiana State • 3:30 p.m. FIU at Florida Gulf Coast • 7:15 p.m.
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GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 EHSAN ADOPTS CANCER INITIATIVE UAB head coach Robert Ehsan will donate $10 for every block tallied by the Blazers during the 2016-17 season to the Gene Bartow Memorial Fund for Cancer Research. The Bartow Fund recognizes the late UAB Men’s Basketball Coach and Athletics Director Gene Bartow for his decades of commitment to UAB and intercollegiate sports. Bartow, who retired from collegiate coaching in 1996, underwent treatment at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center for stomach cancer. The UAB Department of Athletics is committed to this cause in memory of Bartow and the many family members, friends, and fans that can be assisted by the research and resources provided by the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. HOLDING THEM DOWN UAB limited Alabama A&M to 45 points Nov. 29 to record its ninth straight victory when holding an opponent to 70 points or less. Additionally, UAB has won 23 of its last 24 games and is 60-10 since the start of the 2012-13 season when allowing 70 points or less. DYNAMIC DUO Blazer posts William Lee and Tosin Mehinti and both moving up the charts on UAB’s career blocked shots list. Lee enters Wednesday’s game with Stephen F. Austin second all-time at UAB with 168 rejections and will need 99 blocks over his final two seasons to surpass the 266 of Alan Ogg to become the school’s all-time leader. Mehinti begins Wednesday third all-time at UAB with 141 after passing Cameron Moore on Tuesday with three blocks Nov. 29 against Alabama A&M. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
UAB CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS LIST 266 Alan Ogg 1986-90 168 William Lee 2014-pres. 141 Tosin Mehinti 2013-pres. 137 Cameron Moore 2008-12 131 Jerome Mincy 1982-86
No. 0 1 2 3 5 10 13 11 21 22 33 34 35
Name Hakeem Baxter Denzell Watts Nick Norton Chris Cokley Deion Lavender Javien Williams Nate Darling Dirk Williams Tosin Mehinti Tyler Madison Thomas Smallwood William Lee Lewis Sullivan
Pos. G G G F G G G G F G F F F
AWARD AFTER AWARD UAB junior guard Nick Norton continues to contribute to Blazer basketball despite being sidelined with a torn ACL. Earlier this week, Norton was appointed as a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Competition Committee. Norton was also named a nominee for the Allstate NABC Good Works Team. FOUR OR MORE UAB junior forward William Lee swatted seven shots Nov. 17 in a 74-51 victory over Troy. Lee enters play Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin with 14 career games with four or more blocked shots. The Blazers are 13-1 and have won 13 straight games when Lee has at least four blocks. MAY WE HELP YOU? UAB picked up a season-high 23 assists Nov. 17 against Troy to mark the 14th time the Blazers have registered at least 20 helpers in a game since start of the 201415 season. UAB is a perfect 14-0 in those games and enters Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin third in Conference USA with 15.9 assists per game. Sophomore Deion Lavender stands fifth in the league with 5.0 helpers per game. Lavender tallied a career-high nine assists Nov. 17 against Troy and again Nov. 22 against George Washington. FREE IS GOOD UAB shot 86.4 percent (19-for-22) from the free throw Nov. 22 against George Washington to mark the third time this season in which the Blazers have shot better than 80.0 percent from the charity stripe. UAB enters play Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin 34th in the NCAA and third in Conference USA with a .763 free throw percentage.
UAB ROSTER
Ht. 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-8 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-5 6-9 6-4 7-0 6-9 6-7
Wt. 186 235 168 229 192 175 185 178 244 222 240 209 222
Cl. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr.
Hometown/Last School Philadelphia, Pa./Maryland Eastern Shore Flint, Mich./Carman-Ainsworth HS Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic HS Savannah, Ga./Savannah HS Alton, Ill./Southern Illinois Birmingham, Ala./Woodlawn HS Halifax, Nova Scotia/DeMatha Catholic HS Homewood, Ala./Tallahassee (Fla.) CC Lagos, Nigeria/Greenforest Academy Columbiana, Ala./Shelby County HS Bordeaux, France/Saint John Perse Plantersville, Ala./Dallas County HS Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS
Head Coach: Robert Ehsan, first season (UC Davis, 2005) Associate Head Coach: Turner Battle, third season (Buffalo, 2005) Assistant Coach: Dannton Jackson, first season (Xavier [New Orleans], 1992) Assistant Coach: Kevin Devitt, first season (DePaul, 2010) Director of Operations: Zavier Anderson, third season (Clemson, 2011) Assistant to the Head Coach: DJ Black, third season (Penn State, 2006)
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17 REBOUNDING MACHINE UAB junior forward Chris Cokley pulled down seven rebounds Saturday against Auburn and is first on the team with 5.6 rebounds per game. UAB has enjoyed a great deal of success when Cokley registers at least seven rebounds, having 24 such games during his three seasons at UAB. In fact, the Blazers are 18-6 when Cokley has seven or more rebounds. WELCOME TO BLOCKINGHAM The UAB men’s basketball team continues to block shots at an extremely high rate and enters play Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin second in Conference USA and 23rd in the NCAA with 5.8 blocks per game. The Blazers have blocked at least four shots in six of the first eight games, including a season-high 11 on Nov. 29 against Alabama A&M. Junior forward William Lee averages 2.8 blocks per game and ranks first in the league and is 22nd in the NCAA. UAB finished last year ranked second in the NCAA with 6.1 blocked shots per game and ended the season with 202 blocks to record the sixth-most in the country. HALFTIME HIGH UAB went 20-2 last season and is 4-2 this season when leading at halftime. The Blazers are now 65-12 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2012-13 season after holding a 32-19 lead at halftime Nov. 29 against Alabama A&M
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 BLOCK PARTY William Lee went the first two games of the season without picking up a foul and has committed no more than two fouls in seven of eight games this season. Lee has also racked up 22 blocks throughout the first eight games. He has been remarkably efficient in his blocked shot efforts, ranking second in the nation in blocks per foul at 2.8. Last season, Lee topped the country with a 1.704 blocks per foul. As a freshman, Lee was 67th in the country registering 0.761 blocks per foul. SPARK PLUG UAB junior forward Tyler Madison is averaging 7.4 points per game off the bench in 16.0 minutes per game this season. Madison, who averaged 1.6 points per game last season, scored a team-high 16 points Nov. 11 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff to lead UAB in scoring for the first time since he poured in 17 points against USF on Nov. 20, 2014. Madison enters play Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin with 59 points already this season. Madison scored 54 points all of last season as a junior. 80 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER UAB scored 80 points nine different times last season and went undefeated in those contests. The Blazers enter play Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin having won 16 straight games when scoring at least 80 points after posting an 81-84 victory over George Washington on Nov. 22.
GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUP Opponent Arkansas-Pine Bluff Furman Troy vs. Kansas vs. George Washington vs. Saint Mary’s Alabama A&M Auburn at Stephen F. Austin at Memphis Southern at Texas Miles College at Middle Tennessee at North Texas at Rice WKU Marshall at Florida Atlantic at FIU Louisiana Tech Southern Miss at UTEP at UTSA Charlotte Old Dominion at Marshall at WKU Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic FIU
Guard Guard Guard Forward Forward Norton Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee Lavender Baxter Williams Cokley Lee
UAB BY THE NUMBERS
Leading at the half . . ..................................... 4-2 Tied at the half............................................ 0-0 Behind at the half. . ...................................... 0-2 Scores 90 points or more.. ............................ 0-0 Scores 80-89 points..................................... 2-0 Scores 70-79 points..................................... 2-2 Scores less than 70 points. . .......................... 0-2 Allows 90s points or more............................ 0-0 Allows 80-89 points..................................... 0-2 Allows 70-79 points..................................... 1-2 Allowing less than 70 points........................ 3-0 Out-rebounds opponent. . ............................. 3-2 Out-rebounded by opponent........................ 1-1 Ties opponent in rebounds. . ......................... 0-1 Shoots 50 percent or better.......................... 2-0 Shoots between 40-49 percent..................... 2-2 Shoots under 40 percent.............................. 0-2 Shoots 30 percent or better from 3-pt........... 2-2 Shoots under 30 percent from 3-pt............... 2-2 Shoots 70 percent or better from FT line.. ...... 3-3 Shoots 60-69 percent from FT line................ 1-1 Shoots under 60 percent from FT line.. .......... 0-0 Opponent shoots 50 percent or better . . ......... 0-3 Opponent shoots 40-49 percent................... 1-1 Opp. shoots 30% or better from 3-pt............. 1-4 Opp. shoots under 30% from 3-pt................. 3-0 Commits 15 turnovers or more..................... 3-2 Commits less than 15 turnovers.. .................. 1-2 Forces 15 turnovers or more......................... 3-1 Forces less than 15 turnovers....................... 1-3 Has less (or same) turnovers as opponent..... 3-2 Has more turnovers than opponent. . ............. 1-2 Playing at home.......................................... 3-2 Playing on the road..................................... 0-0 Playing at a neutral site............................... 1-2 Playing during the day. . ............................... 0-1 Playing at night. . ......................................... 4-3 Playing in November................................... 4-3 Playing in December. . .................................. 0-1 Playing in January....................................... 0-0 Playing in February. . .................................... 0-0 Playing in March.. ........................................ 0-0 Playing on Monday...................................... 0-2 Playing on Tuesday...................................... 2-0 Playing on Wednesday................................. 0-0 Playing on Thursday. . ................................... 1-0 Playing on Friday. . ....................................... 1-0 Playing on Saturday. . ................................... 0-1 Playing on Sunday....................................... 0-1 Playing in overtime.. .................................... 0-0 Playing on television................................... 1-2 Playing against a ranked opponent. . ............. 0-2 Game is decided by 1-4 points.. .................... 0-1 Game is decided by 5-10 points.. .................. 1-1 Game is decided by 11 points or more.......... 3-2 One player in double figures........................ 0-0 Two players in double figures....................... 0-1 Three players in double figures.................... 3-2 Four or more players in double figures......... 1-1 Chris Cokley leads team in scoring.. .............. 2-1 Dirk Williams leads team in scoring.............. 0-2 William Lee leads team in scoring................ 2-2 Hakeem Baxter leads team in scoring.. .......... 0-0
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17 UAB SUPERLATIVES BIGGEST UAB LEAD: 33 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) BIGGEST UAB DEFICIT: 24 vs. Kansas (11.21.16) BIGGEST UAB LEAD IN A LOSS: 7 vs. Auburn (12.3.16) BIGGEST UAB DEFICIT IN A WIN: 5 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) BIGGEST UAB HALFTIME LEAD: 23 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) BIGGEST UAB HALFTIME DEFICIT: 16 vs. Saint Mary’s (11.27.16) BEST UAB 1ST HALF FG%: 58.6% vs. Furman (11.14.16) WORST UAB 1ST HALF FG%: 37.0% vs. Kansas (11.21.16) BEST UAB 2ND HALF FG%: 60.7% vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) WORST UAB 2ND HALF FG%: 16.7% vs. Furman (11.14.16) MOST POINTS BY UAB IN 1ST HALF: 46 vs. Furman (11.14.16) FEWEST POINTS BY UAB IN 1ST HALF: 27 vs. Saint Mary’s (11.27.16) MOST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 1ST HALF: 45 vs. Furman (11.14.16) FEWEST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 1ST HALF: 17 vs. Troy (11.17.16) MOST POINTS BY UAB IN 2ND HALF: 43 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.30) FEWEST POINTS BY UAB IN 2ND HALF: 28 vs. Furman (11.14.16) MOST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 2ND HALF: 45 vs. UAPB (11.11.16); GW (11.22.16) FEWEST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 2ND HALF: 26 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) MOST REBOUNDS IN A GAME: 47 vs. Troy (11.17.16) MOST STEALS IN A GAME: 10 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME: 23 vs. Troy (11.17.16)
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 VICTORIOUS DEBUT UAB head coach Robert Ehsan won his first career game Nov. 11 when he turned in an 86-66 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Ehsan is now the fourth head coach in UAB history to win his Blazer debut. Additionally, the 20-point win is the second-largest margin of victory for a coach earning his first win at UAB. Jerod Haase picked up his first UAB win by 46 points when he opened the 2012-13 season with a 105-59 victory over Young Harris. DIAPER DANDY Robert Ehsan began his first season as head coach of UAB on Nov. 11 as the 10th-youngest head coach in the NCAA at 34 years old. Maurice Joseph of George Washington stands as the youngest coach in the NCAA at 31 years old. Ironically, Ehsan and Joseph met Nov. 22 when UAB faced George Washington in the consolation game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. FINDING A WAY UAB turned in a three-point victory March 5, 2016 when the Blazers defeated Florida Atlantic 73-70 in the final game of the 2015-16 regular season. The Blazers have enjoyed a great deal of success when playing close games. In fact, UAB is 11-3 in its last 14 games decided by five points or less. FREE THROW HIGH UAB went 33-for-43 from the free throw line Nov. 11 in its 86-66 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. It’s the most free throws made in a game by a UAB team since making 33 against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 28, 2015. The most free throws UAB made in any game last season was 27 against Alabama State (Nov. 16) and UTEP (Jan. 9). Dirk Williams made a career-high seven free throws Nov. 11 against the Golden Lions. Overall, UAB is ranked 35th in the NCAA with 18.5 free throws made per game. DOUBLE DIGIT DIRK UAB senior guard Dirk Williams scored 15 points Nov. 22 in a win over George Washington. Williams has now scored in double figures in 21 games during his UAB career and helped the Blazers to a 17-4 record when scoring in double figures. PRESEASON WATCH LIST UAB forward William Lee was named to the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List last month. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. The recipient of the award will be announced at the Collegeinsider.com awards banquet on April 31 in Phoenix, site of the men’s DI Basketball Championships.
MOST BLOCKED SHOTS IN A GAME: 11 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) MOST THREE-POINTERS IN A GAME: 8 vs. Troy (11.17.16); vs. George Washington (11.22.16) MOST FIELD GOALS MADE IN A GAME: 30 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16)
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS The UAB men’s basketball team was selected as the preseason favorite to win the conference in a vote by league’s head coaches. UAB returns four starters from a 2015-16 squad that won Conference USA by four games with a 16-2 record in league play. Overall, the Blazers finished 26-7 and earned the program’s 12th NIT appearance. The Blazers earned 10 of a possible 14 first-place votes. Individually, juniors William Lee and Chris Cokley were tabbed to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team. TEAM CANADA UAB freshman Nate Darling helped Team Canada win a Silver Medal at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Men’s Basketball Championship. Darling and Team Canada posted victories over Argentina (92-58), the Dominican Republic (87-74), Brazil (74-58) and Puerto Rico (8366) to reach the championship game against the United States. Darling averaged 1.8 points, 0.6 rebounds and hit three 3-pointers in 9.4 minutes per game. BLAZERS ARE BACK UAB returns all but one player from its 2016 Conference USA regular-season championship team. Among the 11 returners are four starters, led by juniors Chris Cokley, William Lee and Nick Norton. Cokley was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team last season, while Lee and Norton both earned All-Conference USA Third Team accolades. Additionally, Lee was selected as the 2016 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and secured a spot on the league’s all-defensive team. UAB also returns 2016 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year Dirk Williams. Overall, the Blazers return 82.3 percent of their scoring and 92.8 percent of their rebounding. UAB INKS THREE Blazer head coach Robert Ehsan signed his first three recruits of his career earlier this month when Zack Bryant (Hastings, Fla.), Makhtar Gueye (Dakar, Senegal) and Luis Hurtado (Weston, Fla.) signed their National Letters of Intent to play at UAB. Bryant averaged 19.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists last season at Providence School in Jacksonville. He also broke current Duke guard and Providence School alumni Grayson Allen’s single-season scoring record. Gueye plays at Aspire Basketball Academy in Arizona and averages 19.8 points and 9.5 rebounds this season. Hurtado is a three-star recruit according to 247Sports.
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17 BLOCK CITY UAB transformed Birmingham into Blockingham last season by finishing the year ranked second in the NCAA with 6.1 blocked shots per game. UAB ended the season with 202 blocks to record the sixth-most in the country. In addition, the 202 rejections were the highest single-season total in school history, surpassing the previous record of 187 set during the 1988-89 season. Individually, junior William Lee finished the season with 95 blocks and ranked eighth in the NCAA with 2.9 per game. Lee, who blocked at least one shot in all but one game, was named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year while earning a spot on the All-Defensive Team as well. Lee’s 95 rejections rank as the second-most in school history for a single season. Only Alan Ogg had more single-season blocks than Lee when he tallied 129 during the 1988-89 season. ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS UAB turned in one of its greatest seasons in school history in 2015-16 en route to its first Conference USA regular-season championship since 2010-11 season. The Blazers finished the season with a 26-7 overall record and a 16-2 mark in league play. During the season, UAB set school records for overall wins, Conference USA wins, consecutive wins (14) and road wins (10). The Blazers would go on to earn a bid to the NIT to mark the 12th time in school history UAB has participated in the postseason tournament. ALL-CONFERENCE QUARTET UAB made school history at the end of the regular season when four of its student-athletes were named All-Conference USA. Blazers Robert Brown (first team), Chris Cokley (second team), William Lee (third team) and Nick Norton (third team) became the first UAB quartet to be named All-Conference USA in the same season, breaking the previous school record of three selections set during the 2010-11 season. The All-Conference USA teams were selected by a vote of the league’s coaches and a select panel of media representatives.
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 SIX SHOOTER UAB sharp shooter Dirk Williams came off the bench last season to shoot 48.2 percent from the field, 38.4 percent from three-point range and 89.8 percent from the free throw line while averaging 9.3 points per game. For his efforts, Williams was selected as the 2016 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year, making it two straight years in which a Blazer has won the award. Forward Chris Cokley won the award in 2015 as a freshman. In addition, Williams helped UAB to a 14-1 record when he scored in double figures. TRIPLES AND DIMES UAB finished the 2015-16 season with one of its best seasons in school history in total three-pointers made and total assists. The Blazers sunk 250 three-pointers last season for the second-most in school history for a single season. UAB averaged 7.6 triples per game. The Blazers also finished the 2015-16 season with the second-most single-season assists in school history with 608. UAB paced Conference USA and ranked third in the NCAA with 18.4 assists per game. UAB SELECTED TO INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT Caymax Sports Ltd., in conjunction with Global Sports Management, has announced that Cincinnati, Iowa, UAB and Wyoming will headline the inaugural eightteam Cayman Islands Classic college basketball multiteam event that will start in November of 2017. The remaining four participating teams will be released later.
UAB Individual Miscellaneous Stats DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING GAMES Player 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 Total Hakeen Baxter — 11 5 3 19 Chris Cokley — 14 25 6 45 Nate Darling — — — — 0 Deion Lavender — — — 1 1 William Lee — 12 19 4 35 Tyler Madison 1 6 1 2 10 Tosin Mehinti 1 9 6 2 18 Nick Norton — 11 13 — 24 Thomas Smallwood — — 1 — 1 Lewis Sullivan — 1 4 — 5 Denzell Watts 3 5 3 1 12 Dirk Williams — — 15 6 21 Javien Williams — — — 1 1 20-POINT SCORING GAMES Player 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 Total Hakeen Baxter — — — — 0 Chris Cokley — 1 5 1 6 Nate Darling — — — — 0 Deion Lavender — — — — 0 William Lee — — 2 — 2 Tyler Madison — — — — 0 Tosin Mehinti — — — — 0 Nick Norton — 1 1 — 2 Thomas Smallwood — — — — 0 Lewis Sullivan — — 1 — 1 Denzell Watts — — — — 0 Dirk Williams — — 1 — 1 Javien Williams — — — — 0 DOUBLE FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES Player 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 Total Hakeen Baxter — 1 — — 1 Chris Cokley — 2 6 — 8 Nate Darling — — — — 0 Deion Lavender — — — — 0 William Lee — 7 5 — 12 Tyler Madison — 1 — — 1 Tosin Mehinti 1 2 3 — 6 Nick Norton — — — — 0 Thomas Smallwood — — — — 0 Lewis Sullivan — — — — 0 Denzell Watts — — — — 0 Dirk Williams — — — — 0 Javien Williams — — — — 0
NORTON LENDS A HELPING HAND UAB junior guard Nick Norton established himself as one of the top point guards in the nation through his first two years in a Blazer uniform. In fact, Norton led Conference USA and ranked 18th in the NCAA with a 3.0 assist/turnover ratio. Norton also stood third in the league in steals (1.6 spg) and fifth in assists (5.1 apg). The Bloomington, Ill., native enters his junior season with 294 career assists and needs only 35 more helpers to move into 10th place on UAB’s all-time list. Last season, Norton finished with 162 assists to record the 11th-most in a single season in school history.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 Total Hakeen Baxter — 1 — — 1 Chris Cokley — 2 4 — 6 Nate Darling — — — — 0 Deion Lavender — — — — 0 William Lee — 5 4 — 9 Tyler Madison — — — — 0 Tosin Mehinti — 2 1 — 3 Nick Norton — — — — 0 Thomas Smallwood — — — — 0 Lewis Sullivan — — — — 0 Denzell Watts — — — — 0 Dirk Williams — — — — 0 Javien Williams — — — — 0
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
THE LAST MEETING... Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Stephen F. Austin vs UAB 12/29/15 2:30 p.m. at Birmingham, Ala. - Bartow Arena Stephen F. Austin 66 • 7-5 ##
00 22 01 04 10 03 11 12 23 32
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
Walkup, Thomas Holyfield, TJ Floyd, Demetrious Charles, Ty Pinkney, Trey Johnson, Jared Geffrard, Clide Cameron, Dallas Bain, Nathan Grujic, Jovan Team Totals
FG % 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% FT % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0%
f f g g g
5-11 3-6 6-14 3-10 3-3 0-1 6-14 0-3 1-2 0-1
0-2 0-2 5-12 0-3 0-0 0-1 3-7 0-1 0-0 0-0
2-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
27-65
8-28
4-7
2nd half: 14-34 41.2% 2nd half: 3-15 20.0% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1%
TP
0 3 3 4 2 3 5 5 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 16 26 21
12 6 17 8 6 0 15 0 2 0
A TO Blk Stl
3 6 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0
66 18
0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 9
0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Min
21 32 33 32 23 4 27 16 8 4
5 10 200
Game: 27-65 41.5% Game: 8-28 28.6% Game: 4-7 57.1%
Deadball Rebounds 0
UAB 76 • 10-3 ##
03 21 00 02 04 01 11 22 34 35
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
Cokley, Chris Mehinti, Tosin Baxter, Hakeem Norton, Nick Brown, Robert Watts, Denzell Williams, Dirk Madison, Tyler Lee, William Sullivan, Lewis Team Totals
FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% FT % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0%
f f g g g
8-14 1-3 2-5 1-3 5-13 2-3 1-4 0-0 2-4 3-3
0-0 0-0 0-1 1-3 1-4 2-2 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
25-52
5-13
TP
3 4 7 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 7 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 8 3 0 1 1 1 3 2 5 21-27 13 31 44 14
2nd half: 14-25 56.0% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 15-17 88.2%
6-6 3-6 3-4 0-0 3-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 4-5 0-0
22 5 7 3 14 6 5 0 8 6
A TO Blk Stl
1 2 1 4 3 3 3 0 1 0
Min
1 1 3 2 1 4 2 0 1 1
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
76 18 16
4
3 200
Game: 25-52 48.1% Game: 5-13 38.5% Game: 21-27 77.8%
26 26 27 23 31 16 19 3 18 11
Deadball Rebounds 4
Officials: Gary Maxwell, Jacyn Goble, Bobby Daw Technical fouls: Stephen F. Austin-None. UAB-None. Attendance: 3956 Score by periods Stephen F. Austin UAB
1st
31 31
2nd
35 45
Total
66 76
Points SFA UAB
Last FG - SFA 2nd-00:08, UAB 2nd-00:52. Largest lead - SFA by 18 1st-05:59, UAB by 12 2nd-00:21. SFA led for 30:35. UAB led for 07:27. Game was tied for 01:58.
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In Paint 22 36
Off T/O 26 13
2nd Fast Chance Break 10 8 15 8
Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 3 times.
Bench 17 25
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
THE LAST TIME... A UAB team...
A UAB player...
Scored 100+ points at home......................... 104 vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 6, 2016) Scored 100+ points on the road....................... 102 at Fresno State (Dec. 11, 1999) Scored 100+ points and lost........................................................ Never Happened Scored 110+ points.............................................116 vs. Hiwassee (Dec. 22, 2015) Scored 50 points or less............................................ 47 vs. Florida (Nov. 27, 2014) Scored 40 points or less.................................................. 37 at UTEP (Feb. 8, 2006) Scored 50 points or less and won.. ............................. 47-28 at SMU (Feb. 15, 2012) Held opponent to 50 points or less................. 45 vs. Alabama State (Nov. 29, 2016)
Scored 20+ points. . ...................... 20, Chris Cokley vs. Saint Mary’s (Nov. 27, 2016) Scored 30+ points. . ...........................32, Chad Frazier vs. Nebraska (Nov. 22, 2013) Scored 40+ points. . ................................. 41, Robert Vaden at UTEP (Feb. 27, 2008)
Won an overtime game............................... 72-71 at Old Dominion (Jan. 14, 2016) Lost an overtime game. . ...............................77-82 vs. Virginia Tech (Nov. 28, 2015) Won a double overtime game. . ....................80-77 at Southern Miss (Feb. 11, 2016) Lost a double overtime game.....................................73-82 at Rice (Feb. 14, 2015) Played a triple overtime game. . ...... W, 100-95 vs. Middle Tennessee (Feb. 28, 2014) Played a quadruple overtime game.. ................L, 84-92 at Nebraska (Dec. 22, 1979) Made 12+ three-point field goals. . ............................... 12 at BYU (March 16, 2016) Made 15+ three-point field goals. . ................... 15 vs. Southern Miss (Feb. 2, 2009) Allowed 10+ three-point field goals............................11 vs. Auburn (Dec. 3, 2016) Had 20+ rebound margin......................................22 vs. Hiwassee (Dec. 22, 2015) Had 25+ rebound margin............................. 27 vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 16, 2016) Had 50+ rebounds........................................................50 vs. Rice (Jan. 21, 2016) Had 60+ rebounds............................................62 vs. New Mexico (Nov. 21, 2013) Had two players with 10+ rebounds.................................... vs. UTEP (Jan. 9, 2016) William Lee (12), Chris Cokley (11) Had three players with 10+ rebounds . . .............................................................N/A Attempted 30+ free throws...................................... 31 vs. Furman (Nov. 14, 2016) Attempted 40+ free throws..................... 43 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11, 2016) Attempted 50+ free throws.................................... 54 vs. Charlotte (Feb. 25, 1991) Made 25+ free throws............................................. 25 vs. Furman (Nov. 14, 2016) Made 30+ free throws............................ 33 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11, 2016) Made 35+ free throws..................................... 35 vs. Southern Miss (Feb. 7, 2015) Shot 90% or better from FT line............ 100%, 6-6 at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13, 2016) Had 20+ assists.. ...........................................................23 vs. Troy (Nov. 17, 2016) Had 25+ assists.. ...................................................27 vs. Hiwassee (Dec. 22, 2015) Had 30+ assists.. ........................................................... 31 vs. UTSA (Jan. 7, 2016) Had 25+ turnovers......................................... 27 vs. Jackson State (Nov. 23, 2014) Forced 25+ turnovers.............................................. 27 vs. Radford (Nov. 11, 2006) Forced 30+ turnovers.................................................. 39 vs. Tulsa (Jan. 11, 2006)
Made 5+ 3-pointers.. ............................... 5, Robert Brown at BYU (March 16, 2016) Attempted 10+ 3-pointers..................... 10, Nick Norton vs. WKU (March 10, 2016) Attempted 15+ 3-pointers....................... 15, Robert Vaden at UTEP (Feb. 27, 2008) Had a double-double........................ Chris Cokley at Southern Miss (Feb. 11, 2016) Had a double-double in two straight games.........................................Chris Cokley at Auburn (Nov. 13, 2015) & vs. Alabama State (Nov. 16, 2015) Had a double-double in three straight games. . ...................................... Rod Rucker vs. Memphis (Jan. 12, 2013), at UCF (Jan. 9, 2013), at Dayton (Jan. 5, 2013) Had a double-double in four straight games.................................. Cameron Moore vs. Southern Miss (Feb. 8, 2012), at UTEP (Feb. 4, 2012) vs. Houston (Feb. 1, 2012), vs. East Carolina (Jan. 28, 2012) Had a triple-double.. .....................................Paul Delaney vs. Tulane (Feb. 4, 2009) Had 20+ points and 20+ rebounds.............................................. Never Happened Had 15+ rebounds....................... 15, Chris Cokley vs. Georgia State (Dec. 1, 2015) Had 20+ rebounds.......................... 20, Rod Rucker vs. New Mexico (Nov.21, 2013) Had 9+ offensive rebounds. . ...............9, Will Campbell vs. Houston (Jan. 31, 2001) Had 10+ defensive rebounds...................... 10, William Lee vs. UTEP (Jan. 9, 2016) Had 10+ assists.. ........................... 10, Nick Norton vs. USC Upstate (Dec. 16, 2015) Had 15+ assists.. ......................................................................... Never Happened Had 5+ blocks. . ........................................... 7, William Lee vs. Troy (Nov. 17, 2016) Had 10+ blocks. . ............................... 12, Alan Ogg vs. Florida A&M (Dec. 16, 1988) Had 5+ steals . . ............................................ 5, Nick Norton at UTSA (Jan. 31, 2015) Had 10+ steals. . ........12, Squeaky Johnson vs. South Carolina State (Nov. 27, 2005) Made 10+ free throws............................. 10, Lewis Sullivan at Troy (Nov. 19, 2015) Made 15+ free throws............ 16, Andy Kennedy vs. Louisiana Tech (Dec. 17, 1988) Attempted 10+ free throws.... 12, Hakeem Baxter vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11, 2016) Attempted 15+ free throws....... 17, Rod Rucker vs. Prarie View A&M (Nov. 20, 2012) Attempted 20+ free throws.......................................................... Never Happened Shot 100% from the floor... Tosin Mehinti, 5-for-5, vs. Alabama A&M (Nov. 29, 2016) Played 40+ minutes........... 50, Robert Brown vs. Middle Tennessee (Feb. 28, 2015) Fouled out . . ................................................. Chris Cokley vs. Auburn (Dec. 3, 2016)
Had 15+ steals. . ............................................................ 16 vs. USF (Jan. 29, 2005) Had 20+ steals. . .................................................. 23 vs. Centenary (Dec. 19, 2005) Blocked 5+ shots . . ....................................9 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11, 2016) Blocked 10+ shots. . ........................................ 11 vs. Alabama A&M (Nov. 29, 2016) Beat a ranked team.................................. 60-59 vs. #9 Iowa State (March 19, 2015) Beat a ranked team on the road.................... 67-55 at #17 Cincinnati (Jan. 9, 1994) Kept every opposing player out of double figures. . ...... vs. Hiwassee (Dec. 22, 2015) Had all five starters in double figures............... vs. Newberry College (Jan. 4, 2014) Had five players score in double figures . . ......vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11, 2016) Had no players score in double figures.............................................................N/A Overcame a 5-point halftime deficit to win.................. 6 vs. Rutgers (Nov. 11, 2013) Overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win........12 vs. Middle Tennessee (Jan. 3, 2016)
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
UPDATED PLAYER CAREER HIGHS #0 HAKEEM BAXTER
POINTS 30 vs. Delaware State (3.6.14) REBOUNDS 10 vs. Louisiana Tech (2.5.15) FIELD GOALS 9 (3x) last vs. Delaware State (3.6.14) FREE THROWS 14 vs. Howard (2.15.14) THREE-POINTERS 3 (4x) last vs. ULM (11.15.14) ASSISTS 6 at USF (12.19.15) STEALS 4 vs. Young Harris (11.17.14) BLOCKS 3 at Delaware State (2.22.14) MINUTES 45 vs. Middle Tennessee (2.28.15)
#5 DEION LAVENDER
POINTS 17 at Loyola Chicago (2.11.15) REBOUNDS 7 (2x) last vs. Troy (11.17.16) FIELD GOALS 6 (2x) last at Loyola Chicago (2.11.15) FREE THROWS 6 (2x) last vs. Missouri State (3.5.15) THREE-POINTERS 5 at Loyola Chicago (2.11.15) ASSISTS 9 (2x) last vs. George Washington (11.22.16) STEALS 3 (2x) last vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) BLOCKS 1 (2x) last vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) MINUTES 39 at Loyola Chicago (2.11.15)
#21 TOSIN MEHINTI
POINTS 19 vs. Young Harris (11.17.14) REBOUNDS 10 (6x) last at Marshall (1.30.16) FIELD GOALS 8 vs. Young Harris (11.17.14) FREE THROWS 6 vs. Auburn (12.3.16) THREE-POINTERS None ASSISTS 4 (2x) last at Illinois State (12.5.15) STEALS 2 (4x) last vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.15) BLOCKS 5 (2x) last vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15) MINUTES 32 (3x) last vs. Louisiana Tech (3.13.15)
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#1 DENZELL WATTS
POINTS 17 at UTSA (1.31.15) REBOUNDS 6 (4x) last vs. Marshall (2.21.15) FIELD GOALS 6 vs. UTSA (1.7.16) FREE THROWS 8 vs. UNC Asheville (12.14.14) THREE-POINTERS 3 (3x) last vs. Troy (11.17.16) ASSISTS 6 (2x) last vs. UTSA (1.7.16) STEALS 3 (4x) last vs. Iowa State (3.19.15) BLOCKS 1 (2x) last vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15) MINUTES 30 vs. Louisiana-Monroe (11.15.14)
#10 JAVIEN WILLIAMS
POINTS 11 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) REBOUNDS 4 vs. Kansas (11.21.16) FIELD GOALS 4 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) FREE THROWS 3 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) THREE-POINTERS 1 vs. Troy (11.17.16) ASSISTS 4 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) STEALS 3 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) BLOCKS 1 (2x) last vs. Auburn (12.3.16) MINUTES 24 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16)
#22 TYLER MADISON
POINTS 17 vs. USF (11.20.14) REBOUNDS 11 vs. Iowa State (3.19.15) FIELD GOALS 6 vs. Young Harris (11.17.14) FREE THROWS 8 vs. Southern Miss (2.7.15) THREE-POINTERS 2 vs. USF (11.20.14) ASSISTS 5 (2x) last vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) STEALS 3 (2x) last vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15) BLOCKS 2 vs. Furman (11.14.16) MINUTES 26 vs. UCLA (11.28.14)
#2 NICK NORTON
POINTS 26 vs. Charlotte (1.22.15) REBOUNDS 6 vs. Jacksonville State (11.22.15) FIELD GOALS 7 (2x) last at Louisiana Tech (2.13.16) FREE THROWS 7 vs. Middle Tennessee (1.3.16) THREE-POINTERS 6 (2x) last at Louisiana Tech (2.13.16) ASSISTS 10 (2x) last vs. USC Upstate (12.16.15) STEALS 5 vs. Jackson State (11.23.14) BLOCKS 1 (2x) last vs. Illinois (11.27.15) MINUTES 40 vs. USF (11.20.14)
#11 DIRK WILLIAMS
POINTS 22 vs. USC Upstate (12.16.15) REBOUNDS 9 vs. Georgia State (12.1.15) FIELD GOALS 9 vs. USC Upstate (12.16.15) FREE THROWS 7 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16) THREE-POINTERS 4 (4x) last vs. Kansas (11.21.16) ASSISTS 5 vs. Seattle (12.13.15) STEALS 2 (2x) last at Southern Miss (2.11.16) BLOCKS 2 (2x) last vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) MINUTES 36 vs. Furman (11.14.16)
#33 THOMAS SMALLWOOD
POINTS 13 vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) REBOUNDS 6 (2x) last vs. UTSA (1.7.16) FIELD GOALS 4 (2x) last vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) FREE THROWS 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) THREE-POINTERS 1 (6x) last at FIU (3.3.16) ASSISTS 2 vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15) STEALS None BLOCKS 2 vs. UTSA (1.7.16) MINUTES 13 vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15)
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#3 CHRIS COKLEY
POINTS 25 (2x) last vs. Seattle (12.13.15) REBOUNDS 15 vs. Georgia State (12.1.15) FIELD GOALS 12 at Auburn (11.13.15) FREE THROWS 7 (2x) last vs. Illinois (11.27.15) THREE-POINTERS None ASSISTS 4 (3x) last at Middle Tennessee (2.21.16) STEALS 3 (3x) last at BYU (3.16.16) BLOCKS 3 (2x) last vs. Marshall (2.25.16) MINUTES 31 vs. Middle Tennessee (2.28.15)
#13 NATE DARLING
POINTS 6 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) REBOUNDS 1 vs. Troy (11.17.16) FIELD GOALS 2 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) FREE THROWS None THREE-POINTERS 2 vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) ASSISTS 1 (2x) last vs. Alabama A&M (11.29.16) STEALS None BLOCKS None MINUTES 14 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11.11.16)
#34 WILLIAM LEE
POINTS 28 at Old Dominion (1.14.16) REBOUNDS 12 (2x) last vs. UTEP (1.9.16) FIELD GOALS 8 (3x) last at WKU (1.28.16) FREE THROWS 7 (3x) last at Old Dominion (1.14.16) THREE-POINTERS 5 at Old Dominion (1.14.16) ASSISTS 5 (2x) last at Southern Miss (2.11.15) STEALS 3 vs. George Washington (11.22.16) BLOCKS 8 (2x) last vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) MINUTES 45 vs. Middle Tennessee (2.28.15)
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
2016-17 BOX SCORES
2016-17 BOX SCORES
Game #1 | November 11, 2016
2016-17 BOX SCORES
Game #2 | November 14, 2016
UAB 86, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 66
Game #3 | November 17, 2016
Furman 84, UAB 74
UAB 74, Troy 51
Tyler Madison scored 16 points, Hakeem Baxter added
Andrew Fowler scored 23 points, making four of Fur-
Chris Cokley had 18 points and eight rebounds as UAB
the Blazers’ head coach in an 86-66 victory over Arkan-
Geoff Beans had four 3s and 14 points and Devin Sibley
UAB (2-1) is 9-0 against Troy and has won eight of the
15 and UAB gave Robert Ehsan a victory in his debut as sas-Pine Bluff.
Chris Cokley added 14 points and eight rebounds, Dirk Williams 13 points and Javien Williams 11.
The Blazers rolled to a 44-21 lead at halftime and were up by as many 33 in the second half.
UAB only made 3 of 16 3-point attempts but outscored the Golden Lions 40-18 in the paint.
The Blazers, coming in with tied for the fifth-longest
home winning streak, extended that run to 26. They haven’t lost at home since Dec. 18, 2014. With the win over
Golden Lions, the Blazers are 49-0 against Southwestern Athletic Conference teams.
Ghiavonni Robinson had 13 points, Charles Jackson 12 and Joe’Randle Toliver 11 for the Golden Lions.
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Steen*
1-5 0-0 1-2 6 3 1 1 0 0
Harper*
2-9 0-3 0-0 2 4 0 2 0 1
Berry*
1-6 0-0 4-4 7 6 0 1 1 0
Toliver*
3-10 3-8 2-2 2 11 1 2 0 1
Jackson
4-4 4-4 0-1 3 12 2 2 0 1
Robinson* McKinney Lynch
Wallace
McDyess
5-12 3-8 0-0 2 13 0 3 0 0 3-7 0-1 2-4 1 8 2 2 0 2 2-5 0-1 2-2 1 6 3 3 0 2 1-4 0-1 1-2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0
TEAM 5 TOTALS
UAB (1-0) PLAYER
22-62 1 0-26 1 2-17 32
66 10 17 1 7
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Cokley*
5-8 0-0 4-4 8 14 2 2 2 1
Baxter*
2-5 2-5 9-12 4 15 1 1 0 2
Lee*
Norton*
3-6 0-0 0-0 6 6 0 1 6 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 5 1 0 0
D. Williams* 3-12 0-5 7-7
4
13 1
3 0 0
Lavender
0-2 0-1 3-4 3 3 2 1 1 3
Darling
1-2 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Madison
5-6 0-0 6-9 7 16 2 1 0 1
J. Williams* 4-8 0-3 3-5 3 11 4 0 0 3 Mehinti
2-3 0-0 0-0 5 4 1 2 0 0
Smallwood 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 TEAM 3 TOTALS
25-53 3-16 33-43 44 86 19 15 9 10
Score by Period
1st
UAB
44 42 86
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
21
2nd Total 45
added three 3s and 13 points for Furman.
UAB was up 46-45 at the half and it was tied at 62
midway through the second half. Jalen Williams hit two
free throws and Jordan Lyons, Fowler and Andrew Beans hit treys to give Furman a 73-62 lead with 6:46 left.
Sibley had another 3 in a 7-0 surge that made it 80-65
with 2:15 to play. The Paladins made 15 of 24 behind the arc and shot 54 percent overall (28 of 52).
UAB (1-1) shot just 17 percent in the second half, going
4 of 24 -- 1 of 11 on 3s -- but kept it close by making 19 of 24 free throws.
Dirk Williams and William Lee had 15 points each for the Blazers.
Furman (1-1)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-1) PLAYER
man’s 15 3-pointers, as the Paladins defeated UAB 84-74.
PLAYER
Beans*
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
5-7 4-5 0-0 1 14 2 1 1 0
5-10 0-0
Sibley*
5-10 3-5 0-4 7 13 4 4 0 2
Clark
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fowler* Williams Brown Jean Lyons
2-2
5
UAB (1-1) PLAYER
Cokley*
12 1
3 0 0
3-5 1-2 4-10 3 11 2 3 0 1
7-11 4-6 5-5 7 23 8 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2-7 2-5 0-0 2 6 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0
TEAM 3 TOTALS
28-52 1 5-24 1 3-23 31
84 19 14 2 5
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
ender chipped in nine points and dished out nine assists. William Lee had seven points and blocked seven shots.
The Blazers were 26 of 53 (49.1%) from the floor while limiting Troy to 19 of 71 (26.8%).
UAB, which ran out to a 32-17 halftime lead, scored 28 points in the paint, limiting Troy to 16. The Blazers also had 12 fast-break points.
Kevin Baker led Troy (2-1) with 12 points. DeVon Walker grabbed 11 rebounds and Jordon Varnado had nine
points, eight boards and blocked three shots for the
Troy (2-1) PLAYER
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Varnado*
4-17 0-3 1-2 8 9 0 1 3 1
Baker*
4-12 4-12 0-0 1 12 1 1 0 2
Walker*
1-5 0-0 1-2 11 3 4 4 1 0
Hicks*
Person* Peace
Hollimon Davis Miller
Moravek Ariri
1-7 0-1 0-0 7 2 1 1 1 1
3-13 1-8 2-2 3 9 1 1 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 3 2 0 0 0 4-8 1-5 0-0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0
TEAM 3 TOTALS
19-71 7-33 6-10 35 51 11 9 5 6
3-12 1-5 7-8 2 14 2 3 0 1
Cokley*
8-13 0-0 2-2 8 18 2 4 1 1
Baxter*
2-4 0-1 0-0 5 4 2 2 0 0
Lavender*
1-3 0-1 0-0 6 2 5 3 0 1
D. Williams* 4-8 3-5 4-4 3 15 1 5 1 1 Watts
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mehinti
3-7 0-0 2-2 6 8 1 1 0 0
J. Williams 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3-5 1-1 2-2 3 9 1 0 2 0
TEAM 6 TOTALS
for the Blazers. Watts hit 3 of 4 for distance and Deion Lav-
UAB (2-1)
4-10 2-5 5-6 5 15 2 1 0 1
Madison
Dirk Williams and Denzell Watts had 11 points apiece
3-5 0-0 5-9 2 11 0 1 0 0
Lee*
Baxter*
nine meetings by double digits.
Trojans.
Acox*
Davis*
rolled over Troy 74-51.
21-53 7-19 25-31 33 74 12 14 4 4
Score by Period
1st
UAB
46 28 74
Furman
45
2nd Total 39 84
66
PLAYER Lee*
Lavender*
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
3-7 1-3 0-0 7 7 2 2 7 0 2-5 1-2 4-4 7 9 9 3 0 1
D. Williams* 4-7 1-2 2-2 3 11 2 1 1 0 Watts
3-6 3-4 2-2 5 11 1 1 0 0
Darling
1-1 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 1 0 0
Madison
1-2 0-1 3-4 3 5 1 0 0 0
J. Williams 1-3 1-1 1-2 1 4 1 2 0 0 Mehinti
1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 2 1 1
Smallwood 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 TEAM 3 TOTALS
26-53 8-16 14-16 47 74 23 18 10 3
Score by Period
1st
UAB
32 42 74
Troy
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
17
2nd Total 34 51
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GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 2016-17 BOX SCORES
2016-17 BOX SCORES Game #4 | November 21, 2016 No. 5 Kansas 83, UAB 63 Josh Jackson has been huddling with the Kansas coaching staff since the start of the season, and the message has been the same: If you quit fouling so much, you would say on the floor more. Jackson poured in 22 points, while backcourt mates Frank Mason and Devonte Graham helped carry the load as fifth-ranked Kansas beat UAB 83-63 in the semifinals of the CBE Classic. Mason finished with 20 points and Graham had 16 for the Jayhawks (3-1), who advanced to play Georgia. Kansas raced to a big early lead, weathered several runs by UAB, then relied on their backcourt of Jackson, Mason and Graham to pull away from the Blazers down the stretch. Dirk Williams led the Blazers (2-2) with 13 points. Tyler Madison had 12. The Blazers got off to what looked like it would be a catastrophic start, turning the ball over seven times and missing their first 11 field-goal attempts. Their only points over the first 10 minutes came on foul shots, and by the time they finally hit the Jayhawks led 23-3. The Blazers took advantage with a run of their own. They ripped off a 17-2 run over the next 6 minutes as the Jayhawks missed seven straight shots of their own, and they quieted a partisan crowd by getting within 27-20 late in the half. Graham hit a 3-pointer with 5 seconds to go, but UAB went coast-to-coast for a buzzer-beating basket to deflate the Jayhawks. The teams resumed trading runs early in the second half before the Jayhawks began pulling, and four 3-pointers by Svi Mykhailiuk -- who finished with 15 points -- helped put the game out of reach. UAB (2-2) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Cokley* 2-9 0-0 0-0 4 4 1 5 0 1 Lee* 1-8 0-3 2-2 4 4 0 3 1 1 Baxter* 2-5 1-2 2-2 2 7 0 3 0 0 Lavender* 3-4 0-0 2-2 5 8 1 3 0 0 D. Williams* 4-6 4-6 1-2 2 13 2 3 0 1 Watts 0-5 0-4 1-2 3 1 2 0 0 0 J. Williams 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 2 0 0 0 2 Darling 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Mehinti 3-8 0-0 4-6 9 10 2 1 1 1 Madison 4-6 0-1 4-8 2 12 2 2 0 0 Smallwood 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 4 TOTALS 20-56 5-17 18-26 40 63 10 20 2 6 Kansas (3-1) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Bragg* 2-6 0-0 1-2 5 5 1 0 2 0 Lucas* 1-1 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 0 0 0 Mason* 8-13 3-6 1-2 2 20 5 4 0 3 Graham* 6-12 4-9 0-0 3 16 7 2 0 3 Jackson* 8-15 1-4 5-9 7 22 3 3 0 3 Vick 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 0 1 3 0 1 Mykhailiuk 5-8 4-5 1-2 5 15 1 1 0 0 Vang 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Self 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Young 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Coleby 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Azubuike 1-1 0-0 1-2 7 3 0 3 2 0 Lightfoot 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 1 TOTALS 31-61 1 2-27 9-19 40 83 18 16 4 10 Score by Period UAB Kansas
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2016-17 BOX SCORES Game #6 | November 27, 2016 Saint Mary’s 76, UAB 63
Game #5 | November 22, 2016
UAB 81, George Washington 74 Chris Cokley and William Lee scored 19 points apiece,
Dirk Williams added 15 and UAB beat George Washington 81-74 in the third-place game of the CBE Classic.
Cokley helped the Blazers (3-2) race out to a 15-point first-half lead, then Lee came alive when the Colonials
(3-2) tied it 60-all late in the game. The junior forward hit a pair of 3s and scored nine points during a 12-2 run that gave UAB a 72-62 lead with just over two minutes to go.
George Washington couldn’t make enough stops down the stretch to make another run.
Tyler Cavanaugh had 19 points and 13 rebounds for the
Colonials. Yuta Watanabe added 18 points and Jaren Sina finished with 16 in a game plagued by turnovers on both sides.
George Washington (3-2) PLAYER
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Smith*
1-7 0-1 0-0 5 2 0 1 0 1
Sina*
5-10 4-8 2-2
Bolden
1-4 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 2 0 0
Cavanaugh* 8-18 0-5 3-3 13 19 1 1 1 0 Watanabe* 5-12 2-5 6-7 3 18 2 2 2 1 Hart*
Steeves Toro
Roland Marfo
5
16 2
5 0 1
1-3 1-2 0-0 1 3 3 1 0 1 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 3 0 0 3-6 0-1 1-2 5 7 0 3 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 2-2 2 4 0 0 0 0
TEAM 1 TOTALS
UAB (3-2) PLAYER
26-65 8-27 14-16 35 74 8 18 4 6
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Cokley*
9-11 0-0 1-1 5 19 2 2 0 2
Baxter*
0-4 0-1 2-2 3 2 2 3 0 0
Lee*
Lavender*
6-10 4-6 3-4 6 19 3 1 3 3 2-7 0-1 3-4 2 7 9 0 0 0
D. Williams* 5-8 3-6 2-3 4 15 1 3 0 1 Watts
2-2 1-1 2-2 2 7 1 2 0 2
Darling
0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madison
0-1 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 2 0 1
J. Williams 0-4 0-2 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 0 Mehinti
3-4 0-0 2-2 3 8 0 3 1 0
TEAM 4 TOTALS
27-52 8-18 19-22 31 81 19 17 4 9
Score by Period
1st
UAB
39 42 81
George Washington
29
2nd Total 45
74
1st 2nd Total 30 33 63 39 44 83
St. Mary’s is used to playing in the Orleans Arena every March, having been there annually since 2009 for the West Coast Conference Tournament. Due to scheduling conflicts, the 15th-ranked Gaels got an early season look at the venue, and earned a 76-63 victory over UAB. Jock Landale scored 20 points to lead No. 15 St. Mary’s (5-0). He was 9 of 11 from the field. In doing a much better job of not getting beat off the dribble, something Bennett was looking for in the Gaels’ stopover in Las Vegas, they did a good job of limiting UAB’s shot selection at key moments. The defensive stops allowed St. Mary’s to go on significant runs to keep the Blazers well behind. The Gaels outscored UAB 30-16 during a 14-minute stretch in the first half to open their largest lead of the game, 40-23. The Blazers wouldn’t go away, however, as they came out of the locker room and used a 16-7 run to cut the lead to seven, at 50-43 with 14:33 left. But the Gaels used a 13-3 run of their own, ignited by three consecutive 3-pointers, to push the lead back to double digits, at 63-46 with 9:29 remaining. Though it is just five games into the season, St. Mary’s looked in mid-season form for most of the game, with solid ball movement and noticeable chemistry the Blazers are still looking for without junior point guard Nick Norton, who was lost for the season with a torn ACL. Emmett Naar, Stefan Gonzalez and Calvin Hermanson each scored 12 points for the Gaels. They were 27 of 52 (.519) from the field, including 50 percent (13 of 26) from 3-point range. St. Mary’s also hit all nine of its free throws. Meanwhile, the Blazers continue to struggle without Norton, who came into his third year as a starter but was lost for the season 15 minutes into the season-opener. The Blazers shot 47 percent from the field, hitting 26 of 55, and were led by Chris Cokley, who had a season-high 20 points. Deion Lavender also had a season high with 12. UAB (3-3) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Baxter* 2-6 1-1 1-1 3 6 2 0 0 0 Cokley* 10-13 0-0 0-0 5 20 0 3 1 1 Lavender* 4-9 1-2 1-2 1 10 4 2 0 1 D. Williams* 1-9 0-3 2-2 2 4 1 0 0 1 Lee* 3-6 1-2 0-0 4 7 1 1 1 2 Watts 3-4 1-2 1-1 1 8 2 1 0 0 J. Williams 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 0 0 0 Darling 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mehinti 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 0 Madison 1-3 0-0 2-4 1 4 0 0 0 0 TEAM 3 TOTALS 26-55 4-10 7-10 26 63 12 8 2 5 Saint Mary’s (5-0) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Hermanson* 4-12 2-6 2-2 2 12 2 1 0 1 Fitzner* 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 Landale* 9-11 1-1 1-1 8 20 2 3 0 0 Naar* 4-8 2-3 2-2 4 12 7 2 0 1 Rahon* 1-4 0-2 4-4 5 6 7 2 0 0 Gonzalez 4-6 4-6 0-0 0 12 1 2 0 0 Pineau 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 0 0 Ford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Clark 3-5 3-5 0-0 3 9 0 0 0 0 TEAM 1 TOTALS 27-52 1 3-26 9-9 28 76 20 11 0 3 Score by Period UAB Saint Mary’s
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
1st 2nd Total 27 36 63 43 33 76
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17 2016-17 BOX SCORES Game #8 | December 3, 2016 Auburn 74, UAB 70
2016-17 BOX SCORES
Game #7 | November 29, 2016 UAB 75, Alabama A&M 45
William Lee scored 15 points and Tosin Mehinti added 13 as UAB defeated Alabama A&M 75-45.
Lee and Mehinti each blocked three shots as the Blazers (4-3) held Alabama A&M to 33-percent shooting, forcing
15 turnovers. The Blazers broke away from a 12-12 tie to go up 32-19 by halftime.
Quinterian McConico led the Bulldogs (0-6) with 15
points on 7-for-10 shooting. McConico also grabbed six boards, but A&M was out-rebounded 46-28.
UAB boosted its lead from 13 points to 20 during a brief span midway through the second half. Mehinti started the
run with a pair of free throws and ended it with a steal and a feed to Javien Williams for a dunk and a 52-32 lead. In between, Nate Darling added a 3-pointer.
UAB has now won 10 straight against Alabama A&M
and is 50-0 against teams from the Southwest Athletic Conference.
Alabama A&M (0-6) PLAYER
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Wiley*
2-3 1-2 0-0 2 5 0 0 2 0
McConico*
7-10 0-0 1-2 6 15 0 3 0 0
Burnett* Battle*
1-5 0-0 2-4 4 4 0 2 0 1 3-9 0-3 3-4 2 9 7 3 0 3
Merriweather* 1-8 1-4 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Thomas
0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 3 2 0
Johnson
0-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Petty
Cotton Jones
2-8 1-5 1-6 1 6 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1
TEAM 6 TOTALS UAB (4-3) PLAYER
17-52 3-17 8-18 28 45 9 15 4 5
FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S
Cokley*
5-11 0-0 0-1 6 10 3 1 2 1
Baxter*
1-5 0-1 0-0 4 2 2 0 1 0
Lee*
Lavender*
5-8 0-2 5-6 7 15 1 3 3 0
2-5 0-2 2-3 4 6 3 3 0 0
D. Williams* 4-11 0-5 0-0
4
8 1
1 2 0
Watts
3-4 1-2 0-0 4 7 2 0 0 2
Darling
2-3 2-3 0-0 0 6 1 0 0 0
Madison
2-2 0-0 2-5 5 6 5 2 0 0
J. Williams 1-4 0-2 0-1 1 2 1 2 0 0 Mehinti
5-5 0-0 3-3 5 13 0 2 3 2
Smallwood 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 6 TOTALS
30-58 3-17 12-19 46 75 19 14 11 5
Score by Period
1st
UAB
32 43 75
Alabama A&M
19
2nd Total 26
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
45
Jared Harper scored 21 points and Danjel Purifoy added 16 to lead Auburn to a 74-70 victory over UAB. The young Tigers (6-1) proved capable of handling a hostile environment in their first true road game of the season, outlasting UAB (4-4) in front of the first sellout crowd at Bartow Arena since March 23, 2010. Auburn shot 50 percent from the field and outscored UAB 41-33 in the second half. The Tigers knocked down 11 3-pointers, the most since they made 13 in the season opener against North Florida, outscoring UAB 33-12 from beyond the arc. Harper torched the Blazers for 15 points on five 3-pointers in the first half, but the true freshman was forced to take a seat early in the second half with three fouls. Purifoy, the freshman forward who was tied with Mustapha Heron for the team lead in points per game entering the contest, stepped up in Harper’s absence. Purifoy scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half, including three of his four 3-pointers. Heron also asserted himself in the second half, scoring eight of his 11 points after the intermission. UAB had a 40-31 advantage on the boards, but Chris Cokley was forced out of the game with 8:24 remaining when he was called for a personal foul and subsequently drew a technical foul call for arguing with the referee. He finished with eight points and seven rebounds. William Lee led UAB with 13 points, and Hakeem Baxter added 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Auburn regained the lead, its first since the 13:29 mark in the first half, on a T.J. Dunans jumper with 13:34 remaining in the second half. The bucket came in the middle of a 14-2 run that gave Auburn the lead for good. Auburn (6-1) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Spencer* 1-4 0-0 0-3 7 2 2 1 2 2 Purifoy* 4-12 4-9 4-4 5 16 0 1 0 0 Harper* 5-10 5-8 6-9 5 21 3 0 0 0 Brown* 3-7 1-4 0-0 0 7 1 1 2 1 Heron* 3-9 0-1 5-6 7 11 1 3 0 0 Dunans 3-7 0-1 0-0 2 6 3 1 0 2 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Lang 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 McLemore 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Johnson 4-5 0-1 0-0 1 8 0 1 0 2 TEAM 2 TOTALS 24-59 1 1-27 1 5-22 31 74 10 10 7 8 UAB (4-4) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Cokley* 3-7 0-0 2-2 7 8 1 2 0 0 Lee* 5-10 2-5 1-1 6 13 2 3 1 0 Baxter* 5-8 0-1 2-4 3 12 0 2 0 1 Lavender* 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 4 7 7 0 0 D. Williams* 3-9 2-7 2-2 2 10 1 0 1 0 Watts 1-6 0-4 4-6 4 6 1 0 0 0 J. Williams 2-3 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 1 0 Mehinti 1-5 0-0 6-6 7 8 0 0 1 0 Madison 2-3 0-1 1-4 5 5 1 0 0 1 TEAM 4 TOTALS 23-53 4-20 20-27 40 70 13 15 4 2 Score by Period 1st 2nd Total Auburn 33 41 74 UAB 37 33 70
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GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 03, 2016) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
##
03 11 34 00 22 21 05 01 10 13 33 02
Player
COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William BAXTER, Hakeem MADISON, Tyler MEHINTI, Tosin LAVENDER, Deion WATTS, Denzell WILLIAMS, Javien DARLING, Nate SMALLWOOD, Thoma NORTON, Nick Team Total.......... Opponents......
gp-gs
Score by Periods UAB Opponents
167 223 201 201 128 156 217 121 125 39 11 11
8 8
1600 1600
14
1st 2nd 287 299 246 307
HOME 3-2 0-0 3-2
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
8-8 8-8 8-8 8-8 8-0 8-0 8-7 7-0 8-0 6-0 4-0 1-1
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
OVERALL 4-4 0-0 4-4
20.9 27.9 25.1 25.1 16.0 19.5 27.1 17.3 15.6 6.5 2.8 11.0
UAB 586 73.2 +4.1 198-433 .457 42-133 .316 5.3 148-194 .763 18.5 307 38.4 +5.9 127 15.9 121 15.1 -1.4 1.0 44 5.5 46 5.8 25074 5-5015 -
45-77 28-70 30-65 17-49 18-28 20-38 15-37 12-27 8-30 5-8 0-3 0-1
.584 0-0 .400 13-39 .462 10-26 .347 5-17 .643 1-4 .526 0-0 .405 2-10 .444 6-17 .267 1-11 .625 4-6 .000 0-2 .000 0-1
198-433 .457 42-133 194-474 .409 79-207 OPP 553 69.1 194-474 .409 79-207 .382 9.9 86-134 .642 10.8 260 32.5 105 13.1 110 13.8 1.0 50 6.3 27 3.4 23080 0-0 3-7693
.000 .333 .385 .294 .250 .000 .200 .353 .091 .667 .000 .000
AWAY 0-0 0-0 0-0
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
14-19 20-22 16-19 23-29 22-38 17-19 17-21 10-13 8-12 0-0 1-2 0-0
.737 .909 .842 .793 .579 .895 .810 .769 .667 .000 .500 .000
.316 148-194 .763 .382 86-134 .642
^ ^ %
Date 11/11/16 11/14/16 11/17/16 11/21/16 11/22/16 11/27/16 11/29/16 12/03/16
off
NEUTRAL 1-2 0-0 1-2
Rebounds def tot avg
18 27 45 2 22 24 7 38 45 3 23 26 11 17 28 16 24 40 2 27 29 2 17 19 5 8 13 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 14 19 33 82 225 307 82 178 260
5.6 3.0 5.6 3.3 3.5 5.0 3.6 2.7 1.6 0.2 0.8 1.0
pf dq
20 19 9 14 19 21 15 8 12 3 2 0
38.4 142 32.5 164
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
avg
2 127 121 46 44 586 3 105 110 27 50 553
73.2 69.1
W L W L W L W L
20 6 16 5 15 22 14 1 7 2 12 7 22 1 4 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 1 0
pts
13.0 11.1 10.8 7.8 7.4 7.1 6.1 5.7 3.1 2.3 0.3 0.0
^ = CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) % = Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) * = Conference game $ = Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
to blk stl
7 104 4 89 7 86 4 62 3 59 4 57 6 49 4 40 5 25 0 14 0 1 0 0
Opponent ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF FURMAN TROY vs Kansas vs George Washington vs Saint Mary's ALABAMA A&M AUBURN
Totals 586 553
a
11 10 11 11 12 5 40 9 9 2 2 5
Score 86-66 74-84 74-51 63-83 81-74 63-76 75-45 70-74
Att. 4289 3682 4656 10071 12147 862 3719 8728
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Dec 05, 2016) All games
RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date 11/11/16 11/14/16
OVERALL 4-4 0-0 4-4
Opponent ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF FURMAN
11/17/16 11/21/16 11/22/16
TROY ^vs Kansas ^vs George Washington
11/27/16 11/29/16 12/03/16
%vs Saint Mary's ALABAMA A&M AUBURN
HOME 3-2 0-0 3-2
W
W W
W
AWAY 0-0 0-0 0-0 Score 86-66 74-84 74-51 63-83 81-74 63-76 75-45 70-74
L
L
L L
NEUTRAL 1-2 0-0 1-2
Att. High Points 4289 (16)MADISON, Tyler 3682 (15)WILLIAMS, Dirk (15)LEE, William 4656 (18)COKLEY, Chris 10071 (13)WILLIAMS, Dirk 12147 (19)COKLEY, Chris (19)LEE, William 862 (20)COKLEY, Chris 3719 (15)LEE, William 8728 (13)LEE, William
High Rebounds (8)COKLEY, Chris (6)LAVENDER, Deion (6)MEHINTI, Tosin (8)COKLEY, Chris (9)MEHINTI, Tosin (6)LEE, William (5)COKLEY, Chris (7)LEE, William (7)COKLEY, Chris (7)MEHINTI, Tosin
^ = CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) % = Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) * = Conference game $ = Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.) Attendance Summary
Home Away Neutral Total
Games
5 0 3 8
Attend
25074 0 23080 48154
Avg/Game
5015 0 7693 6019
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
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GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Dec 05, 2016) All games
Opponent
Date
Score
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF FURMAN TROY vs Kansas vs George Washington vs Saint Mary's ALABAMA A&M AUBURN
11/11/16 11/14/16 11/17/16 11/21/16 11/22/16 11/27/16 11/29/16 12/03/16
86-66 74-84 74-51 63-83 81-74 63-76 75-45 70-74
Opponent
Date
Score
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF FURMAN TROY vs Kansas vs George Washington vs Saint Mary's ALABAMA A&M AUBURN
16
11/11/16 11/14/16 11/17/16 11/21/16 11/22/16 11/27/16 11/29/16 12/03/16
86-66 74-84 74-51 63-83 81-74 63-76 75-45 70-74
W L W L W L W L
W L W L W L W L
00 BAXTER,HAK
01 WATTS,DENZ
13 DARLING,NA
21 MEHINTI,TO
15-4-1 14-2-2 4-5-2 7-2-0 2-3-2 6-3-2 2-4-2 12-3-0
3-0-0 DNP 3-1-1 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-0-1 DNP
DNP 0-0-0 11-5-1 1-3-2 7-2-1 8-1-2 7-4-2 6-4-1
4-5-1 8-6-1 2-2-1 10-9-2 8-3-0 4-3-0 13-5-0 8-7-0
02 NORTON,NIC
0-1-5 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
03 COKLEY,CHR
14-8-2 11-2-0 18-8-2 4-4-1 19-5-2 20-5-0 10-6-3 8-7-1
22 33 MADISON,TY SMALLWOOD,
16-7-2 9-3-1 5-3-1 12-2-2 2-2-0 4-1-0 6-5-5 5-5-1
1-0-1 DNP 0-2-1 0-1-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
05 LAVENDER,D
3-3-2 2-6-5 9-7-9 8-5-1 7-2-9 10-1-4 6-4-3 4-1-7
34 LEE,WILLIA
6-6-0 15-5-2 7-7-2 4-4-0 19-6-3 7-4-1 15-7-1 13-6-2
10 WILLIAMS,J
11-3-4 0-0-0 4-1-1 2-4-0 2-0-1 0-3-2 2-1-1 4-1-0
11 WILLIAMS,D
13-4-1 15-3-1 11-3-2 13-2-2 15-4-1 4-2-1 8-4-1 10-2-1
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 05, 2016) All games
Opponent ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF FURMAN TROY Kansas George Washington Saint Mary's ALABAMA A&M AUBURN
1st 44/21 46/45 32/17 30/39 39/29 27/43 32/19 37/33
2nd 42/45 28/39 42/34 33/44 42/45 36/33 43/26 33/41
Score 86-66 74-84 74-51 63-83 81-74 63-76 75-45 70-74
Mar +20 (10) +23 (20) +7 (13) +30 (4)
Total FG 25-53/22-62 21-53/28-52 26-53/19-71 20-56/31-61 27-52/26-65 26-55/27-52 30-58/17-52 23-53/24-59
FG Pct .472/.355 .396/.538 .491/.268 .357/.508 .519/.400 .473/.519 .517/.327 .434/.407
3-Pointers 3-16/10-26 7-19/15-24 8-16/7-33 5-17/12-27 8-18/8-27 4-10/13-26 3-17/3-17 4-20/11-27
3FG Pct .188/.385 .368/.625 .500/.212 .294/.444 .444/.296 .400/.500 .176/.176 .200/.407
Free Throws 33-43/12-17 25-31/13-23 14-16/6-10 18-26/9-19 19-22/14-16 7-10/9-9 12-19/8-18 20-27/15-22
FT Pct .767/.706 .806/.565 .875/.600 .692/.474 .864/.875 .700/1000 .632/.444 .741/.682
Rebounds 44/32 +12 33/31 +2 47/35 +12 40/40 31/35 (4) 26/28 (2) 46/28 +18 40/31 +9
Assist T/Over 19/10 15/17 12/19 14/14 23/11 18/9 10/18 20/16 19/8 17/18 12/20 8/11 19/9 14/15 13/10 15/10
Block 9/1 4/2 10/5 2/4 4/4 2/0 11/4 4/7
Steal 10/7 4/5 3/6 6/10 9/6 5/3 5/5 2/8
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
17
Fouls 19/28 24/26 13/14 17/21 16/19 13/13 17/18 23/25
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Category Leaders (as of Dec 05, 2016) All games
Points COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William BAXTER, Hakeem MADISON, Tyler MEHINTI, Tosin LAVENDER, Deion WATTS, Denzell WILLIAMS, Javien DARLING, Nate SMALLWOOD, Thomas
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 4
Pts 104 89 86 62 59 57 49 40 25 14 1
Pts/G 13.0 11.1 10.8 7.8 7.4 7.1 6.1 5.7 3.1 2.3 0.3
Scoring Average COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William BAXTER, Hakeem MADISON, Tyler MEHINTI, Tosin LAVENDER, Deion WATTS, Denzell WILLIAMS, Javien DARLING, Nate SMALLWOOD, Thomas NORTON, Nick
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 4 1
Pts 104 89 86 62 59 57 49 40 25 14 1 0
Avg/G 13.0 11.1 10.8 7.8 7.4 7.1 6.1 5.7 3.1 2.3 0.3 0.0
FG Percentage MADISON, Tyler DARLING, Nate COKLEY, Chris MEHINTI, Tosin LEE, William WATTS, Denzell LAVENDER, Deion WILLIAMS, Dirk BAXTER, Hakeem WILLIAMS, Javien NORTON, Nick SMALLWOOD, Thomas
FG 18 5 45 20 30 12 15 28 17 8 0 0
Att 28 8 77 38 65 27 37 70 49 30 1 3
Pct .643 .625 .584 .526 .462 .444 .405 .400 .347 .267 .000 .000
Field Goal Attempts COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William BAXTER, Hakeem MEHINTI, Tosin
G 8 8 8 8 8
Att 77 70 65 49 38
Att/G 9.6 8.8 8.1 6.1 4.8
Field Goals Made COKLEY, Chris LEE, William WILLIAMS, Dirk MEHINTI, Tosin MADISON, Tyler
G 8 8 8 8 8
3-Point Percentage DARLING, Nate LEE, William WATTS, Denzell WILLIAMS, Dirk BAXTER, Hakeem MADISON, Tyler LAVENDER, Deion WILLIAMS, Javien SMALLWOOD, Thomas NORTON, Nick
3FG 4 10 6 13 5 1 2 1 0 0
Att 6 26 17 39 17 4 10 11 2 1
Pct .667 .385 .353 .333 .294 .250 .200 .091 .000 .000
3-Point FG Attempts WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William WATTS, Denzell BAXTER, Hakeem WILLIAMS, Javien
G 8 8 7 8 8
3-Point FG Made WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William WATTS, Denzell BAXTER, Hakeem DARLING, Nate
G 8 8 7 8 6
Free Throw Percent WILLIAMS, Dirk MEHINTI, Tosin LEE, William LAVENDER, Deion BAXTER, Hakeem WATTS, Denzell COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Javien MADISON, Tyler SMALLWOOD, Thomas
FG 20 17 16 17 23 10 14 8 22 1
Att 22 19 19 21 29 13 19 12 38 2
Pct .909 .895 .842 .810 .793 .769 .737 .667 .579 .500
Free Throw Attempts MADISON, Tyler BAXTER, Hakeem WILLIAMS, Dirk LAVENDER, Deion LEE, William MEHINTI, Tosin COKLEY, Chris
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
18
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Free Throws Made BAXTER, Hakeem MADISON, Tyler WILLIAMS, Dirk MEHINTI, Tosin LAVENDER, BASKETBALL GAMEDeion NOTES
G 8 8 8 8 8
Made Made/G 45 5.6 30 3.8 28 3.5 20 2.5 18 2.3 Att 39 26 17 17 11
Att/G 4.9 3.3 2.4 2.1 1.4
Made Made/G 13 1.6 10 1.3 6 0.9 5 0.6 4 0.7 Att 38 29 22 21 19 19 19
Att/G 4.8 3.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4
Made Made/G 23 2.9 22 2.8 20 2.5 17 2.1 17 2.1
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GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 2016-17 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Category Leaders (as of Dec 05, 2016) All games
Rebounds LEE, William COKLEY, Chris MEHINTI, Tosin LAVENDER, Deion MADISON, Tyler
G 8 8 8 8 8
Reb 45 45 40 29 28
Reb/G 5.6 5.6 5.0 3.6 3.5
Assists LAVENDER, Deion MADISON, Tyler COKLEY, Chris LEE, William BAXTER, Hakeem
G 8 8 8 8 8
No. 40 12 11 11 11
Ast/G 5.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Rebound Average COKLEY, Chris LEE, William MEHINTI, Tosin LAVENDER, Deion MADISON, Tyler
G 8 8 8 8 8
Reb 45 45 40 29 28
Avg/G 5.6 5.6 5.0 3.6 3.5
Steals COKLEY, Chris LEE, William LAVENDER, Deion WILLIAMS, Javien WILLIAMS, Dirk BAXTER, Hakeem MEHINTI, Tosin WATTS, Denzell
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
No. 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4
Stl/G 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Offensive Rebounds COKLEY, Chris MEHINTI, Tosin MADISON, Tyler LEE, William WILLIAMS, Javien
G 8 8 8 8 8
No. 18 16 11 7 5
Avg/G 2.3 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.6
Defensive Rebounds LEE, William COKLEY, Chris LAVENDER, Deion MEHINTI, Tosin BAXTER, Hakeem
G 8 8 8 8 8
No. 38 27 27 24 23
Avg/G 4.8 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.9
Blocked Shots LEE, William MEHINTI, Tosin COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk WILLIAMS, Javien MADISON, Tyler
G 8 8 8 8 8 8
No. 22 7 6 5 2 2
Blk/G 2.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.3
Minutes WILLIAMS, Dirk LAVENDER, Deion BAXTER, Hakeem LEE, William COKLEY, Chris
G 8 8 8 8 8
No. 223 217 201 201 167
Min/G 27.9 27.1 25.1 25.1 20.9
Fouls MEHINTI, Tosin COKLEY, Chris MADISON, Tyler WILLIAMS, Dirk LAVENDER, Deion
G 8 8 8 8 8
No. 21 20 19 19 15
Per/G 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 1.9
Turnovers LAVENDER, Deion COKLEY, Chris WILLIAMS, Dirk LEE, William BAXTER, Hakeem
G 8 8 8 8 8
No. 22 20 16 15 14
TO/G 2.8 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.8
Foulouts LAVENDER, Deion COKLEY, Chris
G 8 8
No. 1 1
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#0 hakeem baxter | senior | Guard
• Scored 15 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) for his largest scoring output since 16 against Virginia Tech (11.28.15) • Scored 14 points against Furman to mark the first time since his sopohmore year to have back-to-back double digit scoring games • Finished with a season-high four rebounds against Troy (Nov. 17) • Played a season-high 31 minutes and shot a season-best 62.5 percent from the field against Auburn (Dec. 3)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 * 24 2-5 Furman Nov. 14 * 31 3-12 Troy Nov. 17 * 24 2-4 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 * 22 2-5 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 * 23 0-4 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 * 27 2-6 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 * 19 1-5 Auburn Dec. 3 * 31 5-8 Totals 8 25.1 17-49
20
Pct 3FG-FGA .400 2-5 .250 1-5 .500 0-1 .400 1-2 .000 0-1 .333 1-1 .200 0-1 .625 0-1 .347 5-17
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .400 9-12 .750 0 .200 7-8 .875 1 .000 0-0 .000 0 .500 2-2 1.000 0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0 .000 0-0 .000 1 .000 2-5 .500 0 .294 23-29 .793 3
Def 4 1 5 2 2 3 3 3 23
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 4 4.0 3 1 1 0 2 15 15.0 2 3.0 3 2 3 0 1 14 14.5 5 3.7 1 2 2 0 0 4 11.0 2 3.3 1 0 3 0 0 7 10.0 3 3.2 1 2 3 0 0 2 8.4 3 3.2 1 2 0 0 0 6 8.0 4 3.3 2 2 0 1 0 2 7.1 3 3.3 2 0 2 0 1 12 7.8 26 3.3 14 11 14 1 4 62 7.8
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#1 denzell watts | senior | Guard
• Tallied a season-high 11 points and tied a his career best with three 3-pointers against Troy (Nov. 17) • Was perfect from the field, three-point range and the free throw line against George Washington (Nov. 22) • Played a season-high 22 minutes and hit a season-high four free throws against Auburn (Dec. 3)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 DNP Furman Nov. 14 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 Troy Nov. 17 20 3-6 .500 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 1 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 20 0-5 .000 0-4 .000 1-2 .500 0 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 16 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 1 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 16 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 21 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 Auburn Dec. 3 22 1-6 .167 0-4 .000 4-6 .667 0 Totals 17.3 12-27 .444 6-17 .353 10-13 .769 2
Def Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 0 4 3 1 1 4 4 17
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 5 2.5 0 1 1 0 0 11 5.5 3 2.7 2 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 2 2.5 2 1 2 0 2 7 4.8 1 2.2 1 2 1 0 0 8 5.4 4 2.5 2 2 0 0 2 7 5.7 4 2.7 1 1 0 0 0 6 5.7 19 2.7 8 9 4 0 4 40 5.7
21
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#2 nick norton | junior | Guard • Named to the 2016 All-Conference USA Third Team
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov.11 * 11 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 Furman Nov. 14 DNP Troy Nov. 17 DNP vs. Kansas Nov. 21 DNP vs. George Washington Nov. 22 DNP vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 DNP Alabama A&M Nov. 29 DNP Auburn Dec. 3 DNP Totals 1 11.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0
22
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#3 chris cokley | junior | forward
• Named to the 2016 All-Conference USA Second Team • Went 4-for-4 from the free throw line against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Scored a season-high 20 points against Saint Mary’s (Nov. 27) • Had a season-best 10 field goals against Saint Mary’s (Nov. 27) • Tallied a season-high three assists against Alabama A&M (Nov. 29)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov.11 * 20 5-8 Furman Nov. 14 * 15 3-5 Troy Nov. 17 * 24 8-13 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 * 17 2-9 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 * 25 9-11 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 * 29 10-13 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 * 21 5-11 Auburn Dec. 3 * 16 3-7 Totals 8 20.9 45-77
Pct 3FG-FGA .625 0-0 .600 0-0 .615 0-0 .222 0-0 .818 0-0 .769 0-0 .455 0-0 .429 0-0 .584 0-0
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 4-4 1.000 2 .000 5-9 .556 1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 .000 0-0 .000 3 .000 1-1 1.000 1 .000 0-0 .000 4 .000 0-1 .000 3 .000 2-2 1.000 2 .000 14-19 .737 18
Def 6 1 6 1 4 1 3 5 27
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 8 8.0 2 2 2 2 1 14 14.0 2 5.0 4 0 1 0 0 11 12.5 8 6.0 2 2 4 1 1 18 14.3 4 5.5 3 1 5 0 1 4 11.8 5 5.4 1 2 2 0 2 19 13.2 5 5.3 2 0 3 1 1 20 14.3 6 5.4 1 3 1 2 1 10 13.7 7 5.6 5 1 2 0 0 8 13.0 45 5.6 20 11 20 6 7 104 13.0
23
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#5 deion lavender | sophomore | Guard
• Made his UAB debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Made his first career start at UAB against Furman (Nov. 14) • Had a career-high nine assists against Troy (Nov. 17) and George Washington (Nov. 22) • Scored a season-high 10 points against Saint Mary’s (Nov. 27)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov.11 26 0-2 Furman Nov. 14 * 33 1-3 Troy Nov. 17 * 26 2-5 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 * 27 3-4 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 * 32 2-7 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 * 31 4-9 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 * 21 2-5 Auburn Dec. 3 * 21 1-2 Totals 7 27.1 15-37
24
Pct 3FG-FGA .000 0-1 .333 0-1 .400 1-2 .750 0-0 .286 0-1 .444 1-2 .400 0-2 .500 0-1 .405 2-10
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 3-4 .750 0 .000 0-0 .000 1 .500 4-4 1.000 0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 .000 3-4 .750 0 .500 1-2 .500 0 .000 2-3 .667 0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 .200 17-21 .810 2
Def 3 5 7 4 2 1 4 1 27
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 3 3.0 1 2 1 1 3 3 3.0 6 4.5 5 5 3 0 1 2 2.5 7 5.3 0 9 3 0 1 9 4.7 5 5.3 1 1 3 0 0 8 5.5 2 4.6 1 9 0 0 0 7 5.8 1 4.0 2 4 2 0 1 10 6.5 4 4.0 2 3 3 0 0 6 6.4 1 3.6 3 7 7 0 0 4 6.1 29 3.6 15 40 22 1 6 49 6.1
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#10 javien williams | freshman | Guard • Made his UAB debut with 11 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Hit his first career three-point in a win over Troy (Nov. 17) • Had a career-high four rebounds against Kansas (Nov. 21) • Shot a season-best 66.7 percent from the field against Auburn (Dec. 3)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov.11 24 4-8 Furman Nov. 14 10 0-3 Troy Nov. 17 16 1-3 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 15 0-3 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 12 0-4 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 12 0-2 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 22 1-4 Auburn Dec. 3 14 2-3 Totals 15.6 8-30
Pct 3FG-FGA .500 0-3 .000 0-2 .333 1-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .250 0-2 .667 0-1 .267 1-11
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 3-5 .600 2 .000 0-0 .000 0 1.000 1-2 .500 0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 .000 0-0 .000 1 .000 0-1 .000 1 .000 0-0 .000 1 .091 8-12 .667 5
Def 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 8
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 3 3.0 3 4 0 0 3 11 11.0 0 1.5 4 0 0 1 0 0 5.5 1 1.3 1 1 2 0 0 4 5.0 4 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4.3 0 1.6 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.8 3 1.8 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 1.7 2 1 2 0 0 2 3.0 1 1.6 1 0 1 1 0 4 3.1 13 1.6 12 9 5 2 5 25 3.1
25
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#11 dirk williams | senior | Guard
• Named the 2016 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year • Made a career-high seven free throws against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Tied a career-high with four 3-pointers made against Kansas (Nov. 21) • Scored a season-high 15 points against Furman (Nov. 14) and George Washington (Nov. 22) • Tied a career-best with two blocked shots against Alabama A&M
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 * 20 3-12 Furman Nov. 14 * 36 4-8 Troy Nov. 17 * 27 4-7 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 * 29 4-6 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 * 32 5-8 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 * 31 1-9 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 * 25 4-11 Auburn Dec. 3 * 23 3-9 Totals 8 27.9 28-70
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Pct 3FG-FGA .250 0-5 .500 3-5 .571 1-2 .667 4-6 .625 3-6 .111 0-3 .364 0-5 .333 2-7 .400 13-39
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 7-7 1.000 1 .600 4-4 1.000 0 .500 2-2 1.000 0 .667 1-2 .500 0 .500 2-3 .667 1 .000 2-2 1.000 0 .000 0-0 .000 0 .286 2-2 1.000 0 .333 20-22 .909 2
Def 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 2 22
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 4 4.0 4 1 3 0 0 13 13.0 3 3.5 3 1 5 1 1 15 14.0 3 3.3 1 2 1 1 0 11 13.0 2 3.0 2 2 3 0 1 13 13.0 4 3.2 2 1 3 0 1 15 13.4 2 3.0 2 1 0 0 1 4 11.8 4 3.1 1 1 1 2 0 8 11.3 2 3.0 4 1 0 1 0 10 11.1 24 3.0 19 10 16 5 4 89 11.1
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#13 nate darling | freshman | Guard • Made his UAB debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Scored a career-high six points against Alabama A&M (Nov. 29) • Hit a career-best two three-pointers against Alabama A&M (Nov. 29)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 14 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 3 0 0 3 3.0 Furman Nov. 14 DNP Troy Nov. 17 5 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 3 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 11 2-3 .667 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.3 Auburn Dec. 3 DNP Totals 6.5 5-8 .625 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 3 2 5 0 0 14 2.3
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#21 tosin mehinti | senior | forward
• Had five rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds against Kansas (Nov. 21) • Shot 75.0 percent from the field in a win over George Washington (Nov. 22) • Scored a season-high 13 points in a win over Alabama A&M (Nov. 29) • Played a season-high 26 minutes and made a career-best six free throws against Auburn (Dec. 6)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 20 2-3 .667 0-0 Furman Nov. 14 19 3-7 .429 0-0 Troy Nov. 17 15 1-3 .333 0-0 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 23 3-8 .375 0-0 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 16 3-4 .750 0-0 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 18 2-3 .667 0-0 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 19 5-5 1.000 0-0 Auburn Dec. 3 26 1-5 .200 0-0 Totals 19.5 20-38 .526 0-0
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Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 0-0 .000 2 .000 2-2 1.000 4 .000 0-0 .000 0 .000 4-6 .667 3 .000 2-2 1.000 1 .000 0-0 .000 2 .000 3-3 1.000 2 .000 6-6 1.000 2 .000 17-19 .895 16
Def 3 2 2 6 2 1 3 5 24
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 5 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 4 4.0 6 5.5 3 1 1 0 0 8 6.0 2 4.3 3 1 2 1 1 2 4.7 9 5.5 4 2 1 1 1 10 6.0 3 5.0 4 0 3 1 0 8 6.4 3 4.7 1 0 1 0 0 4 6.0 5 4.7 2 0 2 3 2 13 7.0 7 5.0 1 0 0 1 0 8 7.1 40 5.0 21 5 12 7 4 57 7.1
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#22 tyler madison | senior | Guard
• Led UAB in scoring with 16 points to go along with seven rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Played a season-high 22 minutes against Kansas (Nov. 21) and Auburn (Dec. 3) • Recorded a season-high five assists against Alabama A&M (Nov. 29)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 15 5-6 Furman Nov. 14 18 3-5 Troy Nov. 17 14 1-2 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 22 4-6 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 10 0-1 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 8 1-3 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 19 2-2 Auburn Dec. 3 22 2-3 Totals 16.0 18-28
Pct 3FG-FGA .833 0-0 .600 1-1 .500 0-1 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .333 0-0 1.000 0-0 .667 0-1 .643 1-4
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 6-9 .667 4 1.000 2-2 1.000 2 .000 3-4 .750 1 .000 4-8 .500 1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 .000 2-4 .500 1 .000 2-5 .400 0 .000 1-4 .250 1 .250 22-38 .579 11
Def 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 17
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 7 7.0 1 2 1 0 1 16 16.0 3 5.0 2 1 0 2 0 9 12.5 3 4.3 2 1 0 0 0 5 10.0 2 3.8 3 2 2 0 0 12 10.5 2 3.4 3 0 2 0 1 2 8.8 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8.0 5 3.3 3 5 2 0 0 6 7.7 5 3.5 4 1 0 0 1 5 7.4 28 3.5 19 12 7 2 3 59 7.4
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#33 thomas smallwood | sophomore | forward
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 Furman Nov. 14 DNP Troy Nov. 17 2 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 DNP vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 DNP Alabama A&M Nov. 29 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 Auburn Dec. 3 DNP Totals 2.8 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 1 3 0.8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0.3
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
#34 william lee | junior | forward • Named the 2016 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year • Named to the 2016 Conference USA All-Defensive Team • Names to the 2016 All-Conference USA Third Team • Had six blocks against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11) • Blocked a season-high seven shots against Troy (Nov. 17) • Had a season-high 19 points against George Washington (Nov. 22)
2016-17 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nov. 11 * 21 3-6 Furman Nov. 14 * 32 4-10 Troy Nov. 17 * 27 3-7 vs. Kansas Nov. 21 * 19 1-8 vs. George Washington Nov. 22 * 31 6-10 vs. Saint Mary’s Nov. 27 * 26 3-6 Alabama A&M Nov. 29 * 20 5-8 Auburn Dec. 3 * 25 5-10 Totals 8 25.1 30-65
Pct 3FG-FGA .500 0-0 .400 2-5 .429 1-3 .125 0-3 .600 4-6 .500 1-2 .625 0-2 .500 2-5 .462 10-26
Pct FT-FTA Pct Off .000 0-0 .000 0 .400 5-6 .833 1 .333 0-0 .000 0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 .667 3-4 .750 1 .500 0-0 .000 0 .000 5-6 .833 4 .400 1-1 1.000 1 .385 16-19 .842 7
Def 6 4 7 4 5 4 3 5 38
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Tot Avg PF A T/O Blk Stl Pts Avg 6 6.0 0 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 5 5.5 0 2 1 0 1 15 10.5 7 6.0 2 2 2 7 0 7 9.3 4 5.5 1 0 3 1 1 4 8.0 6 5.6 1 3 1 3 3 19 10.2 4 5.3 3 1 1 1 2 7 9.7 7 5.6 0 1 3 3 0 15 10.4 6 5.6 2 2 3 1 0 13 10.8 45 5.6 9 11 15 22 7 86 10.8
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016 Individual Career History
BAXTER, Hakeem Season
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
min/avg
33-28 847/25.7 33-32 803/24.3 8-8 201/25.1 74-68 1851/25.0
Total fg-fga
74-193 62-156 17-49 153-398
pct
.383 .397 .347 .384
3-Point fg-fga
13-59 10-33 5-17 28-109
pct
.220 .303 .294 .257
F-Throws ft-fta pct
98-121 61-84 23-29 182-234
.810 .726 .793 .778
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
ast
to
blk
9 9 1 19
stl
27 18 4 49
Scoring pts avg
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
ast
18 47 11 76
to
35 34 20 89
blk
24 23 6 53
stl
23 29 7 59
Scoring pts avg
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
ast
to
blk
stl
Scoring pts avg
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
3.6 3.6
pf
15 15
fo
ast
40 40
to
22 22
blk
stl
Scoring pts avg
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
ast
to
blk
33 45 49 51 52 95 11 15 22 95 112 166
stl
18 23 7 48
Scoring pts avg
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
ast
5 38 14 12 69
to
6 31 16 7 60
blk
4 6 3 2 15
stl
4 11 5 3 23
Scoring pts avg
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
ast
to
blk
stl
Scoring pts avg
12 88 20 74 3 23 35 185
100 94 26 220
3.0 67 2.8 55 3.3 14 3.0 136
1 51 51 1 68 48 0 11 14 2 130 113
259 195 62 516
7.8 5.9 7.8 7.0
COKLEY, Chris Season
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
min/avg
33-1 575/17.4 33-22 728/22.1 8-8 167/20.9 74-31 1470/19.9
Total fg-fga
109-207 176-307 45-77 330-591
pct
.527 .573 .584 .558
3-Point fg-fga
0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1
pct
.000 .000 .000 .000
F-Throws ft-fta pct
46-68 81-112 14-19 141-199
.676 71 86 .723 76 137 .737 18 27 .709 165 250
157 213 45 415
4.8 55 6.5 91 5.6 20 5.6 166
0 3 1 4
264 433 104 801
8.0 13.1 13.0 10.8
DARLING, Nate Season
2014-15 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
1-0 6-0 7-0
min/avg
4/4.0 39/6.5 43/6.1
Total fg-fga
pct
1-1 1.000 5-8 .625 6-9 .667
3-Point fg-fga
0-0 4-6 4-6
pct
.000 .667 .667
F-Throws ft-fta pct
0-0 0-0 0-0
.000 .000 .000
0 0 0
0 1 1
0 1 1
0.0 0.2 0.1
0 3 3
0 0 0
0 2 2
0 5 5
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 2.0 14 2.3 16 2.3
LAVENDER, Deion Season
2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
8-7 8-7
min/avg
217/27.1 217/27.1
Total fg-fga
15-37 15-37
pct
.405 .405
3-Point fg-fga
2-10 2-10
pct
.200 .200
F-Throws ft-fta pct
17-21 17-21
.810 .810
2 2
27 27
29 29
1 1
1 1
6 6
49 6.1 49 6.1
LEE, William Season
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
min/avg
30-26 715/23.8 33-19 818/24.8 8-8 201/25.1 71-53 1734/24.4
Total fg-fga
91-194 137-278 30-65 258-537
pct
.469 .493 .462 .480
3-Point fg-fga
20-46 32-93 10-26 62-165
pct
.435 .344 .385 .376
F-Throws ft-fta pct
48-61 44-67 16-19 108-147
.787 50 133 .657 55 148 .842 7 38 .735 112 319
183 203 45 431
6.1 57 6.2 54 5.6 9 6.1 120
1 1 0 2
250 350 86 686
8.3 10.6 10.8 9.7
MADISON, Tyler Season
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
min/avg
19-0 154/8.1 33-5 572/17.3 33-1 228/6.9 8-0 128/16.0 93-6 1082/11.6
Total fg-fga
15-37 75-163 20-54 18-28 128-282
pct
.405 .460 .370 .643 .454
3-Point fg-fga
1-9 6-18 1-4 1-4 9-35
pct
.111 .333 .250 .250 .257
F-Throws ft-fta pct
15-29 63-85 13-19 22-38 113-171
.517 23 .741 67 .684 18 .579 11 .661 119
18 45 15 17 95
41 112 33 28 214
2.2 19 3.4 79 1.0 33 3.5 19 2.3 150
0 1 0 0 1
46 219 54 59 378
2.4 6.6 1.6 7.4 4.1
MEHINTI, Tosin Season
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
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gp-gs
min/avg
31-0 387/12.5 31-30 683/22.0 32-24 649/20.3 8-0 156/19.5 102-54 1875/18.4
Total fg-fga
35-75 84-173 72-129 20-38 211-415
pct
.467 .486 .558 .526 .508
3-Point fg-fga
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
pct
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000
F-Throws ft-fta pct
19-30 35-62 40-76 17-19 111-187
.633 49 55 .565 51 102 .526 58 93 .895 16 24 .594 174 274
104 153 151 40 448
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
3.4 72 4.9 78 4.7 90 5.0 21 4.4 261
2 3 2 0 7
4 22 35 25 51 63 38 48 31 5 12 7 72 133 136
9 12 15 4 40
89 203 184 57 533
2.9 6.5 5.8 7.1 5.2
UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
Individual Career History NORTON, Nick Season
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
min/avg
31-29 838/27.0 32-31 878/27.4 1-1 11/11.0 64-61 1727/27.0
Total fg-fga
65-160 89-215 0-1 154-376
pct
.406 .414 .000 .410
3-Point fg-fga
55-134 59-161 0-1 114-296
pct
.410 .366 .000 .385
F-Throws ft-fta pct
54-62 49-57 0-0 103-119
.871 .860 .000 .866
Rebounds def tot
avg
off
off
1 1 0 2
stl
46 52 0 98
Scoring pts avg
to
blk
stl
Scoring pts avg
ast
to
blk
1 1 1 0 3
stl
14 28 16 4 62
Scoring pts avg
fo
ast
2 44 10 56
to
3 36 16 55
blk
0 17 5 22
stl
1 14 4 19
Scoring pts avg
fo
ast
to
blk
stl
Scoring pts avg
2.0 2.6 1.0 2.3
pf
45 53 0 98
fo
ast
to
blk
Rebounds def tot
avg
1.0 1.9 0.8 1.5
pf
0 9 2 11
fo
ast
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
fo
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
2.0 3.9 3.0 3.7
pf
2 49 19 70
off
Rebounds def tot
avg
pf
5 56 9 75 0 1 14 132
61 84 1 146
0 118 54 0 162 54 0 5 1 0 285 109
239 286 0 525
7.7 8.9 0.0 8.2
SMALLWOOD, Thomas Season
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
1-0 10-0 4-0 15-0
min/avg
2/2.0 47/4.7 11/2.8 60/4.0
Total fg-fga
0-1 14-25 0-3 14-29
pct
.000 .560 .000 .483
3-Point fg-fga
0-1 6-13 0-2 6-16
pct
.000 .462 .000 .375
F-Throws ft-fta pct
0-0 5-6 1-2 6-8
.000 .833 .500 .750
1 4 2 7
0 15 1 16
1 19 3 23
0 0 0 0
0 2 2 4
0 0 0 0
0 3 0 3
0 0 0 0
0 39 1 40
0.0 3.9 0.3 2.7
WATTS, Denzell Season
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
min/avg
31-1 472/15.2 33-3 609/18.5 33-2 494/15.0 7-0 121/17.3 104-6 1696/16.3
Total fg-fga
36-87 49-128 45-113 12-27 142-355
pct
.414 .383 .398 .444 .400
3-Point fg-fga
11-37 17-50 25-67 6-17 59-171
pct
.297 .340 .373 .353 .345
F-Throws ft-fta pct
24-38 36-48 18-25 10-13 88-124
.632 .750 .720 .769 .710
8 47 5 52 2 49 2 17 17 165
55 57 51 19 182
1.8 29 1.7 40 1.5 36 2.7 8 1.8 113
0 42 25 0 63 37 0 55 37 0 9 4 0 169 103
107 151 133 40 431
3.5 4.6 4.0 5.7 4.1
WILLIAMS, Dirk Season
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
1-1 33-1 8-8 42-10
min/avg
29/29.0 625/18.9 223/27.9 877/20.9
Total fg-fga
4-6 108-224 28-70 140-300
pct
.667 .482 .400 .467
3-Point fg-fga
4-6 48-125 13-39 65-170
pct
.667 .384 .333 .382
F-Throws ft-fta pct
1-2 44-49 20-22 65-73
.500 .898 .909 .890
0 2 36 92 2 22 38 116
2 128 24 154
0 0 0 0
13 308 89 410
13.0 9.3 11.1 9.8
WILLIAMS, Javien Season
2014-15 2016-17 TOTAL
gp-gs
1-0 8-0 9-0
min/avg
15/15.0 125/15.6 140/15.6
Total fg-fga
0-3 8-30 8-33
pct
.000 .267 .242
3-Point fg-fga
0-0 1-11 1-11
pct
.000 .091 .091
F-Throws ft-fta pct
2-2 1.000 8-12 .667 10-14 .714
0 5 5
4 8 12
4 13 17
2016-17 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
4.0 1.6 1.9
0 12 12
0 0 0
0 9 9
0 5 5
0 2 2
2 5 7
2 2.0 25 3.1 27 3.0
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UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2016-17
GAME NINE | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | DECEMBER 7, 2016
UAB RADIO/TV ROSTER
#0 HAKEEM BAXTER SR. | G | 6-2 | 186
#1 DENZELL WATTS SR. | G | 6-2 | 235
#2 NICK NORTON JR. | G | 5-10 | 168
#3 CHRIS COKLEY JR. | F | 6-8 | 229
#5 DEION LAVENDER SO. | G | 6-4 | 192
#10 JAVIEN WILLIAMS FR. | G | 6-4 | 175
#11 DIRK WILLIAMS SR. | G | 6-5 | 178
#13 NATE DARLING FR. | G | 6-4 | 185
#21 TOSIN MEHINTI SR. | F | 6-9 | 244
#22 TYLER MADISON SR. | G | 6-4 | 222
#33 THOMAS SMALLWOOD SO. | F | 7-0 | 240
#34 WILLIAM LEE JR. | F | 6-9 | 209
ROBERT EHSAN HEAD COACH
TURNER BATTLE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
DANNTON JACKSON ASSISTANT COACH
KEVIN DEVITT ASSISTANT COACH
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