Scores

Final

UAB 70

(10-13, 2-6 C-USA)

Tulsa 63

(12-11, 4-5 C-USA)

8:05 PM ET, February 6, 2013

Donald Reynolds Center, Tulsa, OK

1 2 T
UAB 43 2770
TLSA 31 3263

Top Performers

UAB: Q. Taylor 14 Pts, 4 Reb, 6 Ast

Tulsa: R. Ray 17 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Ast, 5 Stl

UAB 70, Tulsa 63

Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. -- Rod Rucker scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and UAB nearly blew a 24-point first half lead but held on to beat Tulsa 70-63 on Wednesday night.

The Blazers (10-13, 2-6 C-USA) took a 37-13 lead after Rucker hit a jumper with 4:45 remaining in the first half but Tulsa responded with an 18-6 run to end the half and eventually cut UAB's lead to four in the second half when Pat Swilling Jr. hit a lay-up to make it 56-52 with 9:04.

UAB regained a 10-point lead with a 6-0 run capped off by a Quincy Taylor lay-in, making it 62-52 with 2:57 to go and the Blazers held on from there.

Taylor ended his night with 14 points, six assists and four rebounds.

Rashad Ray scored 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting including a perfect 5 for 5 from the free-throw line and had five steals to lead Tulsa (12-11, 4-5).

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Team Stat Comparison

 
UAB
TLSA
Points 70 63
FG Made-Attempted 24-44 (.545) 20-52 (.385)
3P Made-Attempted 9-20 (.450) 4-18 (.222)
FT Made-Attempted 13-20 (.650) 19-31 (.613)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 21 (0/0) 18 (0/0)
Largest Lead 24 2

Game Leaders

 
UAB
TLSA
PointsR. Rucker 17R. Ray 17
ReboundsR. Rucker 6K. Black 6
AssistsQ. Taylor 6P. Swilling, Jr. 3
StealsT. Jones 2R. Ray 5
BlocksF. Alihodzic 3K. Black 1
Team Stats: UAB | Tulsa

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
» Feb 6, 2013 UAB 70, @TLSA 63Recap

Next 5 Games

UAB
TLSA
02/09 MRSH 3:00pm
02/13 @ECU 7:00pm
02/16 RICE 8:00pm
02/23 @MRSH 7:00pm
02/27 @TULN 8:00pm
 02/09 @UTEP 9:00pm
02/16 HOU 4:30pm
02/20 ECU 8:05pm
02/23 @UCF 4:00pm
03/02 TULN 4:05pm
Complete Schedule: UAB | Tulsa

Conference USA Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Memphis16-030-4
Southern Miss12-425-9
UCF9-720-11
Houston7-919-12
East Carolina9-718-12
Tulane6-1019-14
UTEP10-618-14
Tulsa8-817-15
UAB7-916-17
Southern Methodist5-1115-17
Marshall6-1013-19
Rice1-155-26
View expanded standings »

Research Notes

Nick Wood of Tulsa scored five points... and played 14 seconds. Wood subbed in for the last 14 seconds of the game and hit his first jumper with nine seconds left. He then hit a three-pointer with one second left, accumulating five points in less than 10 seconds.

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