Scores

Final

UAB 66

(16-17, 7-9 C-USA)

Southern Miss 81

(24-8, 12-4 C-USA)

Coverage: CBSS

1:00 PM ET, March 14, 2013

Bank of Oklahoma Center, Tulsa, OK

1 2 T
UAB 26 4066
USM 40 4181

Top Performers

UAB: R. Rucker 20 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Blk

Southern Miss: N. Watson 23 Pts, 4 Reb, 5 Ast, 4 Stl

Southern Miss. 81, UAB 66

Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. -- Neil Watson scored 23 points and Dwayne Davis scored 20 to lead second-seeded Southern Mississippi to an 81-66 victory over UAB on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA tournament.

The Golden Eagles (24-8) will play UTEP in Friday's semifinals. The Miners defeated Houston 80-69.

Watson and Davis had five assists apiece, and both went 7 for 11 from the field with Davis making four 3-pointers and Watson three. Davis was coming off of back-to-back 30-point games against Marshall and UCF.

Southern Miss shot 53 percent, led 40-26 at halftime and never saw its second-half lead dip below seven points.

Rod Rucker scored 20 points to lead the Blazers (16-17), the No. 7 seed. Preston Purifoy added 10 points. UAB beat SMU 53-52 in the first round on Wednesday.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
UAB
USM
Points 66 81
FG Made-Attempted 24-54 (.444) 29-55 (.527)
3P Made-Attempted 7-24 (.292) 9-22 (.409)
FT Made-Attempted 11-19 (.579) 14-19 (.737)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 18 (1/0) 17 (0/0)
Largest Lead 3 19

Game Leaders

 
UAB
USM
PointsR. Rucker 20N. Watson 23
ReboundsR. Rucker 7J. Mills 9
AssistsQ. Taylor 6N. Watson 5
StealsF. Alihodzic 3N. Watson 4
BlocksF. Alihodzic 1D. Boardingham 2
Team Stats: UAB | Southern Miss

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 19, 2013 @USM 74, UAB 59Recap
Feb 2, 2013 USM 79, @UAB 75Recap
» Mar 14, 2013 @USM 81, UAB 66Recap

Next 5 Games

UAB
USM
03/15 UTEP 4:00pm
03/16 @MEM 11:30am
03/20 CHSO 9:15pm
03/25 LT 10:00pm
03/27 BYU 8:00pm
Complete Schedule: UAB | Southern Miss

Conference USA Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
#17 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
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