Halftime Report
A win for UAB would push their file over .500, and after one quarter of play they’ve put themselves in place to make it occur. They’ve jumped out to a fast 37-36 lead in opposition to SE Louisiana. This matchup is much nearer than the pair’s earlier matchup, which was determined by 25 factors.
UAB has but to string collectively two consecutive wins, however this can be their likelihood. We’ll see if they will pull it off.
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SE Louisiana Lions @ UAB Blazers
Present Information: SE Louisiana 1-0, UAB 1-1
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What to Know
The UAB Blazers will face off in opposition to the SE Louisiana Lions at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Bartow Enviornment. Regulate the rating for this one: the 2 groups posted some lofty level totals of their earlier video games.
Final Thursday, UAB earned a 98-84 win over Southern Miss.
UAB’s success was spearheaded by the efforts of Christian Coleman, who virtually dropped a double-double on 21 factors and 9 rebounds, and Yaxel Lendeborg, who earned 21 factors plus six assists and 5 rebounds. The dominant efficiency gave Lendeborg a brand new career-high in assists. The workforce additionally bought some assist courtesy of Tony Toney, who scored ten factors together with two steals.
UAB was working as a unit and completed the sport with 23 assists. They simply outclassed their opponents in that division as Southern Miss solely racked up 15.
In the meantime, SE Louisiana took care of enterprise of their residence opener on Monday (after which some). They blew previous William Carey, posting a 91-53 victory. With the Lions forward 47-18 on the half, the match was all however over already.
The whole lot went UAB’s means in opposition to SE Louisiana of their earlier assembly again in November of 2020, as UAB made off with an 84-59 win. In that contest, UAB amassed a halftime lead of 43-17, a powerful feat they will look to repeat on Sunday.
Wanting ahead, the sport appears to be like promising for UAB, because the workforce is favored by a full 17.5 factors. They completed final season with a 17-11-1 file in opposition to the unfold.
Odds
UAB is an enormous 17.5-point favourite in opposition to SE Louisiana, based on the most recent faculty basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Blazers as a 18.5-point favourite.
The over/beneath is 152.5 factors.
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Collection Historical past
UAB received the one sport these two groups have performed within the final 4 years.
- Nov 28, 2020 – UAB 84 vs. SE Louisiana 59