The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Visits Richmond In Hopes Of Continuing Hot Shooting
12/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 16, 2004
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB's men's basketball team certainly would like to duplicate quite a bit from Wednesday night's 107-76 win over Belmont when the Blazers take on the Richmond Spiders Friday night in the Robins Center in Richmond, Va. UAB set season highs in points (107), field goal percentage (57.8%), field goals (37), three-point field goal percentage (48.1%) and three-point field goals (13) on Wednesday. The 107 points, in fact, was the second highest output by a Mike Anderson-coached Blazer team.
The Richmond game will air live on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast at 7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (CT). Matt Stewart and Sonny Smith have the call for the network.
Against Belmont, Mike Anderson's club had its best shooting night to rebound from its first loss of the season, an 86-73 setback at No. 4 Oklahoma State last Friday night. The Bruins (2-4) posed little threat for UAB, which led by 21 at halftime and forced 21 turnovers.
"We shot the ball extremely well," Anderson admitted. "It was good to see us respond from Oklahoma State that way. Now we have to continue to build on that by playing a very talented Richmond team on the road. It will be another test for us to play a good team in an intense atmosphere."
Richmond is trying to rebound from a 58-50 loss at cross-town rival, and previous UAB foe, Virginia Commonwealth. UAB beat VCU, 79-55, on Nov. 27 in Bartow Arena. The Blazers also beat Richmond there last year, 83-75. The Spiders, however, won the previous two meetings between the schools.
Donell Taylor, who along with Marvett McDonald scored 19 points in Wednesday night's win, continues to lead UAB in scoring with a 16.7 points per game average. Demario Eddins averages 12 per contest while four Blazers (Ronell Taylor, McDonald, Marques Lewis and Richard Jones) all score between 8.2 and 9.8 per game.
Richmond (3-3) is paced by Kevin Steenberge's 14.4 points and 5.7 boards.
The contest can also be heard on the Blazer Radio Network which airs locally in Birmingham on WYDE, 101.1 FM. Gary Sanders, Matt Coulter and Jon Gentile hit the airwaves with the pregame show 30-minutes prior to tip-off.
Anderson's club returns to Birmingham Saturday only to depart Sunday morning for Honolulu, Hawaii, where they will compete in the 2004 Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic, Dec. 21-23. UAB faces Clemson at 5 p.m. (HT)/9 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday evening. They will play either Southern Cal or Indiana State on Wednesday in either the winner's or loser's brackets and will play Thursday before returning home for a brief holiday break.
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