MBB Falls at West Virginia

Saturday, December 10

Morgantown, W.Va.

5 p.m.

UAB

-72,00 CUSA

West Virginia

8-2,0-0Big 12

UAB

West Virginia

MBB Falls at West Virginia

12/10/2022 8:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – UAB men's basketball (7-2) fell on the road at West Virginia (8-2) by a score of 81-70. Javian Davis paced the Blazers with 19 points and nine rebounds while four different Mountaineers finished in double figures.

Eric Gaines got the Blazers started early scoring UAB's first four points on a pair of dunks. Each team started slowly on the offensive end with only 22 combined points before the U12 media timeout.

The Blazers got a spark from Javian Davis off the bench. Davis scored 11 points in the first half to pace the Blazers.

UAB got into foul trouble early with KJ Buffen and Eric Gaines each picking up two fouls in the first half.

With the Blazers on top at the under-eight media timeout in the first half, West Virginia went on a 9-0 run to take control with a 30-22 lead. The Blazers cut it to five with less than a minute to go in the half, but Toussaint knocked down a pair of free throws to give the Mountaineers a 40-31 lead at the half.

The Blazers jumped out in front early in the second half with a 14-2 run over four minutes to lead 47-45. The Mountaineers answered right back with the next six points, all at the free throw line, to regain the advantage.

A critical moment in the game came with just under 10 minutes remaining. With West Virginia leading by seven, Eric Gaines got a steal and took off on the fast break, but was called for a charge, ending his night with his fifth foul.

From there, West Virginia pushed the lead to double digits and UAB could not cut back into it.

NOTES

West Virginia leads the all-time series 3-2.
UAB is 14-18 all-time against the current Big 12.
Javian Davis finished with a season-high 19 points and nine rebounds.
KJ Buffen finished in double figures for the sixth time this season while matching his season-high with five assists.
The Blazers' five three-pointers match a season-low.
UAB shot a season-low .611 (11-18) from the free throw line.

ANDY KENNEDY
"Coming into the game, I think West Virginia has a good basketball team. (West Virginia Head Coach Bob Huggins) Huggs' teams are always going to be tough, and they are going to fight you and not give you anything easy. That certainly is the pace with this team. This team offensively is more diverse than he has had in the past few years. They have a number of guys who can dribble, pass, and shoot, and I thought that was the difference in the game (with) our inability to guard them."

UP NEXT
The Blazers return home on Wednesday night to host South Carolina at 6 p.m. The contest will mark the first time that an SEC opponent will play a regular season game at Bartow since 2016.

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