The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Wednesday, February 18
Philadelphia, Pa.
6:00 PM
UAB
at
Temple
UAB Men’s Basketball Preview: Temple
2/17/2026 4:54:00 PM | Men's Basketball
UAB (15-10, 7-6 American) vs Temple (15-10, 7-5 American)
Wednesday, February 18 | 6:00 p.m. CT
Philadelphia, PA | The Liacouras Center
TV: Mike Corey (PxP) and Perry Clark (Analyst) on ESPNU
Radio: WJQX 100.5 FM with David Crane
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
LAST TIME OUT
For more information on the UAB men's basketball team, be sure to follow @UAB_MBB on X and Instagram.
Wednesday, February 18 | 6:00 p.m. CT
Philadelphia, PA | The Liacouras Center
TV: Mike Corey (PxP) and Perry Clark (Analyst) on ESPNU
Radio: WJQX 100.5 FM with David Crane
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
LAST TIME OUT
- UAB dropped another home game against Tulane in a low scoring affair 55-54.
- Temple is riding a two-game losing streak after dropping a game to North Texas 62-65.
- UAB leads the series 4-3. The two teams played the first game of the series in 1986 with Temple winning 67-60.
- UAB has won the past three matchups, all as conference opponents.
- The campuses are separated by 885 miles.
- UAB ranks first in the conference in four different categories: assists/turnover ratio, fastbreak points per game, turnovers per game. and defensive rebounds per game.
- UAB is 17th in the country in fast break points per game with 15.88.
- UAB is 11th in the country in rebounds per game grabbing 41.31 and 17th in offensive rebounds per game with 13.69. They rank 2nd and 4th, respectively, in the conference in those categories.
- UAB does not turn the ball over a lot, just 9.0 times per game which is ranked 6th nationally and 1st in the American Conference.
- Evan Chatman is 23rd in defensive rebounds with 6.44 per game which is also first in the American Conference. Chatman ranks 38th in rebounds per game (8.9).
- Like UAB, Temple is also good about preventing turnovers. Their average of 9.2 a game is second in the American and 8th in the country
- Temple have had a tough time securing rebounds, ranking 12th in the American and 255th in the country with an average of 34.32.
- Andy Kennedy has a 3-0 record against Temple, all at UAB.
- Coach Kennedy has won 12+ conference games the past two seasons at UAB. He has an overall American Conference record of 31-16 in his third season in the conference.
- Evan Chatman is at 236 total rebounds in his first year of Division I basketball. He has more rebounds than points so far in his career (217 points).
- Daniel Rivera was the most recent Blazer to pass the 1,000-point mark. He joins Jacob Meyer and Ahmad Robinson as the only members of the team to reach that mark.
- Ahmad Robinson leads the team with 1,281 career points. Ahmad Robinson has 384 career assists which also leads the team.
- KyeRon Lindsay-Martin is currently at 561 career points.
- Andy Kennedy won his 405th game as a head coach against North Texas. He now ranks 156th in most Division I wins passing Tom Crean with 405.
For more information on the UAB men's basketball team, be sure to follow @UAB_MBB on X and Instagram.
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