The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Women's Basketball To Finish Regular Season At USF
2/25/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 25, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The UAB women's basketball team will travel to Tampa, Fla., to take on USF for the second time in less than a week, as the Blazers and Bulls take the court on Saturday at 2 p.m. (CT). UAB fell to USF on Sunday, 62-53, in its final home game of the season.
The Blazers hope to tally a win in order to improve their seeding in the 2005 Pepsi C-USA Women's Basketball Tournament to be held in Charlotte, N.C., on March 3-6. UAB is currently tied for 10th in the league with Cincinnati, who the Blazers beat earlier this season. The top 12 teams qualify for the tournament.
After being down by as much as 20 in the second half, UAB cut USF's lead to four with under five minutes to play, but was unable to get any closer, as the Bulls defeated the Blazers. UAB's Crystal McFadden led all scorers with 18 points for the Blazers. McFadden was 7-of-18 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe. She also played a team-high 39 minutes. Freshman LaKitha Murray had her third-consecutive double-digit performance, tallying 11 points, two rebounds and two steals in 30 minutes for UAB.
USF is currently on a four-game win streak. The Bulls are 18-9 overall and 8-5 in conference. USF had four players score in double digits against the Blazers, as Jessica Dickson and Anedra Gilmore both scored 15. Dickson leads the Bulls with 16.5 points a game, while Ezria Parsons averages 8.7 rebounds. The Bulls average 65.9 points a contest and hit 39.1 percent of their shots. USF has held its opponents to an average of 56.1 points a game, while blocking 126 shots and grabbing 299 steals.
UAB holds a 23-8 advantage in the all-time series with the Bulls, however USF has won the last three contests. The Bulls took both meetings during the 2003-04 season and beat UAB, 62-53, on Sunday in Birmingham.
