The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Women's Basketball Hosts Memphis Thursday
2/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 1, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- The UAB women's basketball team is back in Bartow Arena for the third-consecutive contest, as it hosts Memphis Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will be the 36th meeting between UAB and the Lady Tigers and the second time this season. Memphis leads the series, 24-11 and had won four-consecutive meetings until the Blazers tallied a 61-58 victory in Memphis earlier this season.
The Blazers improved to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in C-USA action after beating Southern Miss and UCF last Friday and Sunday. Additionally, UAB is 9-3 in Bartow Arena. UAB is led by Carmen Guzman's 15.4 points and Christon Ingram's 5.9 rebounds a game.
UAB had six different players, including five non-starters, record double-digits en route to a 90-78 victory over UCF. The Blazers tallied 57 second-half points, the most in school history since a 60-point performance in the final 20 minutes in a 94-41 victory over South Alabama on Dec. 30, 1993. The UAB bench accounted for 65 points, including 47 in the second. On Friday, sophomore LaKitha Murray hit a jumper with less than a minute remaining in the contest to give UAB its first lead of the game and the Blazers held on to defeat Southern Miss, 73-70. Murray hit the bucket with :56 remaining to give UAB a lead, then stole the ball to set up a layup by Guzman for a three-point Blazer advantage. Murray tallied a career-best 15 points, including 10 in the final 20 minutes of action.
Memphis is currently 2-17 on the season and 0-8 in Conference USA action. The Lady Tigers come into the contest on an 11-game losing streak, having fallen to UCF and Southern Miss last weekend. Memphis has three players averaging in double-digits, as freshman Paris Leonard leads the way with 14.4 points a game. Ashley Howard averages a team-best 7.8 rebounds per contest. As a team, the Lady Tigers average 59.5 points per contest, while hitting 34.1 percent of their shots.
Gametracker is available for all home games as well as many road games. It can be found by going to the women's basketball schedule online at www.uabsports.com.
