The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Hosts Marshall In Conference USA Showdown Sunday
1/29/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2011
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The UAB women's basketball team returns home to host the Marshall Thundering Herd on Sunday. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. in Bartow Arena.
Marshall leads the series, 7-5. The home team won each of last year's contests, with Marshall capturing an 85-84 double overtime win in Huntington on Jan. 30 before the Blazers earned a 45-44 victory in Birmingham on Feb. 27. Prior to UAB's win in February, the Thundering Herd had won four in a row over the Blazers. UAB is 2-3 against Marshall in Bartow Arena and 4-7 against the Herd since it joined Conference USA for the 2005-06 season.
UAB (9-11, 1-5 C-USA) currently tops C-USA in scoring defense, allowing just 59.3 points per game. The Blazers also rank 59th nationally in turnover margin (2.95) and 68th in fewest turnovers per game (16.3). In UAB's last outing on Thursday, the Blazers fell, 71-64, at East Carolina.
Freshman forward Karisma Chapman posted her first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against the Lady Pirates on Thursday. It marked the first double-double for a Blazer since Tamika Dukes had 19 points and 13 rebounds in the C-USA tournament quarterfinals against SMU on Jan. 7, 2010.
The Blazers are led by sophomore guard Amber Jones with 10.8 points per game and junior center Meagan Brown with 5.6 rebounds per game. Senior guard Amanda Peterson continues to lead the team in 3-point shooting, hitting 37.4 percent from beyond the arc.
The Thundering Herd brings a 5-14 overall and 1-5 C-USA record into Sunday's contest. Marshall has dropped its last five games, including a 69-44 loss to Memphis in its last outing on Thursday.
The Herd averages 53.8 points per game while giving up 66.2 to its opponents. Marshall is shooting 36.2 percent from the field, while its opponents have hit 41.6 percent of their shots. The Herd is led by Tynikki Crook with 16.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.
