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Moore Leads UAB Past Southern Miss, 71-61
2/8/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 8, 2012
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Cameron Moore scored 27 points on 12-of-16 shooting as UAB defeated Southern Mississippi 71-61 Wednesday night, handing the Golden Eagles only their second loss in the past 18 games.
Moore now has 10 double-doubles on the season and 24 for his career. He has also scored in double figures in 21 of UAB's 23 contests. Furthermore, he has reached double figures for the 14-straight games and has done so in all 10 league games
"That basketball team is well-coached," UAB head coach Mike Davis said. "This was really a defensive game tonight. We are still making the same mistakes though, so we have to continue to improve. Southern Miss was very aggressive tonight against us. We are just trying to get better."
The game was tied 49-49 with 8 minutes to play before the Blazers (10-13, 5-5 Conference USA) scored seven consecutive points to take the lead for good. Southern Miss (20-4, 7-2) never pulled closer than four points the rest of the way.
UAB's Jordan Swing scored five of his 15 points in the final 4 minutes, including a 3-pointer that gave the Blazers a 65-57 lead.
Jonathan Mills led the Golden Eagles with 14 points. Mills, one of the Golden Eagles' best interior players, scored only two points in the first half after picking up two fouls in the first 3 minutes.
The Blazers made eight of their first nine shots to take an 18-14 lead, and led 32-28 at halftime. UAB shot 61.9 percent in the first half making 13 of 21 shots - the Blazers shot the same 13 of 21 from the floor in the second half of the two teams first meeting at Southern Miss (Jan. 14)
The 60.5 shooting percentage was also the second best in the league this season, trailing only UTEP's 61.2 percent vs. Houston on Jan. 7
UAB will next travel to Memphis, Tenn. to take on the Tigers of Memphis on Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT. The contest will be televised on CSS.
