UAB WBB Falls to Middle Tennessee 76-54

Monday, January 16

Birmingham, Ala.

6:00 PM

UAB

Middle Tennessee

UAB

UAB WBB Falls to Middle Tennessee 76-54

1/16/2023 8:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM – Sara Bershers scored 20 points in her first start in a UAB uniform, but Middle Tennessee came away with a 76-54 victory on Monday evening.

Desiree Ware scored 11 points with a career-high six rebounds and Destinee McGhee added 13 off the bench for the Blazers (9-8, 1-7 C-USA). Denim DeShields had 10 assists, nine in the second half.

Kseniya Malashka led all scorers with 26 points and Savannah Wheeler recorded 19 for the Blue Raiders (14-2, 7-0 C-USA), who have won 12 straight games.

Bershers' second 3-pointer of the 1^st quarter gave UAB its second of two leads – 6-4 before a 10-0 MT run made the score 14-6 at 3:16. Malashka's jumper with 7:07 left in the 2^nd quarter gave Middle Tennessee its first double-digit lead at 25-14. They would extend the lead to 18 points at 38-20 heading into halftime.

UAB came out of the gates in the 3^rd quarter on a 12-3 run to cut the deficit to nine points at the 6:16 mark. However, the Blue Raiders would rebuild the lead to 20 points at the end of the quarter 59-39 and as high as 25 points early in the 4^th quarter.

The Blazers hit the road on Jan. 21 to take on North Texas (6-11, 3-4 C-USA). The Mean Green defeated FIU 71-45 earlier this afternoon. The next home contest is Rice on Jan. 28.

GAME NOTES

Bershers' 20 points is her high mark while at UAB
This is the second time DeShields has had double-digit assists this season
Last season Wheeler scored 31 at Bartow as a member of Marshall
UAB tied a season-high with five blocks (Bershers - 3)

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