UAB MBB Gets Road Win Over Tulane

Sunday, February 25

New Orleans, La.

3 p.m.

UAB

18-9,10-4AAC

Tulane

13-13,4-10AAC

UAB

Tulane

UAB MBB Gets Road Win Over Tulane

2/25/2024 6:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – UAB men's basketball (18-9, 10-4 AAC) bounced back with a 78-67 win on the road at Tulane (13-13, 4-10 AAC). Yaxel Lendeborg matched his career high of 26 points while grabbing 12 rebounds for his 13^th double-double of the year and adding three assists and three blocks.

The Blazers built a 10-point lead in the first half at the 5:21 mark after Alejandro Vasquez finished through contact to make it a 32-22 game. However, the Green Wave answered with a quick 10-0 run to tie it right back up.

A bad pass by the Blazers turned into a Tulane go-ahead layup with 15 seconds left in the first half. The Green Wave held a 38-37 advantage at the break.

Lendeborg put the Blazers ahead early in the second half and UAB did not look back. The Blazers built their lead to 11 points at the 8:01 mark after Javian Davis found Yaxel Lendeborg for a layup, but Tulane answered right back with seven straight points to cut it to just a four-point game.

The Green Wave made it a three-point game with only 2:54 after Jaylen Forbes hit a three, but six straight points by the Blazers put the game out of reach in the final two minutes. UAB was perfect from the free throw line down the stretch to keep Tulane at an arm's length and hold on for the 78-67 win.

NOTES

The Blazers have won six straight games over Tulane in New Orleans and now lead the overall series 26-13.
Yaxel Lendeborg matched his career high of 26 points that he set one week prior. He also grabbed 12 rebounds for his 13^th double-double of the year.
Lendeborg moved into the Top 10 of UAB's all-time single season rebounders with 273. He now sits in ninth place after passing Will Campbell and Rod Rucker.
Efrem "Butta" Johnson added 13 points, five rebounds and five assists for his 16 double figure scoring game of the year. His five rebounds match a season high.
Javian Davis added 10 points and grabbed six boards and dished out two assists. He has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 10 straight games.
Christian Coleman scored 10 points, grabbed four rebounds and had two assists in the win.
The Blazers outscored Tulane 44-26 in the paint and outrebounded the Green Wave 39-24.
UAB matched its season high of 21 assists, the third time the Blazers have reached the mark this year.

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