Blazers Dominate in First Win of 2025-26 Season

Monday, November 3

Birmingham, Ala.

6:30 PM

UAB

1-0,0-0American

106

Mississippi Valley State

0-1,0-0SWAC

Mississippi Val.

UAB

106

Blazers Dominate in First Win of 2025-26 Season

11/3/2025 10:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB men's basketball team opened the 2025-26 season with a dominant win over Mississippi Valley State 106-55, on Monday night at Bartow Arena.

In the 51-point win, Chance Westry (23) and Jacob Meyer (22) surpassed 20 points and five total Blazers scored more than 10 points. Chance Westry went 8-12 from the field and five boards, putting together his best collegiate performance to date. Evan Chatman posted eight rebounds to lead the team, followed by six from KyeRon Lindsay-Martin. Westry also led the team in steals with four, while five Blazers had multiple steals.

MVSU's Michael James had a game-high 25 points with four steals, three rebounds, and a pair of assists. Lamont Sams led the Delta Devils with five rebounds. MVSU shot 16-for-55 (29.1%) from the field, the worst performance by a UAB opponent since Millsaps shot 11-for-57 (19.3%) back in 2021.

GAME NOTES

Syracuse transfer Westry led the Blazers with a career-high 23 points. Westry also set career-highs with five boards and four steals.
Meyer dominated the first half with a game-high 16 points in the opening 20 minutes. Meyer finished the night with 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
Senior guard Ahmad Robinson led UAB with seven assists to go along with his 14 points and five rebounds.
UAB's 106 points were the most since the Blazers scored 109 vs Auburn-Montgomery last season. The 51-point win over the Delta Devils was the largest since the same victory over AUM, Nov. 18, 2024.
The Blazers held MVSU to 29.1% shooting, the lowest since UAB held Millsaps to 19.3% from the field on Nov. 12, 2021.
UAB was up 37 points at the break, the largest UAB lead at halftime since Nov. 16, 2022 vs Rhodes (39).
MVSU turned the ball over 26 times, the most by a Blazer opponent since Rhodes (29) on Nov. 14, 2021.
Six Blazers made their NCAA debut.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UAB got off to a hot start, taking a 16-4 lead through 4:21 with the help of eight quick points from Jacob Meyer [16-4].
MVSU climbed back within six following a Tyrone Iroghama tip-in [22-16].
An 11-point run across nearly five minutes gave the Blazers a considerable cushion into the final minutes of the first half [33-16].
Robinson (7) and Meyer (6) led a 13-1 run into the final media timeout of the opening half [46-20].
UAB closed the opening half on a 13-point run, giving the Blazers its largest halftime lead (37) since Nov. 16, 2022 vs Rhodes College (39) [59-22].
After a pair of MVSU buckets to start the second half, UAB went on a 16-2 run to extend its lead to 49 [77-28].
The Delta Devils responded with a 12-point run, their longest of the game, holding UAB scoreless for 3:51 and 0-for-6 shooting [77-40].
UAB snapped out of its scoring drought with a pair of Chatman free throws, quickly followed up by a Westry three-pointer [82-40].
Westry and the starting-five continued the Blazer dominance, extending the UAB lead to a game-high 52 on a Dayjaun Anderson three [99-47].
The Blazer bench put up the final seven points for UAB as Quaran McPherson grabbed his first three career points [106-55].

UP NEXT

UAB hits the road for its only power-conference opposition of the year, taking on North Carolina State, Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. CT.
The Wolfpack won its first game in the Will Wade era, dominating their season opener against North Carolina Central, 114-66.