Men’s Basketball Sneaks by ECU in Overtime

Sunday, January 11

Greenville, N.C.

1:00 PM

UAB

11-6,2-2American

East Carolina

5-11,0-3American

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UAB

East Carolina

Men’s Basketball Sneaks by ECU in Overtime

1/11/2026 7:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

GREENVILLE - The UAB Men's Basketball team (11-6) beat East Carolina (5-11) 87-85 in overtime on Sunday afternoon. Jacob Meyer scored season high 29 points on 12-of-20 shooting. KyeRon Lindsay-Martin scored 20 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks.

Jordan Riley led East Carolina with 30 points, 10 rebounds, and two assists. East Carolina had three double-doubles in Reid Cason, Giovanni Emejuru, Jordan Riley.

Game Notes

UAB started 2-for-5 from the free throw line, but finished with 14 made free throws.
East Carolina out rebounded the Blazers 47-38, marking the fourth game in a row that UAB has been out rebounded.
Lindsay-Martin started 5-of-6 from the field and had an early 10 points.
UAB continued the pressure on defense forcing the Pirates into nine first half turnovers.
Despite being out rebounded in the first half, UAB led points in the paint 20-16.
UAB tried to dominate the pace and they did, scoring 21 fast break points compared to just 12 from ECU.
Rivera failed to get to 10+ points for the first time in four games. He had three straight games of scoring 10+ before that.
UAB had two 20+ scorers for the first time since Nov. 24 against Southern Illinois. Jacob Meyer's 29 points was a season high along with 20 from Lindsay-Martin.
UAB shot 45.5% from the field (35-for-77), 23.1% from three (3-for-13), and 66.7% from the free-throw line (14-for-21).

How it Happened

East Carolina scored on their first possession of the game and that served as the first points of the game [0-2].
Lindsay-Martin took it to the rim and got fouled, scoring his sixth point of the night [14-15].
UAB regained the lead when Ari Gooch put together a fast break reverse layup with Under 12 minutes to go in the half [16-15].
A 7-2 UAB run including an Evan Chatman three, gave the Blazers a three point lead heading into the Under eight media timeout [27-24].
Jordan Riley ignited a 6-0 run for ECU late in the first half. He made two mid-range jumpers to put the Pirates back in front [32-35].
It was a 9-5 run out of halftime for the Blazers that gave them a six point lead [48-42].
After a bucket by the Isaiah Mbeng,East Carolina turned the ball over twice giving UAB some easy points and a 6-0 run [54-44].
Chance Westry scored a fast break lay up and gave UAB their largest lead of the game at 12 points [58-46].
The two teams went back and fourth for the next few minutes until, ECU started mounting their comeback at the 7:01 mark when they got to within five points [67-62].
Lindsay-Martin rolled off a screen and dunked one home to put UAB ahead 71-64 with four minutes to play.
Down the stretch, East Carolina picked up stops and was able to hit the three ball (something they had not done all year). This included an 8-0 run that gave ECU the lead with just 2:29 to play [73-74].
Daniel Rivera scored a driving layup to put UAB up three points before East Carolina's Mbeng tied it late with a three-point shot [79-79].
For the second time in two weeks the Blazers have gone into overtime. The first being at South Florida on Jan. 4.
Both teams started out the extra period flat with just three points scored in the first four possessions.
Jacob Meyer tied it at 85 with 2:20 to go on a mid-range jumper. Then he gave the team the go ahead points with 16 seconds on the clock ending his night with a season high 29 points [87-85].
Final score: UAB 87, East Carolina 85