Blazers Fall at Home to East Carolina

Saturday, January 24

Birmingham, Ala.

11 a.m.

UAB

7-13,0-8American

East Carolina

15-6,7-1American

East Carolina

UAB

Blazers Fall at Home to East Carolina

1/24/2026 2:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BIRMINGHAM – UAB women's basketball (7-13, 0-8 American) fell to East Carolina (15-6, 7-1 American) 87-61 on Saturday morning at Bartow Arena.

Sofia Munoz led the Blazers with 19 points while Cali Smallwood registered 13 points. Monae' Duffy came away with 12 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double.

The Pirates were led by Anzhane' Hutton with 21 points. Keanna Rembert and Jayla Hearp each tallied 17 points.

Game Notes

Munoz came away with 19 points on top of 7-of-12 field goals.
Duffy earned her fourth double-double of the season and led UAB with 12 rebounds.
Journey Armstead led the Blazers with five assists.
UAB pulled down 33 rebounds, including key offensive rebounds that led to second chance looks.
The Green and Gold scored 26 points in the paint, 21 bench points and 13 points off turnovers.
UAB shot 39 percent from the field, 27 percent from the perimeter and 68 percent from the free throw line.
East Carolina shot 50 percent from the paint, 56 percent from the three and 60 percent at the line.

How It Happened

UAB jumped out early, briefly leading by three after an early three-pointer [8-5].
East Carolina answered with strong interior play and offensive rebounds [15-11].
A late 12-0 ECU run capped by transition baskets and a three, pushed the Pirates ahead [23-11].
East Carolina closed the quarter with an eight-point lead [23-15].
UAB settled in and matched the Pirates scoring, trading baskets for much of the period [29-20].
The Blazers cut the deficit to as few as five behind Smallwood and Munoz [29-24].
The rest of the frame went back-and-forth and UAB trailed by five again [33-28].
UAB outscored East Carolina 15-14, sending the Pirates into halftime with a seven-point lead [37-30].
East Carolina opened the half with aggressive rebounding and scoring to extend the lead [44-30].
Midway through the frame, the game went back-and-forth and UAB closed the deficit to 11 [46-35].
In the third, ECU hit five threes with the last one giving them a 21-point lead [62-41].
UAB closed the frame with five straight points and ECU with two free throws [64-46].
The Pirates controlled tempo and spacing, building the lead past 20 [78-56].
UAB found some offense but couldn't string together stops and ECU closed the game with a win [87-61].

Up next, UAB travels to Wichita State on Saturday, Jan. 31. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. CT and will air live on ESPN+.

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