UAB Men’s Basketball Preview: UTSA

Wednesday, January 28

San Antonio, Texas

7:00 PM

UAB

UTSA

UAB Men’s Basketball Preview: UTSA

1/27/2026 12:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball

UAB (12-8, 3-4 American) vs UTSA (4-16, 0-8 American)
Wednesday, Jan. 28 | 7:00 p.m. CT
San Antonio, Texas | Convocation Center

TV: Jordy Fee (PxP) and Devin Brown (Analyst) ESPN+
Radio: WJQX 100.5 FM with David Crane and Steve Micthell
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

LAST TIME OUT

UAB dropped its fourth straight home game, this time to USF 82-69. The Blazers have started conference play 3-0 on the road and 0-4 at home.
UTSA is coming off a home loss to Temple, 70-64 and is yet to win its first conference victory of the season. The Roadrunners have not won since Nov. 25 (def. Georgia Southern 77-64).

SERIES HISTORY

UAB leads the series 14-5. UAB and UTSA have been in the same conference as one another since 2013, playing in the CUSA from 2013-2023 and joining the American in 2023.
UAB won the first meeting between the teams 78-65 in the teams' first season as conference mates in 2013.
UAB has held the upper hand in this series since its beginning. The Blazers are 8-2 in the last 10 matchups, including a streak of six wins in a row.
The campuses are separated by 862 miles.

GAME NOTES

UAB ranks first in the conference in three different statistical categories (assist/turnover ratio, fast break points, defensive rebounds per game, turnover margin, and turnovers per game).
UAB is 21st in the country in fast break points per game with 15.90.
UAB is 14th in the country in rebounds per game grabbing 41.65 and 18th in offensive rebounds per game with 13.95. They rank 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in the conference in those categories.
UAB does not turn the ball over a lot, just 9.1 times per game which is ranked 7th nationally and first in the American Conference.
Evan Chatman is 26th in defensive rebounds with 6.25 per game which is also first in the American Conference.
KyeRon Lindsay-Martin is 45th in the nation in offensive rebounds with 3.2, fifth in the conference.
UTSA is 60th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (12.65).
UTSA struggles in the fouls department, averaging 17.2 fouls per game, 142nd in the country.
Baboucarr Njie leads the team in blocks (40) and 2.11 blocks per game. He ranks third in the conference in both stats and is top 30 in the nation in both stats as well.
Andy Kennedy has a 7-1 record against UTSA all while he has been at UAB.
Coach Kennedy has won 12+ conference games the past two seasons at UAB. He has an overall American Conference record of 28-15 in his third season in the conference.

MILESTONE WATCH

KyeRon Lindsay-Martin set a new career high in points in a season (220) following a 15-point Performance against Tulsa.
Evan Chatman is at 169 total rebounds in his first year of Division I basketball.
Daniel Rivera surpassed the 1,000-career point mark against Tulsa. He joins Jacob Meyer and Ahmad Robinson as the only members of the team to reach that mark.
Ahmad Robinson leads the team with 1,260 career points.
Andy Kennedy won his 400th game as a head coach against UNC Asheville. He is the 15th fastest active Division I coach to win 400 games, in just 623 attempts.