UAB Wins at Home Over Rice

Sunday, February 8

Birmingham, Ala.

2:00 PM

UAB

15-9,6-5American

Rice

10-14,4-7American

Rice

UAB

UAB Wins at Home Over Rice

2/8/2026 6:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. - The UAB Men's Basketball team (15-9, 6-5 American) beat Rice (10-14, 4-7 American) 71-65 on Sunday afternoon for their first home conference win of the season. Three Blazers scored in double-digits against Rice, including Chance Westry who led the team with 22 points and nine rebounds. Evan Chatman had 10 points and a career high of 17 rebounds.

Rice was led by Trae Broadnax who scored 15 points and recorded five rebounds. The team as a whole shot 8-of-28 from three.

Game Notes

Sophomore Dayjaun Anderson made his fourth consecutive start for the Blazers. Dayjaun Anderson recorded his first career block today.
Rivera made his 200th free throw of his career.
Quaran McPhearson surpassed 400 career points after his three-point shot in the first half.
Evan Chatman grabbed 17 rebounds (career high) including his 200th career rebound. 10+ rebounds for the 8th time this season.
Daniel Rivera recorded 10+ points for the 15th time this season.
Jacob Meyer reached 2,300 career minutes played, while Chance Westry surpassed the 800-minute mark.
Blazers are on the way to reach 2,000 season team points; they are currently at (1,953) points.
Chance Westry now has six straight games with 10+ points (18th of the season). Westry has four straight games of 4+ assists.
Guard Salim London surpassed the 50-rebound mark in his freshman season.
Rivera and Chatman played a season high in minutes respectively Rivera 40:00, Chatman 38:47.
UAB got their first home win after a five-game losing streak at home.
This was the 7th time this season that the opposing team had more rebounds than the Blazers.
UAB shot 41% from the field (26-for-63), 27% from three (6-for-22), and 62% from the free-throw line (13-for-21).

How it Happened

UAB missed its first three field goals until Chatman made the first bucket for UAB at the 17:24 mark.
After making a three on their first possession, Rice missed the next three shots to start 1-of-4 from the field.
Chance Westry scored the first three pointer of the game for the Blazers [15:01].
McPherson made his first field goal since Jan. 4 against South Florida [14-15].
Rice concluded an 8-0 run after a tip-in by Trey Patterson [15-22].
Back-to-back Westry threes tied the game at 24 with 7:38 to play in the first half.
Four out of five UAB possessions ended with a Daniel Rivera dunk starting at the 5:21 mark [32-33]. UAB went on a 8-2 run the last 3:20 to take the lead into the half for the first lead since 11:39 [34-33].
Consecutive 7-0 runs started the second half with Anderson hitting a three to extend the UAB lead to six points [41-35]. Rice came right back and took the lead with a 7-0 run [41-42].
In a game of runs, Rice went on another important one (11-3) to extend the Rice lead [45-53].
UAB went on a 7-0 run to take the lead back 56-55 at the under eight timeout.
Jalen Smith hit a three to give Rice a 60-61 lead with under five minutes to play.
UAB scored the next nine points to put this one away and extend the lead to eight on a Daniel Rivera dunk [69-61].
Final score: UAB 71, Rice 65