UAB Falls in Quarterfinals Against No. 5 Charlotte

Friday, March 13

Birmingham, Ala.

12:00 PM

UAB

20-12,11-7American

Charlotte

17-16,9-9American

Charlotte

UAB

UAB Falls in Quarterfinals Against No. 5 Charlotte

3/13/2026 3:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB Men's Basketball team (20-12, 11-7 American) season might have come to an end against No. 5 Charlotte (16-16, 9-9 American) 83-78 on Friday afternoon in the American Conference Tournament. Daniel Rivera led the team with 20 points and nine rebounds for his second straight 20+ point game. KyeRon Lindsay-Martin (12) and Quaran McPherson (14) both scored in double digits.

Game Notes

UAB's streak of seven straight conference semifinals has now ended. The last time they did not make the conference semifinals was in 2017-18.
The starting lineup of Anderson, Westry, Meyer, Chatman, and Rivera are 5-0 entering the game against Charlotte and now drops to 5-1.
Ahmad Robinson returned to action for the first time since Feb. 11 against Tulsa.
Lindsay-Martin got his 3rd straight double-digit scoring game in a row with 12 points.
Dezayne Mingo scored 35 points to lead all scorers, shooting 8-of-11 from three-point range.
UAB was 14-4 when leading at the half but have now dropped to 14-5.
Chance Westry put up a career high in assists with 15 which also set the single-game American Conference Tournament record.
Quaran McPherson scored 14 points, which is the most points he has scored in a game since Jan. 4 against South Florida. He scored 17 at USF.
UAB shot 51% from the field (32-for-63), 21% from three (4-for-19), and 59% from the free-throw line (10-for-17).

How it Happened

Arden Conyers opened up the scoring after an offensive rebound by the 49ers. The rebound was kicked out for a three [0-3].
Charlotte started the game on a 7-0 scoring run in the first two and a half minutes of play.
Jacob Meyer hit a three just before the first media timeout [6-10].
UAB took its first lead of the game on a KyeRon Lindsay-Martin three-point shot [12-11], 12:36 left in the half.
Daniel Rivera gave UAB a five-point lead when he made back-to-back tough layups [23-18].
Both teams went back and forth the last four minutes of play keeping the score close at the break [33-31]. Salim London hit both free throws with 3.1 seconds on the clock.
Dezayne Mingo led all scorers with 16 points at halftime.
Charlotte scored first out of the half on a fast break layup by Ben Bradford [33-33].
UAB put together a quick 4-0 run on back-to-back Dayjaun Anderson layups. The second layup went up and under the big 7'2 Bonke from Charlotte [41-38].
Chance Westry finally got to the rim in the second half when he scored and got fouled completing the three-point play [48-46].
Charlotte established their first lead of the half on a 10-3 run [51-56].
Charlotte made nine straight field goals to extend the lead to seven points with 8:00 to play in the game [55-62].
Quaran McPherson made two three-point shots in two minutes, putting the Blazers down just five [65-70], 5:47 left.
UAB went on an 8-0 run with 2:08 left in the game, including another McPherson three. He had 14 points on the afternoon [75-76].
Tulsa closed out the game making three out of their final four shot attempts.
Final score: UAB 78, Charlotte 83