National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Memphis 86, UAB 71
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 9, 2013
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials: # Hal Lusk, # Kevin Mathis, # Terry Moore
Attendance: 18289
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No. 20 Memphis 86, Alabama-Birmingham 71: Chris Crawford's 20 points led five players in double figures and the host Tigers became the fifth Conference USA team to go undefeated through league play.

Geron Johnson scored 19 points for Memphis (27-4, 16-0 C-USA) while Joe Jackson amassed 17 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. D.J. Stephens - one of the four seniors honored prior to tip-off of the regular-season finale - compiled 13 points and eight boards.

UAB (15-16, 7-9) got 19 points from Jordan Swing and 16 from Rod Rucker, who combined to shoot 14-of-31 from the floor. The duo tallied exactly half of the Blazers' field goals made and attempted.

Memphis led 43-28 at halftime and appeared to be in control, but UAB opened the second half on a 16-2 run to pull within 45-44 on a 3-pointer by Swing with 14:41 remaining. The Tigers answered with a 15-2 run and led by double figures for the remainder.

Memphis defeated UAB for the 13th consecutive time.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Memphis and UAB combined to commit 37 turnovers. ... Crawford scored in double figures for the sixth straight time and 10th time in the past 12 games. ... Memphis outrebounded UAB 42-34. The Blazers had won the battle of the boards in seven consecutive games.


Top Game Performances
 
UAB   Memphis
Jordan Swing 19 Scoring Chris Crawford 20
Jordan Swing 5 Assists Joe Jackson 10
Robert Williams 8 Rebounds Joe Jackson 9
Jordan Swing 4 Free Throws Made Joe Jackson 4
Quincy Taylor 4 Steals Joe Jackson 6
Fahro Alihodzic 1 Blocks Tarik Black 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
UAB 71 45.2 6-19 9-16 14 30 2 11 19
Memphis 86 44.8 10-19 16-23 22 36 5 15 18