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2017-18 SCHEDULE GAME 1 NOVEMBER 11.10 JACKSONVILLE W, 96-67 11.13 CHATTANOOGA 7 p.m. 11.16 LeMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE 7 p.m. UAB 11.20 vs. Richmond^ 4 p.m. 11.21 vs. TBA^ TBA BLAZERS (1-0) 11.22 vs. TBA^ TBA Head Coach: Robert Ehsan | 18-16 (2nd year) | 18-16 (2nd year) 11.26 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 3 p.m. 11.30 MEMPHIS! 7 p.m. VS.

DECEMBER 12.5 at Troy 7 p.m. 12.9 at Auburn 3:30 p.m. CHATTANOOGA 12.16 ALABAMA A&M% 2:15 p.m. MOCS (0-1) 12.20 NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m. Head Coach: Lamont Paris | 0-1 (1st year) | 0-1 (1st year) 12.23 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 2 p.m. 12.30 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 4 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2017 | 7 p.m. CST JANUARY Birmingham, Ala. | Bartow Arena 1.4 at Florida Atlantic* 6 p.m. Television: CUSA.tv | Radio: WJQX-FM 100.5 1.6 at FIU* 6 p.m. Live Stats: www.UABSports.com 1.11 SOUTHERN MISS* 7 p.m. @UAB_MBB | @UAB_MBB | UAB_MBB 1.13 LOUISIANA TECH* 4 p.m. Twitter: Instagram: Snapchat: 1.18 at WKU* 8 p.m. OPENING TIP 1.20 at Marshall* 6 p.m. • UAB leads Chattanooga 10-3 in the all-time series that dates back to the 1981-82 season. 1.25 UTEP* 7 p.m. • UAB is 18-4 all-time against schools currently in the Southern Conference. 1.27 UTSA* 7 p.m. • UAB is 33-6 at home against non-conference competition since the start of the 2012-13 season. • UAB forward William Lee is only 39 blocks shy of becoming the school’s all-time leader with 267. FEBRUARY • UAB shot 61.4 percent from the field Friday in a 96-67 victory over Jacksonville. 2.1 at Charlotte* 6 p.m. • UAB forward William Lee ranks eighth all-time in Conference USA history with 228 career blocked shots. • UAB senior forwards William Lee and Chris Cokley were named to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team. 2.3 at Old Dominion* 6 p.m. • UAB senior forward William Lee was named to the Karl Malone Award Watch List. 2.8 NORTH TEXAS* 7 p.m. • UAB guard Nate Darling won a Gold Medal this summer with Team Canada at the FIBA U19 World Cup. 2.10 RICE* 7 p.m. • UAB has the best winning percentage (.587) of any school in the state of Alabama over the last five seasons. 2.15 at Louisiana Tech* 8 p.m. • UAB forward William Lee has 228 career blocks and has the second-most of any current player in the NCAA. 2.17 at Southern Miss* 4 p.m. 2.24 at Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. UAB PROBABLE STARTERS

MARCH 3.1 MARSHALL* 7 p.m. 3.3 WKU* 7 p.m. 3.7-10 at C-USA Tournament TBA

^ — Cayman Islands Classic (Grand Cayman Island) ! — Gene Bartow Classic Game NICK ZACK NATE CHRIS WILLIAM NORTON BRYANT DARLING COKLEY LEE % — Legacy Arena (Brimingham, Ala.) G | Jr. | 5-10 | 166 G | Fr. | 6-2 | 180 G | So. | 6-5 | 190 F | Sr. | 6-8 | 238 F | Sr. | 6-9 | 206 * — Conference USA Game PPG...... 5.0 PPG...... 18.0 PPG...... 7.0 PPG...... 26.0 PPG...... 12.0 Home games in ALL CAPS RPG...... 0.0 RPG...... 4.0 RPG...... 2.0 RPG...... 13.0 RPG...... 5.0 AST...... 5.0 AST...... 8.0 AST...... 4.0 AST...... 5.0 AST...... 2.0 All times Central and subject to change STL...... 1.0 STL...... 1.0 STL...... 0.0 STL...... 0.0 STL...... 0.0 BLK...... 0.0 BLK...... 0.0 BLK...... 0.0 BLK...... 0.0 BLK...... 2.0 MIN...... 22.0 MIN...... 30.0 MIN...... 24.0 MIN...... 27.0 MIN...... 22.0

2017-18 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2017-18 GAME 2 | CHATTANOOGA | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 HEAD COACH ROBERT EHSAN obert Ehsan begins his second season as head coach of the UAB men’s bas- THE ROBERT EHSAN FILE ketball program and his fifth season on the staff after serving as associate CAREER RECORD AS A HEAD COACH head coach under former Blazer head coach Jerod Haase. 18-16 (.529 winning pct. / 2nd season) Ehsan guided UAB to 17 wins in his first season as head coach and directed the Blaz- RECORD AS UAB’S HEAD COACH R ers to their fourth consecutive winning season. Under Ehsan, UAB continued to serve 18-16 (.529 winning pct. / 2nd season) as one of the top defensive teams in the country, ending the year first in Conference USA and 25th in the NCAA with 4.9 blocked shots per game. HONORS

• Gordon S. Baranco Award (2005) Junior forward William Lee became the first player in school history to win the Con- • Team Captain (2005) ference USA Defensive Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons, finishing the year first in the league and 20th in the country with 2.4 blocks per game. Lee was also selected to the All-Conference USA Second Team, marking the third straight year in which he was named all-conference. COACHING CAREER Season School Position Record/Postseason Lee is also only the fourth player in league history to be named Conference USA De- 2005-06 Maryland Graduate Assistant 19-13/NIT fensive Player of the Year twice. In addition, Lee earned a spot on the All-Conference USA Second Team. 2006-07 Maryland Graduate Assistant 25-9/NCAA Tournament

2007-08 Maryland Assistant Recruiting Director 19-5/NIT As an assistant coach, Ehsan played a key role in the resurgence of UAB basketball, as 2008-09 Maryland Assistant Coach 21-14/NCAA Tournament he helped the Blazers capture the 2015 Conference USA Tournament championship 2009-10 Maryland Assistant Coach 24-9/NCAA Tournament and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. UAB would go on to make shock- 2010-11 Maryland Assistant Coach 19-14 waves in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, as the 14th-seeded Blaz- ers knocked off No. 3 seed Iowa State, 60-59, to advance to the NCAA Round of 32. 2011-12 Virginia Tech Assistant Coach 16-17

2012-13 UAB Assistant Coach 16-17 Ehsan and UAB enjoyed more success the following season when the Blazers won the 2013-14 UAB Assistant Coach 18-13 2016 Conference USA Championship with a 16-2 record inside the league. Addition- 2014-15 UAB Assistant Coach 20-16/NCAA Tournament ally, UAB set school records for overall wins (26), Conference USA wins, road wins 2015-16 UAB Associate Head Coach 26-7/NIT (10) and consecutive wins (14). 2016-17 UAB Head Coach 17-16 Individually, Robert Brown, Chris Cokley, Lee and Nick Norton were named all-con- 2017-18 UAB Head Coach 1-0 ference, while Lee was tabbed the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and Dirk Wil- liams the Sixth Man of the Year.

UAB ALL-TIME COACHING WINS LIST A second consecutive trip to the postseason capped the year when the Blazers earned Coach (Seasons) Wins Years a berth in the NIT for the 12th time in school history.

Gene Bartow (1978-96)...... 365 18 Prior to his time at UAB, Ehsan spent a season as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech Mike Davis (2006-12)...... 122 6 University under Seth Greenberg and six seasons under Gary Williams at the Univer- Murry Bartow (1996-02)...... 103 6 sity of Maryland, where he was heavily involved with many aspects of the program, Mike Anderson (2002-06)...... 89 4 including coaching, player development, recruiting, academics, scouting, schedul- Jerod Haase (2012-16)...... 80 4 ing and fundraising. Robert Ehsan (2016-pres.)...... 18 2 At Maryland, Ehsan was instrumental in securing two Top 25 recruiting classes, and developed players like Jordan Williams, All-ACC, and ACC Player of the Year Greivis Vasquez. He was also involved in the recruitment of Brown, who was originally re- cruited by Ehsan at Virginia Tech before transferring to rejoin him at UAB, as well as UAB standout Lee and others.

Ehsan played four seasons at UC Davis and started his last two seasons for the Ag- gies, serving as team captain in his senior year. Ehsan finished 23rd in the nation in free-throw percentage as a junior for UC Davis, which was in a transition period while moving from NCAA Division II to Division I. At UC Davis, Ehsan received the Gordon S. Baranco Award, symbolizing exceptional leadership, unselfishness, work ethic and commitment to the team.

Ehsan earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at UC Davis and completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Maryland. Ehsan is a native of Sacramento, Calif., and is married to the former Lindsey Rattray. They have one daughter, Katelyn, and a son, Davis.

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BLAZERS HOST CHATTANOOGA ON MONDAY ZACK ATTACK The UAB men’s basketball team continues a three- UAB freshman guard Zack Bryant made his Blazer de- UAB QUICK FACTS game homestand Monday at 7 p.m. when the Blazers but in style on Friday when he scored 18 points and Name...... UAB welcome Chattanooga to Bartow Arena. UAB opened dished out eight assists in a 96-67 victory over Jack- Nickname...... Blazers the season Friday with a 96-67 victory over Jackson- sonville. Bryant finished 7-for-9 from the field and also Location...... Birmingham, Ala. ville behind a career-high 26 points from Chris Cokley. added four rebounds and one steal. Founded...... 1969 Cokley also had 12 rebounds and five assists. Enrollment...... 20,902 THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES Colors...... Forest Green & Old Gold UAB AND CHATTANOOGA UAB forward William Lee blocked two more shots Fri- UAB and Chattanooga will meet on the hardwood for day against Jacksonville and is moving up the charts Conference...... Conference USA the 14th time in school history when the two teams on UAB’s career blocked shots list. Lee now has 228 Home Court...... Bartow Arena battle on Monday. The Blazers own a 10-3 lead in the career rejections and needs just 39 more this season to Capacity...... 8,508 all-time series that dates back to the 1981-82 season surpass the 266 of Alan Ogg and become the school’s President...... Dr. Ray Watts amd have won our of the last five meetings. Chattanoo- all-time leader. Athletic Director...... Mark Ingram ga, however, captured the most recent matchup with Head Coach...... Robert Ehsan an 83-67 victory in 2014. UAB is 8-0 all-time against UAB CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS LIST Overall record/years...... 18-16 (2) the Mocs in Birmingham. 1. 266 Alan Ogg 1986-90 UAB record/years...... 18-16 (2) 2. 228 William Lee 2014-pres. First year of men’s basketball...... 1979 3. 167 Tosin Mehinti 2013-17 UAB AND THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE 4. 137 Cameron Moore 2008-12 Overall all-time record...... 777-469 UAB is 18-4 all-time in games against schools currently 5. 131 Jerome Mincy 1982-86 2016-17 overall record...... 17-16 in the Southern Conference. In the most recent meet- Conference record/finish...... 9-9/7th ing against the league, UAB dropped an 84-74 deci- TWENTY TIMES FOUR Starters returning/lost...... 1/4 sion at home last season to Furman in the second game The UAB men’s basketball team finished the 2016-17 Letterwinners returning/lost...... 7/6 of the season. Outside of Chattanooga and Furman, the season with a 17-16 record to mark its fourth straight Newcomers...... 6 Blazers have also faced ETSU and Samford in its history. season with a winning record. In addition, the Blazers have now averaged 20.3 wins per year during each of UAB ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS NON-CONFERENCE DOMINANCE the previous four seasons. Overall, UAB has produced The UAB men’s basketball team has been nothing short 23 seasons (out of a possible 39 seasons) in which it of dominant at home against non-conference competi- Ted Feeley has won at least 20 games. tion over the last five seasons. In fact, the Blazers are Associate AD/Athletics Communications

33-6 at home against non-conference foes since the 205-934-0730 ALL-CONFERENCE DUO beginning of the 2012-13 season. UAB is 1-0 at home [email protected] UAB seniors William Lee and Chris Cokley were both this season in non-conference games after downing named to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team, Jacksonville 96-67 on Friday. Jay D’Abramo making UAB one of only two schools in the league with Associate Athletics Communications Director more than one selection. Lee was first on the team last HAVE A COKE AND A NIGHT Men’s Basketball Contact season in scoring (13.2 ppg), rebounding (6.7 rpg) and UAB senior forward Chris Cokley turned in one of his blocked shots (2.4 bpg), while Cokley was second in 205-934-0722 (o) best performances in a Blazer uniform on Friday when scoring (12.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.0 rpg) and first 205-234-9422 (c) he scored a career-high 26 points on 10-for-13 shoot- in field goal percentage. [email protected] ing against Jacksonville. Cokley also grabbed 13 rebounds and delivered a career-best five assists in the THIS IS OUR STATE Josh Brunner victory. The UAB men’s basketball team has proven to be the Assistant Athletic Communications Director winningest program in the state of Alabama since Blaz- 205-934-0722 (o) STATISTICALLY SPEAKING er head coach Robert Ehsan arrived in Birmingham as 205-568-6559 (c) Statistic UAB UTC an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2012-13 sea- [email protected] son. During the five years Ehsan has been at UAB, the Scoring Offense 96.0 65.0 Blazers have won 58.4 percent of their games. MEDIA INTERVIEWS: All interviews with players Scoring Defense 67.0 74.0 and or members of the UAB men’s basketball Scoring Margin +29.0 -9.0 Highest Win Percentage in Alabama Since 2012-13 coaching staff must be arranged through JAY Field Goal Pct. .614 .400 1. UAB 98-69 (.587) D’ABRAMO and the UAB Athletics Communica- 2. Alabama 93-77 (.547) 3-point Pct. .400 .304 tions Office. No interviews will be granted on 3. Alabama State 70-86 (.449) Opp. 3-Point Pct. .300 .476 gameday until competition is over. 4. Jacksonville State 68-89 (.433) Free Throw Pct. .818 .714 5. Samford 71-96 (.425) POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: Both team locker Rebounds Per Game 41.0 38.0 6. South Alabama 68-92 (.425) Opp. Rebounds Per Game 26.0 35.0 7. Auburn 68-93 (.422) rooms will be CLOSED to the media following the game. Coach Ehsan will address the media ap- Rebound Margin +15.0 +3.0 8. Troy 64-98 (.395) proximately 10 minutes after the game. Selected Assists Per Game 26.0 14.0 9. Alabama A&M 47-102 (.315) players will be escorted into the media inter- Turnovers Per Game 16.0 16.0 view room following the head coaches. Visiting Opp. Turnovers Per Game 16.0 15.0 coach and player interviews will be coordinated Turnover Margin +0.0 -1.0 through the visiting team’s athletics communica- Steals Per Game 4.0 5.0 tions contact. Blocks Per Game 4.0 2.0

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LEE NAMED TO MALONE WATCH LIST NUMBER TWO 2017-18 C-USA STANDINGS The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame an- UAB senior forward William Lee enters Monday against nounced that UAB senior William Lee is one of 20 stu- Chattanooga with 228 career blocked shots and owns C-USA Pct All Pct dent-athletes selected to the 2018 Karl Malone Award the second-most career rejections of any active player Charlotte 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Watch List. Named after Hall of Famer and two-time in the NCAA. Senior Tai Odiase of Illinois-Chicago is the FIU 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual only player in the country with more career blocked Louisiana Tech 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 honor is in its fourth year and recognizes the top power shots than Lee. Odiase currently has one blocked shots forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A na- this season and 250 career rejections. Marshall 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 tional committee comprised of top college basketball Middle Tennessee 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates. ONE OF ONLY TWO North Texas 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 UAB forward William Lee begins play Monday at Chat- tanooga looking to join elite company. Lee opens the Old Dominion 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 REPEAT OFFENDER UAB junior guard William Lee was selected as the Con- game with 1062 career points, 626 career rebounds Southern Miss 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 ference USA Defensive Player of the Year for the sec- and 228 career blocks. He is attempting to become UAB 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 ond consecutive season when he won the award last only the second player in Conference USA history to UTEP 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 March. Lee ended the season with 80 blocked shots have 1500 career points, 800 career rebounds and 300 and ranked 20th in the NCAA with 2.4 per game. Lee is career blocks. Jerome Jordan, who played at Tulsa from UTSA 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 the first player in Conference USA to repeat as the win- 2007-10, is the only player in Conference USA history Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 ner since Joey Dorsey of Memphis accomplished the to accomplish that feat. Rice 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 feat in 2007 and 2008. Lee is looking to become only WKU 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 the second player in league history to win the award BLAZER BLOCKS in three consecutive seasons. Kenyon Martin won the The UAB men’s basketball team blocked 161 shots last award from 1998-2000 when he played for the Univer- season and ranked second in Conference USA and 40th THIS WEEK IN C-USA sity of Cincinnati. in the NCAA. That mark ranks as the fourth-most in a single season in school history. During the 2015-16 NOVEMBER 13 (MONDAY) WORLD CHAMPION season, UAB set the school record for single-season UAB sophomore guard Nate Darling made history over blocks with 202. Old Dominion at James Madison • 6 p.m. the summer when he won a Gold Medal with Team Can- Southern at Marshall • 6 p.m. ada at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. FREE IS GOOD Southeast Missouri State at Louisiana Tech • 6:30 p.m. Darling and the Canadians upset the USA in the semi- UAB finished the 2016-17 season fourth in the league North Texas at Nebraska • 7 p.m. finals before knocking off Italy the following day in the with a .736 free throw percentage. That mark is cur- finals. It was the first Gold Medal for Team Canada in rently the fifth-best single season mark in school his- Chattanooga at UAB • 7 p.m. the event in its history. Darling averaged 7.6 points, tory. The 1988-89 UAB team holds the record at 75.9 Charlotte at Oklahoma State • 7 p.m. 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game over the course percent. Middle Tennessee at Murray State • 7 p.m. of the tournament.

NOVEMBER 14 (TUESDAY) Georgia State at Rice • 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 15 (WEDNESDAY) UTSA at Texas State • 7 p.m. Kentucky Wesleyan at WKU • 7 p.m. UAB ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Last School 1 Zack Bryant G 6-2 180 Fr. Hastings, Fla./Providence School NOVEMBER 16 (THURSDAY) 2 Nick Norton G 5-10 166 Jr. Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic HS Edward Waters at Florida Atlantic • 10 a.m. 3 Chris Cokley F 6-8 238 Sr. Savannah, Ga./Savannah HS Old Dominion vs. Temple • 12:30 p.m. 4 Anderson McCoy G 5-11 166 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Ancilla College 5 Deion Lavender G 6-4 190 Jr. Alton, Ill./Southern Illinois Boise State vs. UTEP • 1 p.m. 10 Luis Hurtado G 6-6 213 Fr. Merida, Venezuela/The Sagemont School Southern Miss at Michigan • 6 p.m. 11 Makhtar Gueye F 6-10 185 Fr. Rufisque, Senegal/Aspire Academy Marshall at Morehead State • 6 p.m. 12 Hunter Reynolds G 6-0 161 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville 13 Nate Darling G 6-5 190 So. Halifax, Nova Scotia/DeMatha Catholic HS Belmont at Middle Tennessee • 6:30 p.m. 21 Jalen Perry G 6-3 195 Jr. Louisville, Ky./John A. Logan College LeMoyne-Owen College at UAB • 7 p.m. 23 Lewis Sullivan F 6-7 223 Jr. Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Bethune-Cookman at North Texas • 7 p.m. 33 Thomas Smallwood F 7-0 243 Jr. Bordeaux, France/Saint John Perse 34 William Lee F 6-9 206 Sr. Selma, Ala./Dallas County HS

NOVEMBER 17 (FRIDAY) Head Coach: Robert Ehsan, second season (UC Davis, 2005) Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA • 1 p.m. Associate Head Coach: Turner Battle, fourth season (Buffalo, 2005) FIU vs Elon • 5:30 p.m. Assistant Coach: Dannton Jackson, second season (Xavier [New Orleans], 1992) Rice at Northwestern State • 6:30 p.m. Assistant Coach: Kevin Devitt, second season (DePaul, 2010) Director of Operations: Zavier Anderson, fourth season (Clemson, 2011) Assistant to the Head Coach: DJ Black, fourth season (Penn State, 2006)

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ALMOST AUTOMATIC THE MAYOR OF BLOCKINGHAM UAB junior forward Chris Cokley featured 10 games UAB junior forward William Lee — The Mayor of Block- UAB BY THE NUMBERS last season in which he shot at least 70.0 percent from ingham — blocked one shot in the final game of the Leading at the half...... 1-0 the field and finished the 2016-17 season second in season to up his season total to 80. Lee, who finished Tied at the half...... 0-0 Conference USA with a .582 field goal percentage. last season second in the NCAA in blocks, finished this Behind at the half...... 0-0 That mark also ranks 31st in the NCAA. Overall, Cokley season first in Conference USA and 20th in the NCAA Scores 90 points or more...... 1-0 boasts a .567 career field goal percentage during his with 2.4 blocked shots per game. Lee blocked at least Scores 80-89 points...... 0-0 three seasons in Birmingham. one shot in 30 of 33 games this year. Scores 70-79 points...... 0-0 Scores less than 70 points...... 0-0 HOLDING THEM DOWN LET’S GET TO TEN Allows 90s points or more...... 0-0 UAB limited 16 teams to 70 points or less last season UAB built at least a 10 point lead in 14 games last sea- Allows 80-89 points...... 0-0 and continued that trend Friday by holding Jackson- son and proved to be strong when building a double Allows 70-79 points...... 0-0 ville to 67 points. The Blazers have now 31 of their last digit lead. In fact, the Blazers posted a 13-1 record last Allowing less than 70 points...... 1-0 37 games in which it held an opponent to 70 points or season when leading by 10 points at any point in the Out-rebounds opponent...... 1-0 less. Overall, the Blazers are 68-15 since the start of game. UTEP was the only team this season to defeat Out-rebounded by opponent...... 0-0 the 2012-13 season when allowing 70 points or less. UAB when trailing by 10 or more. The Blazers led by as Ties opponent in rebounds...... 0-0 many as 11 points at UTEP. THIS IS BLOCKINGHAM Shoots 50 percent or better...... 1-0 The UAB men’s basketball team blocked 161 shots last MOVING ON UP Shoots between 40-49 percent...... 0-0 season and ranked 40th in the NCAA for total rejec- UAB junior forward William Lee blocked one shot in Shoots under 40 percent...... 0-0 Shoots 30 percent or better from 3-pt...... 1-0 tions. The Blazers have been one of the best shot block- the final game of the regular season and continues to Shoots under 30 percent from 3-pt...... 0-0 ing teams over the past three seasons. In fact, UAB has showcase his ability as one of the top shot blockers in Shoots 70 percent or better from FT line...... 1-0 accumulated 547 blocks during that time frame and Conference USA history. In fact, Lee ranks eighth all- Shoots 60-69 percent from FT line...... 0-0 has the eighth-most of any team in the NCAA. Kentucky time in Conference USA history with 228 career rejec- Shoots under 60 percent from FT line...... 0-0 leads the way and ranks first in the nation with 678 tions. Lee needs 17 more blocks to tie Bamba Fall of Opponent shoots 50 percent or better...... 0-0 blocks over the last three seasons. SMU to move into seventh place. Fall played for the Opponent shoots 40-49 percent...... 1-0 Opp. shoots 30% or better from 3-pt...... 1-0 Mustangs from 2006-09. Jerome Jordan of Tulsa has Opp. shoots under 30% from 3-pt...... 0-0 the most all-time blocks in C-USA history with 333. Jor- dan played for the Golden Hurricanes from 2007-10. Commits 15 turnovers or more...... 1-0 Commits less than 15 turnovers...... 0-0 Forces 15 turnovers or more...... 1-0 Forces less than 15 turnovers...... 0-0 Has less (or same) turnovers as opponent.....1-0 Has more turnovers than opponent...... 0-0

Playing at home...... 1-0 GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUP Playing on the road...... 0-0 Playing at a neutral site...... 0-0 Opponent Guard Guard Guard Forward Forward Playing during the day...... 0-0 Jacksonville Norton Bryant Darling Cokley Lee Playing at night...... 1-0 Chattanooga Playing in November...... 1-0 LeMoyne-Owen College Playing in December...... 0-0 Richmond Playing in January...... 0-0 TBA Playing in February...... 0-0 TBA Playing in March...... 0-0 Mississippi College Memphis Playing on Monday...... 0-0 Troy Playing on Tuesday...... 0-0 Auburn Playing on Wednesday...... 0-0 Alabama A&M Playing on Thursday...... 0-0 New Orleans Playing on Friday...... 1-0 Mississippi Valley State Playing on Saturday...... 0-0 Florida Atlantic Playing on Sunday...... 0-0 FIU Southern Miss Playing in overtime...... 0-0 Louisiana Tech Playing on television...... 0-0 WKU Playing against a ranked opponent...... 0-0 Marshall UTEP Game is decided by 1-4 points...... 0-0 UTSA Game is decided by 5-10 points...... 0-0 Game is decided by 11 points or more...... 1-0 Charlotte Old Dominion One player in double figures...... 0-0 North Texas Two players in double figures...... 0-0 Rice Three players in double figures...... 0-0 Louisiana Tech Four or more players in double figures...... 1-0 Southern Miss Chris Cokley leads team in scoring...... 1-0 Middle Tennessee Zack Bryant leads team in scoring...... 0-0 Marshall William Lee leads team in scoring...... 0-0 WKU Nate Darling leads team in scoring...... 0-0

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CLIMBING THE CHARTS DIAPER DANDY UAB SUPERLATIVES UAB junior forward William Lee grabbed five rebounds Robert Ehsan begins his second season as head coach Friday against Jacksonville to up his career total to 626 of UAB as the 10th-youngest head coach in the NCAA BIGGEST UAB LEAD: and move into sixth place all-time at UAB. Lee is now at 35 years old. Maurice Joseph of George Washington 29 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 43 rebounds shy of moving into fifth place all time. stands as the youngest coach in the NCAA at 32 years BIGGEST UAB DEFICIT: Overall last season, Lee led UAB and ranked 11th in old. Ironically, Ehsan and Joseph met last season when 3 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) Conference USA with 6.7 rebounds per game. UAB faced George Washington in the consolation game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. BIGGEST UAB LEAD IN A LOSS: REBOUNDING SUCCESS N/A UAB junior William Lee grabbed seven rebounds in the final game of the season. UAB has enjoyed a great BIGGEST UAB DEFICIT IN A WIN: deal of success when Lee pulls down seven or more 3 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) rebounds during his career. In fact, UAB is 36-8 when BIGGEST UAB HALFTIME LEAD: Lee finishes with seven or more rebounds. Overall, Lee 16 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) led UAB with 6.7 rebounds per game.

BIGGEST UAB HALFTIME DEFICIT: WE KNOW HOW TO DISH N/A UAB tallied 26 assists Friday against Jacksonville to BEST UAB 1ST HALF FG%: mark the 18th time the Blazers have recorded at least 56.7% vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 20 helpers in a game since start of the 2014-15 season. UAB is a perfect 18-0 in those games and finished WORST UAB 1ST HALF FG%: the 2016-17 season fourth in C-USA with 15.2 assists 56.7% vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) per game. Deion Lavender ranked ninth in the league with 3.4 assists per game. Lavender had a career-high BEST UAB 2ND HALF FG%: 11 assists Dec. 28 in a win over Miles College. 66.7% vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17)

WORST UAB 2ND HALF FG%: DOUBLE TROUBLE 66.7% vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) UAB junior forward William Lee secured his fifth double-double of the season for the Blazers when he fin- MOST POINTS BY UAB IN 1ST HALF: ished with 17 points and 11 rebounds March 2 in a 43 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) win over Florida Atlantic. Lee now has 14 career double-doubles and has helped UAB to a very successful FEWEST POINTS BY UAB IN 1ST HALF: record over those 14 games. In fact, UAB is 13-1 when 43 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) Lee records a double-double. MOST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 1ST HALF: 27 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) THIS IS BLOCKINGHAM The UAB men’s basketball team continued to block FEWEST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 1ST HALF: shots at an extremely high rate and finished the season 27 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) second in Conference USA and 25th in the NCAA with MOST POINTS BY UAB IN 2ND HALF: 4.9 blocks per game. The Blazers blocked at least four 53 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) shots in 21 of 33 games, including a season-high 11 Nov. 29 against Alabama A&M. Junior forward William FEWEST POINTS BY UAB IN 2ND HALF: Lee averaged 2.4 blocks per game and ranked first in 53 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) the league and 20th in the NCAA. UAB finished the previous year ranked second in the NCAA with 6.1 blocked MOST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 2ND HALF : shots per game and ended the season with 202 blocks 40 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) to record the sixth-most in the country. FEWEST POINTS BY OPPONENT IN 2ND HALF: 40 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) HALFTIME HIGH UAB led Jacksonville 43-27 at halftime Friday and is MOST REBOUNDS IN A GAME: now 1-0 this season when leading at halftime. The 41 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) Blazers are now 77-14 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2012-13 season. MOST STEALS IN A GAME: 4 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) FOUR OR MORE MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME: UAB junior forward William Lee swatted four shots 26 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) March 8 in a 74-73 victory over Charlotte. Lee finished the 2016-17 season with 20 career games with four or MOST BLOCKED SHOTS IN A GAME: more blocked shots. The Blazers are 19-1 and have won 4 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 18 straight games when Lee has at least four blocks. MOST THREE-POINTERS IN A GAME: 8 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17)

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE IN A GAME: 35 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17)

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UAB Individual Miscellaneous Stats

DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING GAMES Player 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 Total Zack Bryant — — — 1 1 Chris Cokley 14 25 21 1 61 Nate Darling — — 2 0 2 Makhtar Gueye — — — 0 0 Luis Hurtado — — — 0 0 Deion Lavender — — 9 0 9 William Lee 12 19 23 1 55 Anderson McCoy — — — 0 0 Nick Norton 11 13 — 0 24 Jalen Perry — — — 1 1 Hunter Reynolds — – – 0 0 Thomas Smallwood — 1 0 0 1 Lewis Sullivan 1 4 0 0 5

20-POINT SCORING GAMES Player 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 Total Zack Bryant — — — 0 0 Chris Cokley 1 5 3 1 10 Nate Darling — — 1 0 1 Makhtar Gueye — — — 0 0 Luis Hurtado — — — 0 0 Deion Lavender — — 0 0 0 William Lee 0 2 3 0 5 Anderson McCoy — — — 0 0 Nick Norton 1 1 — 0 2 Jalen Perry — — — 0 0 Hunter Reynolds — – – 0 0 Thomas Smallwood — 0 0 0 0 Lewis Sullivan 0 1 — 0 1

DOUBLE FIGURE REBOUNDING GAMES Player 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 Total Zack Bryant — — — 0 0 Chris Cokley 2 6 3 1 12 Nate Darling — — 0 0 0 Makhtar Gueye — — — 0 0 Luis Hurtado — — — 0 0 Deion Lavender — — 0 0 0 William Lee 7 5 5 0 17 Anderson McCoy — — — 0 0 Nick Norton 0 0 — 0 0 Jalen Perry — — — 0 0 Hunter Reynolds — – – 0 0 Thomas Smallwood — 0 0 0 0 Lewis Sullivan 0 0 — 0 0

DOUBLE-DOUBLES Player 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 Total Zack Bryant — — — 0 0 Chris Cokley 2 4 2 1 9 Nate Darling — — 0 0 0 Makhtar Gueye — — — 0 0 Luis Hurtado — — — 0 0 Deion Lavender — — 0 0 0 William Lee 5 4 5 0 14 Anderson McCoy — — — 0 0 Nick Norton 0 0 — 0 0 Jalen Perry — — — 0 0 Hunter Reynolds — – – 0 0 Thomas Smallwood — 0 0 0 0 Lewis Sullivan 0 0 — 0 0

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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics UAB vs Chattanooga 12/22/14 8:05 pm at McKenzie Arena - Chattanooga, Tenn.

UAB 67 • 4-8 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 21 MEHINTI, Tosin f 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 12 34 LEE, William f 2-4 1-1 0-0 3 2 5 3 5 0 0 1 0 19 02 NORTON, Nick g 4-8 2-5 2-3 2 2 4 1 12 3 2 0 1 28 04 BROWN, Robert g 7-13 1-3 4-10 2 0 2 3 19 1 2 0 2 29 22 MADISON, Tyler g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 00 BAXTER, Hakeem 4-9 1-3 6-8 1 3 4 3 15 2 4 1 2 32 01 WATTS, Denzell 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 18 03 COKLEY, Chris 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 10 05 CALHOUN, Jarvis 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 23 COLLINS, Denzel 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 10 25 WASHINGTON, C.J. 2-5 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 7 0 1 0 0 9 35 SULLIVAN, Lewis 0-5 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 45 LOVE, Lionel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 7 3 10 Totals 22-60 6-19 17-27 16 20 36 25 67 9 13 5 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-31 29.0% 2nd half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 22-60 36.7% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 6-19 31.6% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 17-27 63.0% 5

Chattanooga 83 • 7-6 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 Lance Stokes f 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 17 05 Justin Tuoyo f 5-8 0-0 1-2 7 5 12 3 11 0 0 3 0 29 24 Casey Jones f 5-16 0-0 4-7 4 5 9 3 14 3 3 0 1 33 01 Greg Pryor g 4-9 1-4 9-11 0 3 3 4 18 2 2 0 3 38 11 Ronrico White g 4-10 3-6 2-2 0 6 6 2 13 4 0 1 0 36 00 Chuck Ester 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 10 Martynas Bareika 2-3 0-1 4-6 0 2 2 1 8 1 2 0 1 9 14 Alex Bran 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 Eric Robertson 3-4 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 5 8 1 1 0 0 12 20 Duke Ethridge 2-3 0-1 3-3 1 1 2 2 7 1 3 0 0 7 23 Tre' McLean 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 Team 1 1 2 Totals 26-57 6-16 25-33 14 27 41 25 83 12 13 4 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-36 44.4% 2nd half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 26-57 45.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 6-16 37.5% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 9-10 90.0% 2nd half: 16-23 69.6% Game: 25-33 75.8% 5

Officials: Jacyn Goble, Todd Austin, Glenn Tuitt Technical fouls: UAB-None. Chattanooga-None. Attendance: 2609

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast UAB 25 42 67 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UAB 26 25 18 8 31 Chattanooga 46 37 83 UTC 32 10 17 6 23

Last FG - UAB 2nd-00:16, UTC 2nd-01:31. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - UAB None, UTC by 26 2nd-17:19. Lead changed - 0 times. UAB led for 00:00. UTC led for 37:39. Game was tied for 01:42.

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A UAB team... A UAB player...

Scored 100+ points at home...... 104 vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 6, 2016) Scored 20+ points...... 26, Chris Cokley vs. Jacksonville (Nov. 10, 2017) Scored 100+ points on the road...... 102 at Fresno State (Dec. 11, 1999) Scored 30+ points...... 32, Chad Frazier vs. Nebraska (Nov. 22, 2013) Scored 100+ points and lost...... Never Happened Scored 40+ points...... 41, Robert Vaden at UTEP (Feb. 27, 2008) Scored 110+ points...... 116 vs. Hiwassee (Dec. 22, 2015) Scored 50 points or less...... 49 at Middle Tennessee (Jan. 1, 2017) Made 5+ 3-pointers...... 6, Nate Darling vs. Southern Miss (Jan. 28, 2017) Scored 40 points or less...... 37 at UTEP (Feb. 8, 2006) Attempted 10+ 3-pointers...... 11, Dirk Williams at WKU (Feb. 19, 2017) Scored 50 points or less and won...... 47-28 at SMU (Feb. 15, 2012) Attempted 15+ 3-pointers...... 15, Robert Vaden at UTEP (Feb. 27, 2008) Held opponent to 50 points or less...... 43 vs. Southern Miss (Jan. 28, 2017) Had a double-double...... Chris Cokley vs. Jacksonville (26 pts., 13 rebs.) (Nov. 10, 2017) Won an overtime game...... 88-81 at Rice (Jan. 7, 2017) Had a double-double in two straight games...... Chris Cokley Lost an overtime game...... 77-82 vs. Virginia Tech (Nov. 28, 2015) at Auburn (Nov. 13, 2015) & vs. Alabama State (Nov. 16, 2015) Won a double overtime game...... 80-77 at Southern Miss (Feb. 11, 2016) Had a double-double in three straight games...... Rod Rucker Lost a double overtime game...... 73-82 at Rice (Feb. 14, 2015) vs. Memphis (Jan. 12, 2013), at UCF (Jan. 9, 2013), at Dayton (Jan. 5, 2013) Played a triple overtime game...... W, 100-95 vs. Middle Tennessee (Feb. 28, 2014) Had a double-double in four straight games...... Cameron Moore Played a quadruple overtime game...... L, 84-92 at Nebraska (Dec. 22, 1979) vs. Southern Miss (Feb. 8, 2012), at UTEP (Feb. 4, 2012) vs. Houston (Feb. 1, 2012), vs. East Carolina (Jan. 28, 2012) Made 12+ three-point field goals...... 12 vs. Southern Miss (Jan. 28, 2017) Had a triple-double...... Paul Delaney vs. Tulane (Feb. 4, 2009) Made 15+ three-point field goals...... 15 vs. Southern Miss (Feb. 2, 2009) Had 20+ points and 20+ rebounds...... Never Happened Allowed 10+ three-point field goals...... 11 vs. Charlotte (March 8, 2017) Had 15+ rebounds...... 17, William Lee vs. Marshall (Jan. 14, 2017) Had 20+ rebounds...... 20, Rod Rucker vs. New Mexico (Nov.21, 2013) Had 20+ rebound margin...... 22 vs. Charlotte (Feb. 9, 2017) Had 9+ offensive rebounds...... 9, Tyler Madison vs. Iowa State (March 19, 2015) Had 25+ rebound margin...... 27 vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 16, 2016) Had 10+ defensive rebounds...... 11, Chris Cokley vs. Charlotte (March 8, 2017) Had 50+ rebounds...... 50 vs. Rice (Jan. 21, 2016) Had 60+ rebounds...... 62 vs. New Mexico (Nov. 21, 2013) Had 10+ assists...... 11, Deion Lavender vs. Miles College (Dec. 28, 2016) Had two players with 10+ rebounds...... vs. UTEP (Jan. 9, 2016) Had 15+ assists...... Never Happened William Lee (12), Chris Cokley (11) Had three players with 10+ rebounds...... N/A Had 5+ blocks...... 5, William Lee at North Texas (Jan. 5, 2017) Had 10+ blocks...... 12, Alan Ogg vs. Florida A&M (Dec. 16, 1988) Attempted 30+ free throws...... 31 vs. Old Dominion (Feb. 11, 2017) Attempted 40+ free throws...... 43 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 11, 2016) Had 5+ steals...... 5, William Lee vs. Southern (Dec. 18, 2016) Attempted 50+ free throws...... 54 vs. Charlotte (Feb. 25, 1991) Had 10+ steals...... 12, Squeaky Johnson vs. South Carolina State (Nov. 27, 2005) Made 25+ free throws...... 25 vs. Furman (Nov. 14, 2016) Made 30+ free throws...... 30 at Rice (Jan. 7, 2017) Made 10+ free throws...... 10, Chris Cokley vs. Middle Tennessee (Feb. 26, 2017) Made 35+ free throws...... 35 vs. Southern Miss (Feb. 7, 2015) Made 15+ free throws...... 16, Andy Kennedy vs. Louisiana Tech (Dec. 17, 1988) Shot 90% or better from FT line...... 90.0%, 9-10 vs. WKU (Jan. 12, 2017) Attempted 10+ free throws... 10, Chris Cokley vs. Middle Tennessee (Feb. 26, 2017) Attempted 15+ free throws...... 17, Rod Rucker vs. Prarie View A&M (Nov. 20, 2012) Had 20+ assists...... 23 vs. Troy (Nov. 17, 2016) Attempted 20+ free throws...... Never Happened Had 25+ assists...... 26 vs. Jacksonville (Nov. 10, 2017) Had 30+ assists...... 31 vs. UTSA (Jan. 7, 2016) Shot 100% from the floor...... Tosin Mehinti, 5-for-5, at UTEP (Feb. 2, 2017) Played 40+ minutes...... 50, Robert Brown vs. Middle Tennessee (Feb. 28, 2015) Had 25+ turnovers...... 27 vs. Jackson State (Nov. 23, 2014) Fouled out...... William Lee at Marshall (Feb. 16, 2017) Forced 25+ turnovers...... 27 vs. Radford (Nov. 11, 2006) Forced 30+ turnovers...... 39 vs. Tulsa (Jan. 11, 2006)

Had 15+ steals...... 16 vs. USF (Jan. 29, 2005) Had 20+ steals...... 23 vs. Centenary (Dec. 19, 2005)

Blocked 5+ shots...... 5 vs. Louisiana Tech (March 9, 2017) Blocked 10+ shots...... 10 vs. Florida Atlantic (March 2, 2017)

Beat a ranked team...... 60-59 vs. #9 Iowa State (March 19, 2015) Beat a ranked team on the road...... 67-55 at #17 Cincinnati (Jan. 9, 1994)

Kept every opposing player out of double figures...... vs. Hiwassee (Dec. 22, 2015) Had all five starters in double figures...... vs. Newberry College (Jan. 4, 2014) Had five players score in double figures...... vs. Marshall (Jan. 14, 2017) Had no players score in double figures...... N/A

Overcame a 5-point halftime deficit to win...... 6 vs. Rutgers (Nov. 11, 2013) Overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win...... 12 vs. Middle Tennessee (Jan. 3, 2016)

2017-18 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 9 UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2017-18 GAME 2 | CHATTANOOGA | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 UPDATED PLAYER CAREER HIGHS #1 ZACK BRYANT #2 NICK NORTON #3 CHRIS COKLEY #4 ANDERSON McCOY POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS 18 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 26 vs. Charlotte (1.22.15) 26 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) None REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS 4 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 6 vs. Jacksonville State (11.22.15) 15 vs. Georgia State (12.1.15) None FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS 7 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 7 (2x) last at Louisiana Tech (2.13.16) 12 at Auburn (11.13.15) None FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS 3 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 7 vs. Middle Tennessee (1.3.16) 10 vs. Middle Tennessee (2.26.17) None THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS 1 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 6 (2x) last at Louisiana Tech (2.13.16) None None ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS 8 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 10 (2x) last vs. USC Upstate (12.16.15) 5 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) None STEALS STEALS STEALS STEALS 1 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 5 vs. Jackson State (11.23.14) 3 (3x) last at BYU (3.16.16) None BLOCKS BLOCKS BLOCKS BLOCKS None 1 (2x) last vs. Illinois (11.27.15) 3 (3x) last vs. Southern (12.18.16) None MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES 30 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 40 vs. USF (11.20.14) 31 (2x) last vs. Charlotte (3.8.17) None

#5 DEION LAVENDER #10 LUIS HURTADO #11 MAKHTAR GUEYE #13 NATE DARLING POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS 17 (2x) last at FIU (1.21.17) None 8 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 20 vs. Southern Miss (1.28.17) REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS 7 (2x) last vs. Troy (11.17.16) None 4 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 3 vs. WKU (1.12.17) FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS 7 at FIU (1.21.17) None 3 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 7 vs. Southern Miss (1.28.17) FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS 6 (3x) last at Stephen F. Austin (12.7.16) None None 1 (2x) last vs. Louisiana Tech (3.9.17) THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS 5 at Loyola Chicago (2.11.15) None 2 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 6 vs. Southern Miss (1.28.17) ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS 11 vs. Miles College (12.28.16) None None 4 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) STEALS STEALS STEALS STEALS 4 at Rice (1.7.17) None None 1 (2x) last vs. Southern Miss (1.28.17) BLOCKS BLOCKS BLOCKS BLOCKS 1 (3x) last vs. Marshall (1.14.17) None None 1 vs. Florida Atlantic (3.2.17) MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES 39 at Loyola Chicago (2.11.15) None 15 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 25 vs. Southern Miss (1.28.17)

#21 JALEN PERRY #23 LEWIS SULLIVAN #33 THOMAS SMALLWOOD #34 WILLIAM LEE POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS 11 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 22 at Troy (11.19.15) 13 vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) 28 at Old Dominion (1.14.16) REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS 3 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 9 (2x) last vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15) 6 (2x) last vs. UTSA (1.7.16) 17 vs. Marshall (1.14.17) FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS FIELD GOALS 2 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 6 at Troy (11.19.15) 4 (3x) last vs. Miles College (12.28.16) 8 (3x) last at WKU (1.28.16) FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS FREE THROWS 5 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 10 at Troy (11.19.15) 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) 9 vs. Old Dominion (2.11.17) THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS THREE-POINTERS 2 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 1 (6x) last vs. Illinois (11.27.15) 1 (6x) last at FIU (3.3.16) 5 (2x) last vs. Marshall (1.14.17) ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS 1 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 4 at Florida Atlantic (3.5.16) 2 vs. Hiwassee (12.22.15) 5 (3x) last vs. Marshall (1.14.17) STEALS STEALS STEALS STEALS None 3 vs. UCLA (11.28.14) None 5 vs. Southern (12.18.16) BLOCKS BLOCKS BLOCKS BLOCKS 1 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 2 (3x) last at Old Dominion (1.14.16) 2 vs. UTSA (1.7.16) 8 (2x) last vs. Florida Atlantic (2.6.16) MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES MINUTES 23 vs. Jacksonville (11.10.17) 21 (2x) last at BYU (3.16.16) 16 vs. Miles College (12.28.16) 45 vs. Middle Tennessee (2.28.15)

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2017-18 BOX SCORES Game #1 | November 10, 2017 UAB 96, Jacksonville 67

Chris Cokley scored a career-high 26 points to go along with 13 rebounds and five assists to lead UAB to a 96-67 victory over Jacksonville at Bartow Arena. Cokley surpassed his previous best of 25 points he tallied two seasons ago against Auburn and Seattle. The Savannah, Ga., native also made 10 of his 13 shots to help the Blazers shoot 61.4 percent from the field. Freshman Zack Bryant added 18 points and eight assists and William Lee finished with 12 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots. Jalen Perry chipped in with 11 points off the bench. J.D. Notae led Jacksonville with 18 points and Devin Harris finished with 16 points and a team-high five assists. Tanner Rubio pulled Jacksonville within five points midway through the first half when his jumper left the Dolphins trailing 21-16. UAB answered with 14-2 run over the next six minutes to build a 35-18 lead with five minutes before halftime. Cokley scored the final basket of the first half to give the Blazers a 43-27 edge at intermission. UAB scored the first four points of the second half and upped its lead to 20 and led by at least 14 for the rest of the game. Jacksonville pulled within 18 points on a three-pointer by Corey Romich with just over eight minutes to play, but UAB held the Dolphins to four field goals for the rest of the game and led by as many as 29 points.

Jacksonville (0-1) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Bakkali* 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 4 2 3 0 0 Helgeland* 1-13 1-9 0-0 6 3 0 1 0 0 Rubio* 4-9 1-5 1-3 1 10 0 2 0 0 Notae* 6-15 5-10 1-3 4 18 2 1 0 0 Harris* 7-14 0-3 2-4 5 16 5 2 0 3 Romich 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 6 1 1 0 0 Sears 4-4 0-0 2-5 4 10 1 4 1 3 Hinton 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Richmond 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 TEAM 1 TOTALS 26-63 9-30 6-15 26 67 12 16 1 7

UAB (1-0) PLAYER FG 3P FT REB TP A TO B S Cokley* 10-13 0-0 6-6 13 26 5 1 0 0 Lee* 5-8 1-3 1-1 5 12 2 0 2 0 Bryant* 7-9 1-2 3-5 4 18 8 1 0 1 Norton* 1-5 1-4 2-2 0 5 5 2 0 1 Darling* 3-6 1-4 0-0 2 7 4 3 0 0 Lavender 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 3 0 3 0 0 Gueye 3-3 2-2 0-0 4 8 0 1 0 0 Perry 2-6 2-4 5-6 3 11 1 1 1 0 Sullivan 3-5 0-0 0-0 6 6 1 3 1 2 Smallwood 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 2 TOTALS 35-57 8-20 18-22 41 96 26 16 4 4

Score by Period 1st 2nd Total Jacksonville 27 40 67 UAB 43 53 96

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UAB Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 12, 2017) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 BRYANT, Zack 1-1 30 30.0 7-9 .7 7 8 1-2 .5 0 0 3-5 .6 0 0 0 4 4 4.0 2 0 8 1 0 1 18 18.0 02 NORTON, Nick 1-1 22 22.0 1-5 .2 0 0 1-4 .2 5 0 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 5 2 0 1 5 5.0 03 COKLEY, Chris 1-1 27 27.0 10-13 .7 6 9 0-0 .0 0 0 6-6 1.000 4 9 13 13.0 1 0 5 1 0 0 26 26.0 05 LAVENDER, Deion 1-0 14 14.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .0 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3.0 11 GUEYE, Makhtar 1-0 15 15.0 3-3 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .0 0 0 1 3 4 4.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 8.0 13 DARLING, Nate 1-1 24 24.0 3-6 .5 0 0 1-4 .2 5 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 4 3 0 0 7 7.0 21 PERRY, Jalen 1-0 23 23.0 2-6 .3 3 3 2-4 .5 0 0 5-6 .8 3 3 1 2 3 3.0 3 0 1 1 1 0 11 11.0 23 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1-0 19 19.0 3-5 .6 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 6 6 6.0 4 0 1 3 1 2 6 6.0 33 SMALLWOOD, Thoma 1-0 4 4.0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 34 LEE, William 1-1 22 22.0 5-8 .6 2 5 1-3 .3 3 3 1-1 1.000 1 4 5 5.0 1 0 2 0 2 0 12 12.0 Team 0 2 2 1 Total...... 1 200 35-57 .6 1 4 8-20 .4 0 0 18-22 .8 1 8 7 34 41 41.0 17 0 26 16 4 4 96 96.0 Opponents...... 1 200 26-63 .4 1 3 9-30 .3 0 0 6-15 .4 0 0 9 17 26 26.0 19 - 12 16 1 7 67 67.0

TEAM STATISTICS UAB OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 96 67 11/10/17 JACKSONVILLE W 96-67 3106 Points per game 96.0 67.0 Scoring margin +29.0 - * - Conference game FIELD GOALS-ATT 35-57 26-63 Field goal pct .6 1 4 .4 1 3 3 POINT FG-ATT 8-20 9-30 3-point FG pct .4 0 0 .3 0 0 3-pt FG made per game 8.0 9.0 FREE THROWS-ATT 18-22 6-15 Free throw pct .8 1 8 .4 0 0 F-Throws made per game 18.0 6.0 REBOUNDS 41 26 Rebounds per game 41.0 26.0 Rebounding margin +15.0 - ASSISTS 26 12 Assists per game 26.0 12.0 TURNOVERS 16 16 Turnovers per game 16.0 16.0 Turnover margin +0.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.6 0.8 STEALS 4 7 Steals per game 4.0 7.0 BLOCKS 4 1 Blocks per game 4.0 1.0 ATTENDANCE 3106 0 Home games-Avg/Game 1-3106 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals UAB 43 53 96 Opponents 27 40 67

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UAB Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Nov 12, 2017) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

Date Opponent Score Att. High Points High Rebounds 11/10/17 JACKSONVILLE W 96-67 3106 (26)COKLEY, Chris (13)COKLEY, Chris

* - Conference game Attendance Summary Games Attend Avg/Game Home 1 3106 3106 Away 0 0 0 Neutral 0 0 0 Total 1 3106 3106

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UAB Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Nov 12, 2017) All games

01 02 03 05 11 13 21 Opponent Date Score BRYANT,ZAC NORTON,NIC COKLEY,CHR LAVENDER,D GUEYE,MAKH DARLING,NA PERRY,JALE JACKSONVILLE 11/10/17 96-67 W 1 8 - 4 - 8 5 - 0 - 5 2 6 - 1 3 - 5 3 - 1 - 0 8 - 4 - 0 7 - 2 - 4 1 1 - 3 - 1

23 33 34 Opponent Date Score SULLIVAN,L SMALLWOOD, LEE,WILLIA JACKSONVILLE 11/10/17 96-67 W 6 - 6 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 2 - 5 - 2

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UAB Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Nov 12, 2017) All games

Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist T/Over Block Steal Fouls JACKSONVILLE 43/27 53/40 96-67 +29 35-57/26-63 .614/.413 8-20/9-30 .400/.300 18-22/6-15 .818/.400 41/26 +15 26/12 16/16 4/1 4/7 17/19

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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UAB Category Leaders (as of Nov 12, 2017) All games

Points G Pts Pts/G Scoring Average G Pts Avg/G COKLEY, Chris 1 26 26.0 COKLEY, Chris 1 26 26.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 18 18.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 18 18.0 LEE, William 1 12 12.0 LEE, William 1 12 12.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 11 11.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 11 11.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 8 8.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 8 8.0 DARLING, Nate 1 7 7.0 DARLING, Nate 1 7 7.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 6 6.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 6 6.0 NORTON, Nick 1 5 5.0 NORTON, Nick 1 5 5.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 3 3.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 3 3.0 SMALLWOOD, Thomas 1 0 0.0

FG Percentage FG Att Pct Field Goal Attempts G Att Att/G GUEYE, Makhtar 3 3 1.000 COKLEY, Chris 1 13 13.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 1 1.000 BRYANT, Zack 1 9 9.0 BRYANT, Zack 7 9 . 7 7 8 LEE, William 1 8 8.0 COKLEY, Chris 10 13 . 7 6 9 DARLING, Nate 1 6 6.0 LEE, William 5 8 . 6 2 5 PERRY, Jalen 1 6 6.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 3 5 . 6 0 0 DARLING, Nate 3 6 . 5 0 0 Field Goals Made G Made Made/G PERRY, Jalen 2 6 . 3 3 3 COKLEY, Chris 1 10 10.0 NORTON, Nick 1 5 . 2 0 0 BRYANT, Zack 1 7 7.0 SMALLWOOD, Thomas 0 1 . 0 0 0 LEE, William 1 5 5.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 3 3.0 DARLING, Nate 1 3 3.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 3 3.0

3-Point Percentage 3FG Att Pct 3-Point FG Attempts G Att Att/G GUEYE, Makhtar 2 2 1.000 NORTON, Nick 1 4 4.0 PERRY, Jalen 2 4 . 5 0 0 DARLING, Nate 1 4 4.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 2 . 5 0 0 PERRY, Jalen 1 4 4.0 LEE, William 1 3 . 3 3 3 LEE, William 1 3 3.0 DARLING, Nate 1 4 . 2 5 0 BRYANT, Zack 1 2 2.0 NORTON, Nick 1 4 . 2 5 0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 2 2.0 SMALLWOOD, Thomas 0 1 . 0 0 0 3-Point FG Made G Made Made/G GUEYE, Makhtar 1 2 2.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 2 2.0 LEE, William 1 1 1.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 1 1.0 DARLING, Nate 1 1 1.0 NORTON, Nick 1 1 1.0

Free Throw Percent FG Att Pct Free Throw Attempts G Att Att/G COKLEY, Chris 6 6 1.000 PERRY, Jalen 1 6 6.0 NORTON, Nick 2 2 1.000 COKLEY, Chris 1 6 6.0 LEE, William 1 1 1.000 BRYANT, Zack 1 5 5.0 PERRY, Jalen 5 6 . 8 3 3 NORTON, Nick 1 2 2.0 BRYANT, Zack 3 5 . 6 0 0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 2 2.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 2 . 5 0 0 Free Throws Made G Made Made/G COKLEY, Chris 1 6 6.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 5 5.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 3 3.0 NORTON, Nick 1 2 2.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 1 1.0 LEE, William 1 1 1.0

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UAB Category Leaders (as of Nov 12, 2017) All games

Rebounds G Reb Reb/G Assists G No. Ast/G COKLEY, Chris 1 13 13.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 8 8.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 6 6.0 NORTON, Nick 1 5 5.0 LEE, William 1 5 5.0 COKLEY, Chris 1 5 5.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 4 4.0 DARLING, Nate 1 4 4.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 4 4.0 LEE, William 1 2 2.0

Rebound Average G Reb Avg/G Steals G No. Stl/G COKLEY, Chris 1 13 13.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 2 2.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 6 6.0 NORTON, Nick 1 1 1.0 LEE, William 1 5 5.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 1 1.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 4 4.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 4 4.0

Offensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G Blocked Shots G No. Blk/G COKLEY, Chris 1 4 4.0 LEE, William 1 2 2.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 1 1.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 1 1.0 LEE, William 1 1 1.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 1 1.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 1 1.0 Minutes G No. Min/G Defensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G BRYANT, Zack 1 30 30.0 COKLEY, Chris 1 9 9.0 COKLEY, Chris 1 27 27.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 6 6.0 DARLING, Nate 1 24 24.0 LEE, William 1 4 4.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 23 23.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 4 4.0 NORTON, Nick 1 22 22.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 3 3.0 LEE, William 1 22 22.0

Fouls G No. Per/G Turnovers G No. TO/G SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 4 4.0 DARLING, Nate 1 3 3.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 3 3.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 3 3.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 3 3.0 SULLIVAN, Lewis 1 3 3.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 2 2.0 NORTON, Nick 1 2 2.0 LAVENDER, Deion 1 1 1.0 BRYANT, Zack 1 1 1.0 NORTON, Nick 1 1 1.0 PERRY, Jalen 1 1 1.0 DARLING, Nate 1 1 1.0 GUEYE, Makhtar 1 1 1.0 COKLEY, Chris 1 1 1.0 COKLEY, Chris 1 1 1.0 LEE, William 1 1 1.0

Foulouts G No.

2017-18 UAB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 17 UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL | 2017-18 GAME 2 | CHATTANOOGA | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 #1 ZACK BRYANT • FRESHMAN • GUARD • Had 18 points and eight assists against Jacksonville (Nov. 10) in his UAB debut