Softball travels to the midwest with mixed results
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Sports
The UAB softball team headed out to the desert on Friday for the first day of the Hillenbrand Invitational. The team split a pair of games on the first day, defeating Southern Utah, 2-0, before falling to host No. 16 Arizona, 7-0.
The Blazers had Southern Utah in their sights when the day started. The UAB squad took the lead early in the first inning. Catherine Crawford reached base on an error by the Thunderbirds second baseman, then stole second. Kayla Orr singled and Mandy Lowm… Read More
Lady Blazers hold SMU 50-46 in the final minutes for a home win
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Sports
The Lady Blazers of the hardwood held SMU without a field goal for the final nine minutes Thursday night with a 50-46 win at Bartow Arena. UAB junior guard Khalilah Watson was a big part of the win with five assists for the Blazers.
UAB, with Memphis losing Thursday at Marshall, is now back into a second-place tie with Memphis. Guard LaShaunda Pratt led UAB with 13 points and drained some free throws late to help bring home the win, while junior guard Amber Jones put 10 points on the b… Read More
‘I’m excited to be playing basketball’; Squeaky Johnson moving on after cut
Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 in Sports
After a one year warm up at Salt Lake Community College, the UAB Blazers welcomed a new 5’10” point guard, Carldell “Squeaky” Johnson.
Squeaky became one of the Blazers’ greatest players. During his first year at UAB, he made a statement starting in 22 out of 32 games that season. That same year he led the nation in an assist-to-turnover ratio. He averaged 3.83 assists for every turnover. He averaged 4.8 points, 1.8 rebounds, and a team-leading 4.3 assists per game…. Read More
Cameron Moore Slams home his third career Player of the Week award
Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 in Sports
For the second time this season, UAB senior forward Cameron Moore has been selected as the Conference USA Player of the Week. This is the second time this season he has received this honor.
Moore earns the recognition after leading UAB to a pair of wins over Houston and at UTEP. During the week, Moore collected a pair of double-doubles and averaged 18.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 5.5 blocks per game in the two Blazer victories.
Moore earned his first honor of the year after a great w… Read More
Intramural Basketball League
Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 in Sports
Thursday night at the UAB Recreation Center, two intramural teams found themselves in an evenly heated match. Both undefeated, So Sicca and Team Rec took to the court to take part in the Thursday night competitive intramural basketball game.
The whistle left the tip-off to Team Rec, who within the first few minutes of the game had a high 7 point lead. By the 2 minute mark, So Sicca had sunk 3 while Team Rec had the lead with 7 points.
By the half, both teams had taken more points to the… Read More
UAB win streak comes to a screeching hault
Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 in Sports
The Blazers fight, claw and scratch but can’t find any room to crawl out of the huge deficit they fell into, early in the contest.
The sleeping heroes of the men’s basketball team, Preston Purifoy, and Quincy Taylor arise as UAB suffers a loss at the hands of rival Memphis for the last time in conference play.
After the tip off Memphis gains control of the ball, and the lead. The Tigers fought for rebounds and attack the board, leading the blazers on a 15-5 run in the first 5 minut… Read More
Carldell Johnson misses guaranteed money by a ‘squeak’
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Sports
Squeaky ‘stung’ by Hornets… Read More
Former Blazer great Carldell “Squeaky” Johnson has been trudging through, trying to make his way in the NBA. His most recent team had been the New Orleans Hornets, his hometown, and has played in 15 games this season, averaging 1.8 points, 1.5 assist, .5 steals, and .6 rebounds in just 7.9 minutes a game, up to this point.
On Tuesday, the Hornets cut, one the fan favorites, in order to keep from giving him a guaranteed contract.
Squeaky handle
UAB to field women’s bowling
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Sports
UAB has instituted the sport of Women’s Bowling beginning in the 2011-2012 academic year. Bowling has been a sanctioned NCAA sport since 2002 and fields 75 Division I programs.
On June 2, 2011, UAB announced that Michelle Crews would become the school’s inaugural bowling coach. Crews is a former two-time All-American from the University of Central Florida.
“I was at UCF from 2004-2008 and we were runner-up national champions in 2006,” said Crews.
Building the fir… Read More
While you were out
Posted on 13. Feb, 2012 in Sports
As schools across the nation put a pause on education this past winter break, the blazers continued to bring the heat to the court during the holidays.
First game up was a 68-49 loss to VCU on Tuesday the 20th of December. The Blazers couldn’t generate offense as Ovie Soko and Jordan Swing tied for the team high with 10 points while Cameron Moore added 7 points and 9 boards.
The Blazers bounced right back with a 70-65 home win against Jacksonville the following Thursday, Camer… Read More
Tennis team in full swing
Posted on 12. Feb, 2012 in Sports
The UAB tennis team headed to Tallahassee, Florida to start its spring dual match season by splitting a pair of matches between Florida State and Furman.
The Blazers started the day with a promising win over Furman, 4-1, but later fell to the 44th ranked Seminoles.
Danny Manlow and Daniel Moser got the Blazers on the board with an impressive 8-2 win at the number 2 spot over the Paladins’ Nate Collins and Joel Cook. Lucas Dirube and Chris Helliar of the Blazers held on to defeat F… Read More
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