BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Terence Jones scored 19 points and Rod Rucker 16 to lead UAB to a 65-61 victory over Georgia Southern in a nonconference game Wednesday night.
Jones surpassed the 1,000-point milestone for his career.
Fahro Alihodzic chipped in 12 points for the Blazers (8-6).
C.J. Reed scored 22 points for Georgia Southern (6-7), Tre Bussey had 17 and Eric Ferguson contributed 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Eagles committed 23 turnovers, and Georgia Southern was 5 of 6 from the foul line to UAB's 16 of 21.
Neither team led by more than four points in the first half, with the Blazers ahead 25-22 at the break.
Jordan Swing made a 3-pointer 2:10 into the second half to give UAB a 30-22 advantage. Bussey's layup closed it to 34-31 with 13:14 left, but Rucker made a layup for a 59-52 advantage at 1:15 to seal the win.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Georgia Southern (6-8) | 22 | 39 | 61 |
| UAB (8-6) « | 25 | 40 | 65 |
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| Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ferguson, F | 33 | 4-13 | 3-4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Baskerville, F | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Reed, G | 37 | 8-15 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| T. Bussey, G | 35 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| C. Roberts, G | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Holmes | 27 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Baynham | 23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Dunnican | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Daniels | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 5-6 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 61 | |
| 44.4% | 83.3% | ||||||
| UAB Blazers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Swing, F | 35 | 3-12 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| R. Rucker, F | 33 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| F. Alihodzic, C | 33 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| T. Jones, G | 36 | 7-10 | 5-9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| R. Williams, G | 20 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Purifoy | 24 | 0-4 | 6-6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Q. Taylor | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Jones | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-56 | 16-21 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 65 | |
| 42.9% | 76.2% | ||||||
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