HOUSTON (AP) - TaShawn Thomas had 17 points and nine rebounds Saturday night and Houston defeated UAB 66-61 to end a four-game losing streak.
Joseph Young scored 14 points and Jherrod Stiggers scored 11 for the Cougars (13-6, 2-4 Conference USA). The game had seven lead changes, but Houston ran off seven straight points to lead 61-55 with 2:26 left.
UAB (8-12, 0-5) closed the margin to 62-61 with 11 seconds left after Jordan Swing made a 3-pointer. Young and Danuel House each hit a pair of free throws to seal the win for the Cougars.
Swing led the Blazers with 20 points and seven assists. Terence Jones scored 14 for UAB.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| UAB (8-12) | 26 | 35 | 61 |
| Houston (13-6) « | 33 | 33 | 66 |
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| UAB Blazers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Rucker, F | 39 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| F. Alihodzic, C | 34 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| T. Jones, G | 33 | 5-12 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| R. Williams, G | 27 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| P. Purifoy, G | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Swing | 32 | 7-12 | 3-3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Q. Taylor | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Scotland-Williamson | 6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| I. Jones | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-51 | 5-6 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 61 | |
| 47.1% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Houston Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Thomas, F | 33 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| L. Gibson, F | 23 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. House, G | 31 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Young, G | 30 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| J. Thompson, G | 25 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stiggers | 22 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| T. Womack | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Richardson | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. McLean | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Morris | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-53 | 11-13 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 66 | |
| 45.3% | 84.6% | ||||||
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