BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Preston Purifoy and Jordan Swing scored 19 points each to lead Alabama-Birmingham to an 80-57 victory over Rice in a Conference USA game on Saturday.
Fahro Alihodzic scored 10 points, and Swing contributed 10 rebounds and made 8 of 11 from the field while Purifoy was 7 of 8 for the Blazers (12-14, 4-7), who lost to East Carolina 74-71 on Thursday.
UAB leads the series against Rice 9-0.
Tamir Jackson scored 21 points and Julian DeBose had 10 for the Owls (5-20, 1-10), who have lost five in a row and seven of their past eight.
The Blazers shot 50 percent from the field (30 of 60) and made 45.8 percent of their 3-pointers (11 of 24). The Owls shot 36.4 percent (20 of 55) and 16.7 percent (3 of 18).
The second half with a 12-3 run for a 46-28 advantage with 15:15 left and cruised from there.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rice (5-20) | 25 | 32 | 57 |
| UAB (12-14) « | 34 | 46 | 80 |
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| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wilson, F | 23 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Guercy, G | 35 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| T. Jackson, G | 35 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. DeBose, G | 30 | 3-10 | 4-5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 24 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Washington | 26 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Firozgary | 13 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Peera | 8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| E. Franshaw | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-55 | 14-18 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 57 | |
| 36.4% | 77.8% | ||||||
| UAB Blazers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Rucker, F | 30 | 3-12 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Swing, F | 29 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Q. Taylor, G | 31 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| R. Williams, G | 22 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| P. Purifoy, G | 21 | 7-8 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Jones | 24 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| F. Alihodzic | 22 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| A. Scotland-Williamson | 13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| I. Jones | 6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Moton | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 30-60 | 9-13 | 39 | 14 | 19 | 80 | |
| 50% | 69.2% | ||||||
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