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Riley and East Carolina host UAB
By The Associated Press
UAB Blazers (10-6, 1-2 AAC) at East Carolina Pirates (5-10, 0-2 AAC)
Greenville, North Carolina; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blazers -8.5; over/under is 147.5
BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina hosts UAB after Joran Riley scored 29 points in East
Carolina's 75-67 loss to the Temple Owls.
The Pirates are 5-4 in home games. East Carolina ranks eighth in the AAC with
9.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Giovanni Emejuru averaging 4.3.
The Blazers are 1-2 in AAC play. UAB is ninth in the AAC giving up 73.3 points
while holding opponents to 41.8% shooting.
East Carolina is shooting 40.1% from the field this season, 1.7 percentage
points lower than the 41.8% UAB allows to opponents. UAB scores 7.0 more points
per game (83.3) than East Carolina gives up (76.3).
The Pirates and Blazers face off Sunday for the first time in conference play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Riley is scoring 21.4 points per game and averaging 5.2
rebounds for the Pirates. Emejuru is averaging 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds
over the last 10 games.
Evan Chatman is averaging 8.4 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Blazers. Ahmad
Robinson is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 3-7, averaging 64.9 points, 30.0 rebounds, 10.7
assists, 7.7 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 39.3% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 73.7 points per game.
Blazers: 6-4, averaging 79.9 points, 36.5 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 7.1 steals
and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 74.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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