UAB 73, East Carolina 64
A career-high 24 points from senior forward Maddie Walsh lifted the UAB women's basketball team to a 73-64 road victory at East Carolina on Wednesday night in Greenville.
Walsh led three players in double figures and made 9-of-16 shots, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range. Sophomore guard Denim DeShields, who leads the AAC in assists per game, tied a career high with 11 assists to go along with eight points.
Tracey Bershers scored 14 points while Molly Moffitt added 12 as UAB shot 47 percent for the game. Freshman Jade Weathersby just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds.
Led by DeShields, the Blazers assisted on 23 of their 28 baskets and UAB made 13 3-pointers. Despite not having Mia Moore, the team's leader in points and rebounds, UAB (12-4, 3-1 The American) was able to hand East Carolina (9-5, 2-1 The American) its first home loss of the season.
The Blazers weathered an early 13-2 ECU run and got within four (17-13) at the end of the first quarter.
UAB outscored ECU 14-13 the second quarter and the two teams went into the locker room with ECU leading 30-27. Walsh (10) and Bershers (8) combined for 18 of UAB's 27 points and DeShields had six first half assists.
The Blazers took over in the third quarter by outscoring the Pirates 29-17 to gain a nine-point advantage (56-47) entering the fourth. UAB shot 68 percent in the frame and Walsh had 11 of her 24 in the third.
As ECU tried to make a run early in the fourth, two big 3-pointers from Ashton Elley kept the Pirates at a distance as UAB earned its second AAC road win of the season.
ECU was paced by Danae McNeal with 18 points and Amiya Joyner who had 16 points and 15 rebounds.
South Florida 68, Tulsa 52
Freshman guard Vittoria Blasigh's career-high 35 points helped South Florida women's basketball (11-6, 3-1 The American) to a 68-52 win against Tulsa (12-5, 2-2 The American) on Wednesday night in the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Fla. Blasigh's 35-point night marked the first 35-plus point game by a Bull in nearly five years.
Redshirt junior Romi Levy added 11 points and was the only Bull to join Blasigh in double-digit points. Levy also recorded four assists, two rebounds, and a single steal on the night.
Tulsa's Delanie Crawford led the visitors with 26 points, shooting 8-of-16 from field-goal range.
UTSA 73, Florida Atlantic 60
Redshirt junior Elyssa Coleman recorded her second double-double in as many games on Wednesday, this time scoring 16 points at a 73% clip to go with 10 rebounds in a 73-60 American Athletic Conference win over Florida Atlantic inside Baldwin Arena.
The Roadrunners (8-7, 2-2 The American) bested the Owls (5-10, 0-4 The American), as Coleman led the contest in rebounds, helping UTSA haul in five more boards than their opponents. The 'Runners also shot 46% from the field to FAU's 36%, swatted five more blocks, and swiped three more steals.
Freshman Aysia Proctor provided the bulk of the UTSA offense, scoring 17 points, with senior Kyra White logging 12 and sophomore Maya Linton 10. White delivered an all-around solid performance, dishing out five assists and recording four steals.
Just behind Coleman, freshman Idara Udo was second on the team with seven rebounds, and sophomore Sidney Love tied her for the second-most assists, each charting four.