Lee's 3-point play powers UAB past North Texas 54-52
DENTON, Texas (AP) William Lee scored 19 points and his 3-point play with 5.9 seconds remaining sent UAB past North Texas 54-52 on Thursday night.
Lee drove the lane and muscled in a short shot while drawing a foul on Allante Holston. Ryan Woolridge missed a jumper for North Texas to end the game. Lee also had five blocks and four rebounds.
North Texas led 50-42 with 4:26 to play on J-Mychal Reese's jumper. Denzell Watts responded with a 3-pointer 19 seconds later reducing UAB's deficit to five.
Chris Cokley then scored six straight - on a tip-in, and two layups - to put UAB (8-7, 1-1 Conference USA) up 51-50 with 48 seconds left. Reese's 3 with 23 seconds left put UNT up before Lee's heroics.
Cokley shot 6 for 8 and finished with 13 points for the Blazers and Watts had 12.
Reese led North Texas (6-9, 0-3) with 16 points on 7-or-11 shooting and Jeremy Combs had 10 points.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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Pts. Per Game | ||
Ast. Per Game | ||
Reb. Per Game | ||
Field Goal % | ||
Three Point % | ||
Free Throw % |
Team Stats | ||
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Points | 0 | 0 |
Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
Offensive | 0 | 0 |
Defensive | 0 | 0 |
Team | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 0 | 0 |
Steals | 0 | 0 |
Blocks | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fouls | 0 | 0 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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Team Stats | |||
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UAB - | 71.8 PPG | 39.1 RPG | 15.2 APG |
North Texas - | 69.2 PPG | 39.4 RPG | 11.3 APG |
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Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |