The current top two teams in the Conference-USA square off on Thursday when the UAB Blazers (12-2, 3-0 C-USA) pay a visit to Boca Raton, Florida and FAU Arena to play against the Florida Atlantic Owls (12-1, 2-0 C-USA). UAB is first in the conference after defeating the UTSA Roadrunners 90-67 last Saturday behind 31 points from Jordan Walker. Florida Atlantic is second in the C-USA after defeating North Texas 50-46. UAB has won five straight and FAU has won 11 straight. Ledarrius Brewer is questionable for UAB while FAU does not have any players on its injury report
UAB is scoring an average of 86.6 points per game which is sixth in the nation. The Blazers are shooting 47.3% overall and 35.4% from 3-point territory. Jordan Walker is leading UAB in scoring with an average of 25.2 points per game, which is also first in the nation. Walker is shooting 42.6% overall and an impressive 40.3% from three-point land. Second-leading scorer Eric Gaines is averaging 11.5 points per game while shooting 42.3%. Walker is also the leader in assists with an average of 4.7 dishes per contest. The Blazers are averaging 13.4 turnovers per game.
UAB is allowing an average of 69.2 points per game, while opponents are shooting only 40.2% overall and 31.4% from behind the three-point line. UAB is averaging 42.0 rebounds per game while allowing an average of 30.2 boards per contest. The leading rebounder fo r UAB is Trey Jemison with an average of 7.9 boards per game. Gaines is the leader in steals with an average of 1.6 per game and Jemison is the swat leader with an average of 2.1 blocked shots per game.