Temple loses to UAB in AAC championship game, ending NCAA Tournament hopes

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Alejandro Vasquez sank 5 3-pointers on his methodology to scoring a career-high 29, Yaxel Lendeborg accomplished collectively along with his nineteenth double-double of the season and UAB cruised to a wire-to-wire 85-69 victory over Temple on Sunday throughout the championship recreation of the American Athletic Conference Match, incomes the Blazers a spot throughout the NCAA Match for a seventeenth time.

Vasquez opened the scoring with a 3-pointer two minutes into the game and the fourth-seeded Blazers (23-11) on no account appeared once more, heading to the Huge Dance on a five-game win streak. Vasquez had 21 components by halftime to information UAB to a 43-27 profit.

Vasquez accounted for virtually half of UAB’s first-half output, hitting all 5 of his 3-point makes an try on 7-for-9 capturing. The Blazers shot 52% throughout the first half and made 7 of 13 from previous the arc.

Hysier Miller hit two 3-pointers and had 16 components on the break for Temple. Miller hit 4 of 8 pictures, whereas the rest of the Owls made 5 of twenty-two. Temple shot 30% complete and missed 10 of 12 from distance.

Vasquez made 11 of 16 pictures, missing his solely 3-point attempt throughout the second half, for UAB. Lendeborg totaled 14 components and 16 rebounds. Eric Gaines added 15 components, 9 assists, six rebounds and 5 steals. Christian Coleman scored 15 on 7-for-12 capturing.

Miller scored a career-high 32 to information Eleventh-seeded Temple (16-20). He made 9 of 18 pictures with 4 3-pointers and 10 of 11 foul pictures. Shane Dezonie added 11 components, 4 rebounds and 4 assists off the bench.

Coach Adam Fisher’s Owls had obtained 5 in a row coming into play and hadn’t misplaced since a 100-72 setback to UAB. After that loss a enjoying investigation was launched due to unusual betting. 

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