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Late shot lifts UAB past Southern Miss 57-56
Jan 21, 2010 - 3:33 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala.(AP) -- Aaron Johnson hit a jump shot with 6 seconds left to give Alabama-Birmingham a 57-56 win over Southern Mississippi on Wednesday night.The Blazers (16-2, 4-0 Conference USA) trailed 53-47 with 2:30 left before going on an 8-2 run to tie it. Jamarr Sanders, who already had a 3-pointer during the spurt, capped it on a 3 with 1:10 left to knot it at 55-55.
R.L. Horton hit his first free throw to put the Golden Eagles (10-8, 0-4) ahead by one, but missed his second. UAB's Elijah Millsap came down with the rebound with 32 seconds left, and the Blazers called a timeout with 19 seconds to go, setting up Johnson's shot.
Before the final shot, UAB hadn't led since 16:39 left in the first half.
Millsap scored 14 points for the Blazers, Sanders had 13, Johnson had 12 and George Drake added 10.
Gary Flowers had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Eagles.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SOUTHERN MISS 27 29 56
UAB 20 37 57 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SOUTHERN MISS - GARY FLOWERS 25, MAURICE BOLDEN 10,
R.L. HORTON 7
UAB - ELIJAH MILLSAP 14, JAMARR SANDERS 13,
AARON JOHNSON 12
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Southern Mississippi 56, Alabama-Birmingham 55 2nd - 0:31Jan 20 9:02 PM - 43
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Southern Mississippi 55, Alabama-Birmingham 52 2nd - 1:20Jan 20 8:58 PM - 24
rootsRUWTbot Added 19 roots (Close Finish)
Southern Mississippi 53, Alabama-Birmingham 49 2nd - 1:48Jan 20 8:55 PM - NCAA BB
SOUTHERN MISS 27
UAB 20 HALFTIME
Jan 20 7:47 PM
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