| Memphis No. 2 Seed, UAB No. 3 But Herd & Tulsa Playing For 4-Seed This Weekend On The Road |
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| Written by Conference USA | |||||
| Thursday, 04 March 2010 12:30 | |||||
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By Courtney-Morrison-Archer
Conference USA
RECENT RESULTS Wednesday, March 3
Memphis 70, UAB 65
Houston 78, Rice 70
Tulsa 58, SMU 55
Memphis secured the No. 2 seed in the 2010 GMC Sierra C-USA Men's Basketball Championship with a 70-65 road win against UAB. Senior Doneal Mack and Elliot Williams combined for half of the Tigers points with 35.
Memphis will host Tulsa on Saturday at the FedEx Forum and also be on CBS College Sports Network nationally for one of two televised games Saturday for the league.
The Blazers locked up the No. 3 seed in the C-USA Championship. UAB junior Elijah Millsap had a game-high 19 points and nine rebounds against Memphis.
The No. 4 seed and final first-round bye is between Marshall and host Tulsa.
 Senior Tyler Wilkerson will lead the Herd to SMU for the final regular season game of the year before the Conference USA Tournament starts on Wednesday at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Ok. - HI file photo by G. Perry
On Senior Night, TU senior G Ben Uzoh scored a game-high 20 points and classmate Jerome Jordan added 12 points and 13 rebounds for his 28th career double-double. Three Mustangs scored in double-figures, led by senior Derek Williams' 15 points for SMU, who returns home to host Marshall..
Houston senior Aubrey Coleman led the Cougars in scoring for the 23rd game this season as he tallied 18 points in a 78-70 victory over crosstown and conference rival Rice.
Houston will travel across the Bayou to Tulane to end the season on the second CBS College Sports Network game in C-USA.
Two Owls - Suleiman Braimoh and Arsalan Kazemi - registered double-doubles in the game. Braimoh set new career marks with 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Kazemi had 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in just 21 minutes.
C-USA UPCOMING GAMES - Saturday, March 6:
Tulsa at Memphis (CBS College Sports Network) - 1 p.m.
UCF at Rice - 3:00 p.m.
Southern Miss at East Carolina - 8:00 p.m.
Houston at Tulane (CBS College Sports Network) - 8:00 p.m.
Marshall at SMU (Time Warner Cable Metro Sports/Cable on Demand Channel 634/Channel 185 on Dallas-Fort Worth TW-MSS/Channel 174 on Huntington Comcast) - 8:00 p.m.*
UAB at (21) UTEP - 9:05 p.m.
All times Eastern - End of Regular Season.
* Game also available on WDGG 93.7 FM/WRVC 94.1 FM & AM 930 - Huntington and on the Thundering Herd/ISP Sports Network. Also available on www.HerdZone.com All-Access (pay for on-line viewing).
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