Men's Basketball

MBB: Walker’s 27 Leads UAB Past Rice, 87-60

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FRISCO, Texas –  Jordan “Jelly” Walker added to his list of outstanding performances at the Ford Center at the Star with 27 points to lead No. 3 UAB to an 87-60 victory over No. 6 Rice on Thursday night in the 2023 C-USA Men’s Basketball Championships presented by TotalCare.
 
The senior guard shot 7-11 from three-point range and 6-6 from the free-throw line to make it four C-USA tournament contests with at least 26 points in as many games in his Blazer career. UAB (24-8, 14-6 C-USA) punched its ticket to Friday’s 2 p.m. CT semifinal versus No. 2 North Texas (26-6, 16-4 C-USA) on CBS Sports Network.