Cleveland State Vikings at UAB Blazers

· NCAA Men's Basketball

Cleveland State Vikings

4-8, 0-5 Away

UAB Blazers

7-4, 4-2 Home

UAB plays Cleveland State after Robinson's 25-point game

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Cleveland State Vikings (4-8, 0-2 Horizon League) at UAB Blazers (7-4)

Birmingham, Alabama; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UAB takes on Cleveland State after Ahmad Robinson scored 25 points in UAB's 86-85 loss to the Troy Trojans.

The Blazers have gone 4-2 in home games. UAB leads the AAC with 26.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Evan Chatman averaging 7.1.

The Vikings are 0-5 on the road. Cleveland State is 1-1 in one-possession games.

UAB averages 82.6 points per game, 0.4 fewer points than the 83.0 Cleveland State gives up. Cleveland State has shot at a 44.7% rate from the field this season, 2.6 percentage points above the 42.1% shooting opponents of UAB have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chance Westry is shooting 48.3% and averaging 15.4 points for the Blazers. Robinson is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Tre Beard averages 3.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Vikings, scoring 14.7 points while shooting 50.8% from beyond the arc. Dayan Nessah is averaging 12.3 points and 5.4 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blazers: 6-4, averaging 80.3 points, 38.4 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.6 points per game.

Vikings: 3-7, averaging 79.4 points, 32.0 rebounds, 15.7 assists, 5.8 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.5 points.

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UAB: 94.6%

Cleveland State: 5.4%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

CLE		UAB
W1	Streak	L1
83.0	Points Against	71.9
79.4	Points Per Game	82.6
45	Field Goal %	45
37	Three Point %	28
36.8	Rebounds Per Game	43.3
15.8	Assists Per Game	14.9
2.9	Blocks Per Game	3.3
5.6	Steals Per Game	8.6
0.9	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.2
16.0	Total Turnovers Per Game	10.2
83.0	Points Against	71.9

Game Information

Venue: Bartow Arena

Location: Birmingham, AL
Capacity:

2025-26 Horizon League Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Youngstown State	2-0	-	7-4
Oakland	1-0	0.5	5-6
Milwaukee	1-0	0.5	4-6
Purdue Fort Wayne	2-1	0.5	7-6
Detroit Mercy	2-1	0.5	4-7
Northern Kentucky	1-1	1	9-3
Robert Morris	1-1	1	8-4
Wright State	1-1	1	5-6
Green Bay	1-2	1.5	5-7
Cleveland State	0-2	2	4-8
IU Indianapolis	0-3	2.5	3-9

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Tulsa	0-0	-	10-1
Florida Atlantic	0-0	-	8-3
North Texas	0-0	-	8-3
Tulane	0-0	-	7-4
UAB	0-0	-	7-4
South Florida	0-0	-	6-4
Temple	0-0	-	6-5
Wichita State	0-0	-	6-5
Rice	0-0	-	5-6
Memphis	0-0	-	4-5
UTSA	0-0	-	4-6
Charlotte	0-0	-	4-7
East Carolina	0-0	-	4-7