Ten months and two days after the Hilltoppers crushed the 2015-16 Blazers’ dreams of an NCAA Tournament berth, UAB whipped WKU 72-54 at Bartow Arena in the teams’ first meeting since.
Last time the Blazers and Toppers met, WKU scored an 88-77 upset of No. 1 seed UAB in the Conference USA Tournament quarterfinals on March 10, 2016.
Fredrick Edmond (19 points), Nigel Snipes (18) and Justin Johnson (14) led the way that afternoon for the Hilltoppers, who were eliminated the next day by Old Dominion in the C-USA semifinals.
WKU’s upset victory took place minutes from the Blazers’ campus at Legacy Arena in front of a green-and-gold partisan crowd.