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Rivera and Westry each score 22 and UAB takes down East Carolina 90-83

By The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Led by 22 points each from Daniel Rivera and Chance Westry, UAB defeated East Carolina 90-83 in a regular-season finale on Sunday.

The Blazers were already locked into the fourth seed in the conference tournament that begins Wednesday in Birmingham, Alabama. The Pirates finished 12th in the conference.

Westry added 11 assists for his second consecutive double-double for the Blazers (20-11, 11-7). Jacob Meyer made four 3-pointers and finished with 18 points, while adding six rebounds.

Demitri Gardner led the Pirates (11-20, 6-12) in scoring, finishing with 19 points and two steals. East Carolina got 15 points and 14 rebounds from Giovanni Emejuru. Reid Cason had 14 points and two blocks.

Rivera scored 11 points in the first half and UAB went into the break trailing 44-41. Westry scored 16 points in the second half to help lead UAB to the seven-point victory.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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