Center Jock Landale scored 20 points and 15th-ranked Saint Mary's shot well from long range to beat Alabama-Birmingham 76-63 on Sunday afternoon at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Stefan Gonzalez, Emmett Naar and Calvin Hermanson scored 12 points apiece for Saint Mary's (5-0), which made 13 of 26 3-point shots and shot 42 percent from the field overall. Saint Mary's also made all nine of its free throws.

Chris Cokley scored 20 points on 10-of-13 shooting for UAB (3-3), but the rest of the team was just 16 of 42 from the field. Dirk Williams, the Blazers' leading scorer coming into the game at 13.4 points per game, was 1 of 9 from the field and finished with four points, all in the second half.

The Gaels used a 10-0 run late in the first half to take a 17-point lead with 2:01 left before halftime, which ended with Saint Mary's holding a 43-27 edge.

Saint Mary's had 14 assists on 15 made field goals in the first half, when they made 9 of 17 three-point shots.

UAB got within seven points on Williams' two free throws with 14:33 remaining in the second half, but Gonzalez hit a 3-pointer to push the margin back to 10 and Saint Mary's controlled the rest of the game.

NOTES: Orleans Arena, the site of Sunday's game, is also the venue for the West Coast Conference tournament. This game gave Saint Mary's players an opportunity to get accustomed to the surroundings. ... F Dane Pineau, a preseason all-conference selection who missed the previous game with back spasms, played seven minutes off the bench for the Gaels on Sunday. ... UAB played two ranked opponents in less than a week. The Blazers lost to Kansas on Wednesday. ... This was the first meeting between UAB and Saint Mary's. ... UAB returned four starters from last season's squad, which won the Conference USA regular-season title and finished 27-6. However, starting point guard Nick Norton suffered a torn ACL in the Blazers' season opener.