ALBANY, Ga. -----
Desmond DeRamus hit the go-ahead basket with eight second remaining to cap an 18-point evening and helped the Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team to a 69-68 road victory at Albany State Monday.
NOTES
• The Warhawks improved to 2-9 with the victory.
• The Golden Rams fell to 4-5 overall.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• DeRamus finished with a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds, while adding an assist and a steal in 40 minutes.
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Julius McCoy came off the bench to score 11 points and dish out three assists.
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Darrion Taylor recorded 10 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.
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Marcus Jackson scored a career-high 10 points, while grabbing four rebounds.
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Devonte Carter had four points, four rebounds and two blocked shots.
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Kameron Hornbuckle finished with four points, seven rebounds and a blocked shot.
• Devontay Ward led the Golden Rams with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
• Brandon Hudson also scored 18 points, adding six rebounds, two blocks, a steal and an assist.
• Khaliq Hughes scored 13 points and dished out five assists.
• Michael Green grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, while adding six points and six assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The two squads went back-and-forth in the opening seven minutes of the contest, with neither team building more than a two point lead until a DeRamus layup gave AUM an 11-7 lead with 12:24 left in the half.
• The Golden Rams took a 22-19 lead following a trey by Ward with 3:39 remaining, but the Warhawks answered with a 7-0 run and took a four-point lead, 26-22, on a 3-pointer by McCoy with 1:55 left in the period.
• A bucket by Lorenze Cloud with 1:24 left in the half was the lone basket down the stretch, sending the Warhawks to the half with a 26-24 advantage.
• Albany State scored the first four points of the second half and took a game-high lead of six points, 45-39, on a Hughes layup with 13:21 left to play.
• Trailing by five points, DeRamus and McCoy hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions, allowing the Warhawks to regain the lead, 52-51, with 8:50 remaining.
• Down the stretch, the Warhawks trailed by as many as five, but were down by only one, 66-65, with 57 seconds remaining. DeRamus swung the advantage to AUM with a pair of free throws with 48 seconds left, but Ward put ASU back on top with a basket with 29 seconds remaining.
• With eight seconds remaining, DeRamus drove into the lane for the game-winning layup. Hudson turned the ball over with three seconds left to seal the victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks hit 25-of-64 shots from the floor, good for 39.1 percent. AUM hit 26.1 percent from behind the arc and 13-of-18 from the charity stripe.
• Albany State converted 39.4 percent of its shots, despite hitting just 2-of-14 from behind the arc. The Golden Rams made 10-of-15 free throws.
• The Warhawks committed 13 turnovers, leading to 12 ASU points. The Golden Rams committed 16 miscues, which AUM turned into 13 points.
• ASU held a 48-42 advantage on the boards, including a 17-13 edge on the offensive glass. The Warhawks held a 12-10 lead in second-chance points.
• AUM's bench outscored Albany State's reserves 23-10.
• For the seventh time this season, the Warhawks held a halftime lead.
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action Friday, Dec. 16, when they travel to Saint Leo for a 6 p.m. contest.
