JACKSON, Tenn. ------ Romoane Eager scored a career-high 25 points for the Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team, but Nick Velasquez's shot as the buzzer sounded proved to be the difference, as the Warhawks fell to Union 73-72 Thursday on the road.

NOTES
• The Warhawks slipped to 1-8 on the season.
• The Bulldogs improved to 5-2 on the year.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Eager finished 10-for-16 from the floor, including 4-for-4 from behind the arc, to better his previous career high by two points. He added six rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Warhawks.
• Darrion Taylor also hit four 3-pointers, finishing with 16 points, four assists and three rebounds.
• Desmond DeRamus scored in double figures, posting 11 points, while adding five assists and four rebounds.
• Kameron Hornbuckle came off the bench to scored nine points, pull down seven rebounds and block two shots.
• Ashanti Day was one of four Bulldogs to score in double figures, finishing with 19 points, but pulled down 15 rebounds and dished out five assists.
• Charlie Wilson (21), Jarad Scott (15) and Tray Boyd (13) also scored in double figures for Union.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Bulldogs scored the first four points of the game and opened the contest with a 12-3 run in the first 5:42.
• AUM battled back with a 15-2 run, behind six points from Eager and DeRamus. With 7:46 remaining in the first half, the Warhawks led 18-14.
• The Warhawks upped their advantage to a first-half high nine points with 1:18 remaining, when DeRamus drained a 3-pointer, making the score 34-25. Scott hit a trey with 58 seconds remaining to cap the first half scoring and sent AUM to halftime with a 34-28 lead.
• A Taylor jumper with 19:13 remaining in the game gave AUM a 10-point lead, 38-28, but the Bulldogs rallied with a 15-5 run and tied the score on a three-point play by Day with 14:19 to play.
• Neither team was able to build more than a five-point lead down the stretch, with the Bulldogs leading by three points, 68-65, with under two minutes remaining.
• Eager sank a trey with 1:57 to play and tied the scored at 68, before Velasquez hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:27 to play.
• Eager hit the front end of two free throws and pulled the Warhawks to within two points, 71-68 with 28 seconds remaining. Julius McCoy knocked away a Union pass that eventually went off a Bulldogs' player, giving the ball back to the Warhawks with 24 seconds remaining.
• Taylor hit a deep 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining, giving AUM a 72-71 lead. Velasquez lifted the Bulldogs to victory with a contested jumper as the buzzer sounded, giving Union the one-point win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• AUM hit 27-of-60 from the field, including 14-of-27 (51.9 percent) from behind the arc. The Warhawks converted 4-of-7 free throws.
• The Bulldogs finished 24-of-52 from the floor, hitting just 5-of-14 from distance. However, Union hit 20-of-27 free throws.
• The Warhawks turned 13 UU turnovers into 21 points, while they committed just 11. The Bulldogs finished with just 10 points off turnovers.
• Union held a 37-31 advantage in total rebounds and an 11-10 advantage in offensive rebounds. The Bulldogs held a 17-14 lead in second chance points.
• AUM's bench outscored Union's 37-5, with Eager leading the charge.
 
UP NEXT
AUM will return to action Saturday, Dec. 10, when it travels to Montevallo, Ala., to take on the University of Montevallo at 5:30 p.m.