SELMA, Ala. ----- The Auburn Montgomery women's basketball team won for the fourth time in its last five games, as it defeated Selma University 69-63 Saturday at Jemison-Owens Gymnasium.

NOTES
• AUM improved to 5-14 on the year.
• The Lady Bulldogs fell to 3-17 overall.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Kaylan Withrow led the Warhawks with 29 points, hitting nine 3-pointers. She added two steals and a rebound in 40 minutes.
• Nadia Stewart finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals, while only committing three turnovers.
• Grace Farnsworth scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds.
• Shanna Strain fell one point shy of her first career double-double, posting nine points and a career-best 12 rebounds. She added three assists and a steal.
• Tatyana Griffin led Selma with a career-high 39 points and 14 rebounds. Griffin hit 16-of-21 free throws.
• Rebecca Payne had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Lady Bulldogs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Withrow hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter, but a Farnsworth trey as time expired gave AUM a game-high 10-point lead, 22-12, after one quarter.
• The Lady Bulldogs opened the second quarter with a 9-1 run and cut the deficit to two points, 23-21, on a trey by Payne with 7:37 left in the period. AUM re-upped its lead to nine points, 32-23, following a bucket by Stewart with 3:55 remaining, but Selma closed the half with a 12-2 spurt and took a 35-34 advantage to the half.
• Trailing by three, 45-42, with 5:26 left in the third quarter, AUM used an 11-0 run and took a 53-45 lead on a Farnsworth basket with 1:15 remaining. The Warhawks led 53-46 after three quarters.
• The Warhawks led by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter before settling for the six-point victory.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks converted 25-of-70 shots in the game, including 12-of-35 from behind the arc. AUM finished 7-of-14 from the free throw line.
• Selma converted just 18-of-65 from the field, including 6-of-20 from distance. The Lady Bulldogs were 21-of-29 from the charity stripe.
• AUM forced 19 turnovers, which led to 11 points. The Warhawks committed just 13 miscues.
• The Lady Bulldogs held a 57-41 advantage on the glass, including a 24-15 lead in offensive rebounds.
 
QUOTING THE COACH
"I didn't think we were as locked in defensively as we have been in the past few games," head coach Dan Davis said. "Some of that could have been because we haven't played in two weeks, but I also thought we did not rotate as well as we should have. Give our girls credit, though. They found a way to win in a hostile road environment. Now we have to prepare for a tough Spring Hill team on Monday."
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action Monday, Jan. 23, when they entertain Spring Hill at 5:30 p.m.