MONTGOMERY, Ala. ---- Grace Farnsworth scored a career-high 29 points to help the Auburn Montgomery women's basketball team to a 78-76 overtime victory over visiting Middle Georgia Monday.

NOTES
• AUM improved to 4-14 on the year.
• The Knights fell to 3-8 on the season.
• The Warhawks have now won three consecutive home games.
• Farnsworth bettered her previous career-high of 27 points, set in AUM's last outing against Montevallo on Jan. 2, 2017.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Farnsworth finished 9-of-18 from the floor, including 3-of-5 from distance, and 8-of-13 from the charity stripe to reach the career-best total. She added eight rebounds, a block and four steals.
• Kaylan Withrow moved into seventh all-time on the AUM career scoring list after finishing with 19 points. She added five rebounds and two assists in the victory.
• Chandler Sutton scored nine points, pulled down four rebounds, tallied five steals and dished out three assists in 26 minutes off the bench.
• Danielle Gaines-Jordan came off the bench to scored six points and pull down five rebounds, including four on the offensive end.
• TyAsia Grayer posted a double-double for the Knights, finishing with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
• Shaketa Hodges (18), Kianna Delas (13) and Tasicianna Taylor (12) also scored in double figures for Middle Georgia.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• After a Farnsworth free throw with 4:01 left in the first quarter evened the scored at 10-10, the Warhawks closed the quarter with a 9-0 run and took a 19-10 lead after one quarter. Withrow fueled the spurt with five points.
• AUM took its largest lead of the game, 23-12, following a pair of free throws by Farnsworth with 7:50 left in the half. The Warhawks led by 10 points, 33-23, with 3:54 remaining, but the Knights scored the final 10 points of the quarter and tied the contest at 33-33 at the half on a Hodges 3-pointer with 1.8 remaining in the half.
• Tied at 39-39 with 7:19 left in the third quarter, MGSU opened up a game-high 12-point lead following a 12-0 run, capped by a Tasicianna layup with 1:58 remaining. However, the Warhawks closed the quarter with a 7-2 spurt and pulled to within 53-46 after three quarters.
• The Knights held a 10-point advantage, 64-54, following a trey by Keiana Robbins with 4:56 remaining in regulation, but the Warhawks erupted for 13 consecutive points, with seven coming from Farnsworth, to take a three-point lead, 67-64, with 11 seconds remaining. MGSU's Hodges drained a desperation 3-pointer from the corner with 3.8 to play to force overtime and end regulation tied at 67-67.
• The overtime period featured four ties and no more than a three-point advantage, before Gaines-Jordan put in a layup with 29 seconds remaining for the eventual game winner.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks converted 26-of-65 shots from the floor, including 8-of-28 from behind the arc. AUM finished 18-of-28 from the free throw line.
• Middle Georgia finished 28-of-77 from the field, but just 6-of-30 from distance. The Knights hit 14-of-20 free throw attempts.
• Both teams committed 22 miscues each. However, AUM held a 27-13 advantage in points off turnovers.
• The Knights held a 50-43 advantage on the glass, including a 19-11 edge on the offensive boards. MGSU finished with 13 second-chance points, compared to 12 by the Warhawks.
• Middle Georgia held a 34-28 advantage in the paint.
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 21, when they travel to Selma University at 2 p.m.