CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Playing in their first Gulf South Conference game in the history of the program the Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team suffered an 82-63 setback to league foe Lee University on Thursday night at the Paul Dana Walker Arena.
NOTES
• AUM falls to 3-4 on the season and 0-1 in league play, while the Flames improve to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the GSC.
• The Warhawks have now dropped two in a row after having their three-game win streak snapped last Saturday.
• Tonight's game was the first meeting between the two schools since the 2012-13 season, an 87-67 victory for Lee.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Junior guard
Desmond DeRamus scored a game-high 17 points, along with four assists and two steals.
• Senior center
Jarett Croff scored a season-high 16 points and six rebounds in the contest.
• Sophomore guard
Darrion Taylor tallied 13 points for the Warhawks.
• Lee's Colton Blevins scored a team-high 14 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The first 10 minutes saw the Flames run out to a 15-point lead, going up 25-10 on a Ryan Montgomery layup with 9:20 to play in the first.
• AUM would go on an 11-3 run to pull to within 28-21 on a pair of free throws by DeRamus at the 5:20 mark, only to have the Flames respond with a 9-4 run to close out the frame. The Warhawks trailed 37-25 at the half.
• A Blevins layup with 17:31 to play in the contest would give the Flames their largest lead of the night to that point at 47-29.
• The Warhawks would chip away at the lead to pull to within seven at 54-47 on a trey by Taylor at the 10:20 mark, but Lee would go on an 18-3 run over the next five minutes to take a 72-50 lead with just under five minutes to play.
• Lee kept the Warhawks at bay the rest of the way to earn the 19-point victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Lee outscored AUM 44-22 in the paint.
• The Flames' bench outscored the Warhawks' bench 37-14.
• Lee tallied 18 assists as a team to just seven for the Warhawks.
UP NEXT
AUM will take on GSC foe Shorter University on Saturday at 4 p.m. on the campus of the Hawks.
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