MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Freshman guard Makaylla Bullard led the Auburn Montgomery women's basketball team in scoring for the first time in her young collegiate career with 13 points on Tuesday evening, but the Warhawks fell to host Christian Brothers 69-54.
 
NOTES
• AUM drops to 6-6 on the season and 2-3 in GSC action.
• Christian Brothers improves to 3-7 on the year and 2-2 in GSC play.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Bullard shot 50 percent from the field (5-10) en route to her fifth double-digit outing of the season.
• Junior guard/forward Jemaiya Lee chipped in 12 points with a team-leading six rebounds.
• Redshirt senior guard Kyla Rooks matched her career-high with 10 points while adding a pair of assists and steals.
• Junior guard/forward Evelina Avleeva recorded a team-best three steals to go with five boards.
• redshirt sophomore center Bailee Wolfe posted a pair of blocks, her second-consecutive multi-block game and sixth of the campaign.
• For Christian Brothers, Courtney Banks scored a game-high 15 points while Mikaela Blissett pulled down a game-best 14 rebounds with five assists and two blocks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Christian Brothers began the contest on a 12-4 run with Rooks providing all the Warhawks' offense for the opening 5:05 minutes of play. AUM cut the deficit to one with a 9-2 retort, but a late triple for Christian Brothers made it 17-13 at the end of the first quarter.
• The two sides exchanged the opening 24 points of the second quarter, keeping the separation at four, before back-to-back baskets by sophomore forward Regan Croff and Rooks knotted up the score 24-all with 5:08 left in the half. CBU reclaimed the lead with five-straight points, and held onto the five-point separation at the intermission with a 33-28 score.
• AUM held CBU scoreless for the opening four minutes of the second half, getting a layup from Rooks during the span to make it 33-30. Christian Brothers responded to the drought with a 9-4 run to create a double-digit lead at 44-34 with 2:32 remaining in the quarter. A triple from Bullard on the ensuing possession brought the gap back to seven, but another 9-4 stretch for CBU to end the frame made it 53-41.
• The Warhawks managed to cut the separation to single digits with three quick points from Wolfe, but five-straight for the Bucs made it 58-44 with 5:44 remaining. Christian Brothers maintained a double-digit advantage for the remainder of the contest, holding a game-high 18-point lead at 66-48 after back-to-back baskets.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks converted on 21-57 shots, going 2-15 from three-point territory and 10-14 from the free throw line.
• Christian Brothers went 27-61 from the field, 7-28 from beyond the arc and 8-11 from the free throw line.
• AUM recorded 10 assists while the Bucs boasted 20
• AUM committed 12 turnovers, resulting in nine CBU points. The Bucs committed 15 turnovers, leading to seven points.
• Christian Brothers pulled down 44 rebounds versus 25 for AUM
• The Warhawks held a 34-30 advantage in points in the paint.
• AUM recorded 10 steals with two blocks while Christian Brothers stole the ball twice times with as many blocks.
 
Quoting the Coach
"We are not playing good team basketball at either side of the floor," head coach Dan Davis said. "We have to find our focus and get back to who we are as a team. These past two games we have been making too many mistakes, we don't look like the same team that we were before the winter break. The Gulf South Conference is a competitive league, you have to be ready to play everyday. We had some individuals play well tonight, but we needed a complete team effort and fell short of that. We have a huge challenge ahead of us on Thursday with Union, we need to play better if we want to have any chance against them."
 
 
UP NEXT
The women's basketball team continues the road swing on Thursday, Jan. 4 at nationally-ranked Union at 6 p.m.
 
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