FAIRFIELD, Ala. – The Auburn University at Montgomery women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday night on the road in non-conference action to Miles College 44-36

NOTES
- AUM suffers its first loss of the season and now sport a 2-1 record. 
- Miles wins their first game of the season.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Victoria Morales led the game in points with 11 and tallied 10 rebounds in the contest.
- Guard Makaylla Bullard netted a team-high two assists in the contest.   
- Alexia Wallace recorded three takeaways against Miles.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first quarter started with a bang for the Orange & Black, as right off the hop Aaliyah Milord recorded a steal 22 seconds into the game that led to the Warhawks' first two points of the night on a Jemaiya Lee jump shot. Lee would tack on two more points with two shots from the charity stripe to give AUM an early 6-2 lead. Following the free throws, the game resulted in a stalemate, something that would be a common theme for the rest of the game. The game would go two and a half minutes without a score until the drought was broken on a Miles free thrown to bring the game to 6-3. Two more minutes would pass by without a score, as neither side was able to get any offensive momentum. The first quarter ended in an 8-7 Warhawk advantage.
- The second frame started with back-to-back jumpers from Morales and Roni Richardson to extend the AUM lead to 12-7. The Golden Bears brought the Warhawk lead to two thanks to a free throw from Jasmine Thompson. Richardson would go on to hit another three to extend the AUM lead to 15-10. The shot would be the only score for the Warhawks for the next four minutes. With AUM trailing by one, Lee broke the scoreless streak with a jumper to give AUM a one-point lead. A Wallace free throw was the last points for the Orange & Black in the half, which resulted in the Warhawks trailing by one going into halftime.
- Miles took the first four points of the second half and led 23-18 before Bullard ended the Miles run and brought the game to within three for AUM. Another 6-0 run for the Golden Bears saw Miles lead 29-20 with six minutes to go. Lee had the final field goal for the Warhawks in the third quarter and trailed the Golden Bears by six going into the final frame.  
- It took three minutes for either team to net a point in the fourth quarter, and it was the Golden Bears who got on the board first in the fourth. Two free throws from Mya Milner gave Miles a 38-30 lead. Richardson scored the Orange & Black's first points of the fourth with just over five minutes to go in the quarter to run the game to 38-32. Another lengthy drought came after the jumper, as neither team scored until the 2:05 mark of the fourth. After Lee cut the score to 38-34, Miles went on a 5-0 run to take a 43-34 lead in the late stages of the fourth. Morales did her best to keep the game within reach with a jumper with 13 seconds left, but Miles pulled away and won the game 44-36.    
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- The Warhawks shot 25.9 % from the floor and went 2-17 from three-point range.
- AUM shared the wealth with fives assists in the contest.
- The Orange & Black were 6-8 from the charity stripe, including Catlin Carter's 3-4 effort. 
- The Golden Bears out-rebounded the Warhawks 42-37.

QUOTING THE COACH
"We got beat by a better team tonight and we have to give them credit. However, I was disappointed with our commitment and focus heading into the game. Hopefully we can learn from this and grow as a team.

UP NEXT
AUM will begin the home schedule of its 2019 campaign on Saturday when they host Southern Wesleyan at the AUM Gymnasium. The match against the Warriors is set to begin at 2 p.m.   

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