MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery women's basketball team capped off their 2018-19 home slate with a 70-50 Gulf-South-Conference victory over Shorter University on Saturday, Feb. 23 from the AUM Gymnasium. 
 
NOTES
- With the win, AUM improves to 5-22 overall, and 4-15 in GSC play.
- The Warhawks sent senior forward Evelina Avleeva out in style with the win. Avleeva was honored post game as part of Senior Day Festivities. 
- Freshman guard Jordan Brewster eclipsed the century mark for three-pointers in a season in the game, marking for just the third player in AUM women's basketball history to make over 100 threes' in a season. 
- AUM pulled down 50 rebounds for just the third time this season.
- Four Warhawks scored in double figures, while three AUM players recorded double-digit rebounds.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Makaylla Bullard tallied a career-high 23 points in the game, knocking down a season-high five three-pointers. Bullard also dished out three assists and pulled down two rebounds.
- Brewster accounted for 18 points on a 6-13 shooting night from the three-point line. Brewster now sits at 104 three's for the season, just four away from the all-time single season record.
- Avleeva notched her third double-double of the season, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Avleeva also added two assists and two steals.
- Victoria Morales hauled in a team-high 11 rebounds, while blocking four shots and scoring five points.
- Aaliyah Milord also grabbed a team-high 11 boards, to go along with four assists and two points.
- Jessika Milton also scored in double figures for AUM, finishing with 11 points and five rebounds.  
- Kendra Boone registered six rebounds, two blocks and one point off of the AUM bench. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Shorter opened up the ballgame on a 10-3 run over the first five minutes of play, but AUM would respond with a 10-0 run over the final five minutes of the period to lead 13-10 after one quarter of play. The Warhawks took the lead with 1:36 left in the first on a three-ball by Bullard.
- The Orange and Black saw their most productive quarter of the game come in the second, outscoring Shorter 24-17 in the period.
- Leading 15-12 with 8:59 left in the second, the Warhawks would rattle off a 15-6 run over the next four minutes of action to jump out to a 30-18 lead at the 5:05 mark. 
- Brewster's 100^th three of the season came at the 6:33 mark in the second, which put AUM up 26-18 at the time. 
- AUM went up 12 points at 32-20 on a layup by Milton at the 4:25 mark, and would take a 37-27 lead into the break after a back-and-forth final few minutes of the second. 
- The Warhawks notched the first five points of the second half, to jump out to a 42-27 lead over the Hawks with 7:07 left in the third.
- AUM would go up by 18 at 51-33 at the 1:53 mark in the third on a layup by Milton, while Milton would also knock down the final bucket of the third on a three to give AUM a 54-37 lead heading into the fourth.
- The Warhawks outscored the Hawks 16-13 in the final period, leading by as many as 21 three different times in the period.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM shot 39.3 percent (24-61) from the floor on the night, while holding Shorter to just 31 percent (19-61) from the floor.
- AUM shot 39.4 percent (13-33) from the three-point line in the game. 
- The Warhawks won the rebounding battle, 50-31, while collecting a season-high 16 offensive boards.
- AUM posted a season-best 81.8 (9-11) percent from the charity stripe in the contest.
- The Warhawks tallied 18 points in the paint, 15 points off of Shorter turnovers, and got 12 points of contribution from their bench.
 
QUOTING THE COACH
 
 
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will wrap up their 2018-19 campaign on Thursday, Feb. 28 when they take on Valdosta State in Valdosta, Ga. at 5:00 p.m. (CST)

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