CLEVELAND, Miss. ------ Four players scored in double figures, but the Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team dropped a 77-67 Gulf South Conference road decision to Delta State Saturday.
 
NOTES
• The loss dropped the Warhawks to 7-16 on the season and 3-12 in league play.
• Delta State improved to 15-8 overall and 11-5 in conference games.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Kenneth Keith led Auburn Montgomery with 13 points, while adding a pair of assists.
• Aaron Reddick posted a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in just 19 minutes. He also blocked three shots.
• EJ Card finished with 10 points and six rebounds.
• Devorious Brown chipped in 10 points.
• Mikel Davis had four points, five rebounds and three assists off the bench.
• Stanley Davis scored eight points and grabbed three rebounds.
• Cedric Harper scored a game-high 21 points, while adding eight rebounds and three blocked shots for the Statesmen.
• Matthew Wilson hit four 3-pointers, scoring 20 points, off the bench for DSU.
• Rasheide Bell posted a solid line of 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• After exchanging 7-2 runs to open the game, the Warhawks took their first lead, 12-11, of the contest on a trey by Keith at the 13:30 mark of the first half.
• Delta State answered with a 10-4 run and took at 21-16 lead on a three-point play by AJ Cockrell with 10:28 remaining in the half.
• Following the fourth tie of the first half, AUM retook the advantage, 32-30, on a jumper by Carlos Bell with just 4:19 left in the half. The Statesmen closed the half with an 8-2 run and led 38-34 at halftime.
• Staying within striking distance early in the second half, the Warhawks regained the lead, 45-44, on a layup by Card with 15:05 to play.
• Holding on to a one-point lead, 51-50, with 12:58 remaining, AUM hit a cold spurt, as it was held scoreless for the next 5:54 until a layup by Keith snapped a 10-0 run by the Statesmen.
• Delta led by as many as 15 points down the stretch, before AUM provided the final margin on a Brown bucket with 12 seconds left in the contest.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
• The Warhawks converted 24-of-54 shots from the field, good for 44.4 percent. AUM hit 8-of-18 attempts from behind the arc and 11-of-14 from the charity stripe.
• The Statesmen hit 49.2 percent of their shots, including 6-of-11 from distance. DSU converted just 11-of-20 from the free throw line.
• Delta State outscored AUM 40-26 in the paint.
• The Warhawks committed 10 turnovers, leading to 19 points by the Statesmen. Delta had just five miscues, leading to 10 AUM points.
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will return to action on Thursday, Feb. 14, when they host West Georgia at 8 p.m.
 
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