MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team rode the momentum of a 24-1 scoring run in the second half to erase an 18-point deficit and knock off the West Florida Argonauts in GSC action on Thursday, Jan. 30 from the AUM Gymnasium.
 
NOTEWORTHY
- The win for the Warhawks completes the season sweep of West Florida for AUM, having defeated the Argos in Pensacola 73-66 on Jan. 23 earlier this season.  
- The Orange and Black have won four of their last five games, and now hold a record of 10-10 overall and 5-7 in GSC action.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Carlos Bell notched his first career triple-double and fourth double-double of the year, with a 12-point, 10-rebound and 10-assist performance for the Warhawks.
- Stanley Davis matched a season-high with 21 points on a 5-12 shooting night. 
- Maharrith Jackson tallied 15 points, while also going for four rebounds. 
- Aaron Reddick pulled down 10 boards for AUM, in addition to scoring four points and blocking a pair of shots. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams scored six points each over the first four minutes, with a Jackson layup making it a six-all game at the 15:55 mark in the first. 
- The Warhawks and Argos kept a tight perimeter around each other over the next five minutes, as a D. Taylor three-ball put AUM up 16-14 with 10:46 until halftime. 
- The Argos would go on to take their largest lead of the half at 30-23 4:40 to go, but the Warhawk's would close out the half on an 8-2 run to trail just 32-31 at the break.
- West Florida came out en Fuego in half number two, outscoring AUM 21-4 over the half's first six and a half minutes to grab their largest lead of the night at 53-35 with 13:36 to go.
- The Warhawks slowly but surely chipped away at their deficit, however, scoring the next 10 points unanswered to cut UWF's lead to just 53-45 with 9:39 to play. 
- The Warhawks would tie up the game just three minutes later on a pair of free-throws from Davis and would go up 59-54 on a three by Bell at the 4:23 mark to cap off a gargantuan 24-1 scoring run over nine minutes of game time. 
- UWF did not back down, however, cutting their deficit to just two at 62-60 with 3:19 to go after knocking down a three-pointer. 
- Leading by just four, Davis would down his biggest three-pointer of the night with 58 seconds left to give AUM a seven-point lead at 67-60 and keep UWF multiple possessions away from the Warhawks in the scoring column.
- The Argos got back to within four points at 67-63 one possession later courtesy of a three, but AUM would put the game on ice over their next few possessions by knocking down five of six free throws to give way to the 72-66 final.  
 
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INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM shot 44 percent (12-27) in half number one, and  50 percent (11-22) in half number two to finish the game at just under 47 percent (23-49) on field goals.
- The Warhawks missed just one free throw on the night, knocking down 18 of 19 from the charity stripe.
- After taking just four free-throw attempts in the first half, the Orange and Black went to work and went 14-15 from the line in half number two. 
- Over their last two games, AUM has shot 34-36 (94%) from the free-throw line. 
- The Warhawks won the rebounding battle, 39-28 and tallied 15 assists to UWF's nine.
- AUM scored 34 points off of the bench and accounted for 28 points in the paint. 
- Thursday's game featured six lead changes and four tied scores. 
 
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will travel to Cleveland, Miss. to take on Delta State University on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 4:00 p.m.
 
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