JACKSON, Tenn. --- The Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team came up just one point short at Union University on Thursday, Jan. 9, falling 63-62 to the Bulldogs in Gulf South Conference play.
 
NOTEWORTHY
- With the loss, AUM's record falls to 6-9 on the year, and 1-6 in GSC action.
- The Warhawks' last three losses have come by a combined six points total. 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Carlos Bell logged his third double-double of the season, scoring a game-high 24 points and hauling in a game-high 10 rebounds. Bell also knocked down a season-high four three-pointers in the setback.
- Maharrith Jackson accounted for 12 points and six rebounds, while Jeremiah Bozeman recorded 10 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists.
- Stanley Davis added seven points, while Aaron Reddick grabbed seven rebounds. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Both teams struggled to get things going on offense early, as the Bulldogs would lead 7-2 at the 16:00 mark in the first.
- After seeing the Bulldogs go up 10-4 at the 14:17 mark, AUM would kick start their offense with an 11-5 run to tie the game up at 15-15 with 8:58 to play in the half. 
- The two teams stayed within two points of each other until the Bulldogs went on a quick 5-0 run from the 5:27 to the 3:55 mark to lead 26-21.
- The Warhawks would counter with eight unanswered points, with a Jackson corner three-pointer capping off the run, to give them their largest lead of the half at 29-26 with 2:03 left until intermission. Union would go on to score the half's final four points to lead 30-29 at the break.
- The Bulldogs scored the second half's first four points, but the Warhawks responded with an 11-0 run over a three-minute period to lead 40-34 with 15:59 to go.
- After a rebuttal from Union, the Warhawks would get a pair of key threes from Bell over their next few possessions to give them their largest lead of the game at 48-41 with 12:35 to play.
- Union would answer though, with a 10-3 run over the next four minutes and change to tie the game at 51-all with 7:57 left. The Bulldogs would follow up with seven of the game's next eight points to lead 58-52 with 4:11 to play.
- The Warhawks continued to fight, however, as they would inch closer and get a pair of clutch lay-ups from Bell to bring their deficit to 60-58 with 2:15 to go, and 61-60 at the 1:53 mark.
- After a pair of Bell free throws made the score 63-62 in favor of Union with 47 seconds left, the Warhawks would get a huge stop on defense to setup a potential game-winning basket on their next possession. Jackson's fade-away jumper in the final seconds would clank off the back iron though, and seal the victory for Union. 
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM served as just the sixth team to hold the Bulldogs under 70 points this season, while holding Union to their third-lowest field goal percentage of the season at 35 percent and to their lowest three-point field goal percentage of 2019-20 at 13 percent.
- The Warhawks shot 42 percent (12-28) in half number one, and 37 percent (11-29) in half number two to finish at 40 percent (23-57) for the night.
- AUM outrebounded Union in the game, 39-35.
- Free-throw shooting proved to be pivotal in this one, with Union knocking down 22 of 25 free throws and AUM going 9-14 from the charity stripe.
- The Orange and Black tallied 28 bench points, 28 points in the paint and 13 points off of Union turnovers. 
- Thursday's game featured six lead changes and seven tied scores.
 
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks are scheduled to take on GSC-foe Shorter University from the AUM Gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 11. Check back with AUMAthletics.com for updates on date and time of the game, as potential severe weather on Saturday could push the contest to a later date. 
 
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