MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- Five different Warhawks scored in double figures, as the Auburn Montgomery men's basketball team cruised their way to a 93-59 win over the Choctaws of Mississippi College in Gulf South Conference action on Saturday, Feb. 8 from the AUM Gymnasium.
 
NOTES
- With the win, the Warhawks improve to 11-11 overall and 6-8 in Gulf South Conference play.
- The Warhawks improve their all-time series record to 3-2 over Mississippi College and have now won their last three contests against the Choctaws. 
- Saturday's game marked for the first time that five Warhawks scored in double figures in a game since their 99-85 win over Tiffin University on Nov. 29 earlier this season.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Maharrith Jackson logged his fifth double-double of the season for AUM, with a 17-point, 10-rebound performance.  Jackson shot 7-14 from the floor and also dished out three assists. 
- Carlos Bell finished just one rebound shy of a double-double, going for 15 points and nine rebounds. 
- Joshua Moore and Stanley Davis both scored 13 points, with Moore distributing four assists, and Davis hauling four boards. 
- Darrion Taylor added 10 points while recording a game-high eight assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Warhawks outscored the Choctaws 9-2 over the game's first three minutes and led by a score of 11-4 with 15:27 to go in the first.
- The Choctaws cut AUM's lead to just three at 13-10 with 13:28 to play in the half, but the Warhawks responded by rattling off a 10-2 run over the next minute and a half to lead 23-12 at the 11:56 mark.
- AUM went up by as many as 15 points in the half and led by a score of 44-30 at the break.
- The Warhawks notched seven of the first nine points in the second half and would continue to assert their dominance with an 18-5 run to begin the half and lead 62-35 with 12:51 to go. 
- AUM continued their quality play over the next four minutes and pushed their lead to 31 points after a Davis three-pointer made it 71-40 with 8:50 left. 
- Bell sent the entire gym into a state of disbelief with 8:30 to go, when he soared through the air for an emphatic dunk over Winford Ross of MC for an and-one opportunity while putting AUM up 73-40.  
- The Warhawks took their largest lead of the game with 3:34 left at 87-49 and would get their final bucket from Darryl Jones with 29 seconds left to give way to the 93-59 final.
 
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INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM shot 48 percent (16-33) in the first half and 54 percent (18-33) in half number two to finish at 51 percent (34-66) for the day.
- The Orange and Black tallied a season-high 24 assists in the game, dishing out twice as many as Mississippi College (12). Four different players for AUM had at least three assists on the day. 
- The Warhawks also totaled a season-high 50 rebounds, pulling down eight more than the Choctaws (42).
- AUM scored 48 points in the paint, 34 bench points, 18 points off of turnovers, and 16 second-chance and fast-break points. 
- The Warhawks never surrendered the lead after recording the game's first field goal, for a total of 39:47 with the lead. 
 
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will travel to Rome, Ga. on Thursday, Feb. 13 to take on Shorter University at 6:30 p.m. (CST) in GSC play.
 
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