JACKSON, Tenn. -- Travis Anderson scored 27 points off the bench for the Auburn University at Montgomery men's basketball team, including a pair of free throws to tie the game 81-81 with 0.5 seconds left in regulation, but Union University went 9-for-10 from the free throw line in overtime to seal the victory.

Anderson scored his 27 points in 30 minutes off the bench in his return to the lineup after missing a pair of games. Joseph Lanzi added 19 points and four three-pointers for the Warhawks. Deven Tucker also scored a career-high 12 points.

THE TIP-OFF

Score: AUM 87, UU 92
Records: AUM 5-7 (4-5 GSC) | UU 8-4 (7-1 GSC)
Series: AUM trails 10-2
Venue | City: Jackson, Tenn. | Fred DeLay Gym
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Both teams battled back and forth in the first half, as neither team led by more than two possessions.
• Union took a 34-33 lead with six seconds left in the half, but Jalen Gaston found Travis Anderson in the right corner, and Anderson delivered a fall afall-awayway three-pointer to give AUM a 36-34 lead at the break.
• Anderson (12) and Roderick Smith (6) combined for 18 points off the bench in the first half of action.
• A Smith hook shot trimmed the Union lead to three at the 12:25 mark left in the game, but a 9-2 spurt by the Bulldogs was helped by two offensive rebounds by Tylandrius Parks.
• Down 79-70 with 1:52 to play, the Warhawks used an 11-2 run to force overtime. 
• Lanzi added two free throws and a three-pointer in the late run, and Anderson drained two free throws with 0.5 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 81-81 and send it to overtime.
• Both teams did not have much left in the tank in overtime, as the two squads combined for just three field goals. 
• Union did enough to outscore the Warhawks 11-6 in overtime to seal the win. Bulldogs went 9-of-10 from the foul line in overtime, while AUM made just two field goals and went just 2-of-5 from the foul line.

NOTABLES

• Anderson scored 27 points in 30 minutes off the bench in his return to the lineup to lead the Warhawks.
• Deven Tucker also turned in a career-high 12 points. He added three rebounds and two assists. The game marks the first of his career in double-figures.
• AUM was out-rebounded for just the third time this season as Union had a 46-36 advantage on the boards.
• There were nine ties and 15 lead changes. Six ties and 12 of the lead changes came in the first half.
• AUM owned advantages of 40-20 in bench scoring and 38-16 in points in the paint.
• Tylandrius Parks had 20 points, 18 rebounds, and nine assists to lead the Bulldogs to their fifth consecutive win.

PLAY OF THE GAME

UP NEXT

AUM returns from the holiday break to visit Georgia College in Milledegville, Ga. on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 3 p.m.

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