CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery men's basketball team had its three-game winning streak snapped 85-60 at the hands of the Lee University Flames on Friday night at Paul Dana Walker Arena.

THE TIP-OFF

Score: AUM 60, LEE 85
Records: AUM 4-5 (3-3 GSC) | Lee 4-2 (4-2 GSC)
Series: AUM trails 18-10
Venue | City: Cleveland, Tenn. | AUM Athletics Complex
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HIGHLIGHTS

• The lead changed hands six times before the under-12 media timeout in the first half.
• With Lee up four, Roderick Smith hit back-to-back layups to tie the game at 18-18 at the 7:47 mark of the first half.
• The Flames used a 17-9 spurt to close the half with a 35-27 lead at the halftime intermission.
• A Deven Tucker hook shot cut the Lee lead to six points to start the second half, and a Jalen Gaston three-pointer trimmed the lead to nine with 12 minutes left, but that is as close as the Warhawks got.
• Lee's 13-2 run pushed the Flames' lead to 62-42 to put the game out of reach of AUM.

NOTABLES

• Jalen Gaston scored 15 points, marking the seventh straight game in which he has scored double figures and the eighth time this season.
• Roderick Smith had 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Warhawks.
• The Flames out-rebounded the Warhawks 38-35, marking just the second time this season an opponent has out-rebounded AUM.
• Lee out-scored AUM 40-24 in the paint and 16-9 in fast break points.
• Makhi McGuire led all scorers with 21 points and eight rebounds.

UP NEXT

AUM returns home on Sunday, Dec. 11 to take on the University of West Georgia at 4 p.m. at the AUM Athletics Complex. 

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