MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- James Graham and Joseph Lanzi each registered a double-double, and the Auburn University at Montgomery men's basketball team shot better than 50 percent from the floor for the fifth time this season to help AUM knock off Shorter University 94-86 on Saturday night. 

Graham made it four consecutive games with a double-double as he turned in an 18-point, 10-rebound effort. Lanzi tallied his first career AUM double-double, as he put up 17 points and 11 rebounds. Graham added a block and two steals, while Lanzi had one assist and two steals. 

THE TIPOFF

Score: AUM 94, SU 86
Records: AUM 9-10 (7-8 GSC) | SU 3-16 (1-14 GSC)
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Athletics Complex
Series: AUM leads 29-5
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Shorter took the first lead (3-0) on a Ralph Barnett Jr. three-pointer and again (11-10) on an Ian Reith three-pointer, but AUM answered each call. 
• Back-to-back Sam Youngblood jumpers helped AUM lead 5-3, and a Travis Anderson layup put AUM on top 12-11. 
• A 17-4 run by the Warhawks from the 50-second mark of the first half to the 16-minute mark of the second half helped the Orange and Black open up a 63-47 advantage. 
• Shorter rattled off 10 straight points, capped by a pair of Mark Wilcox free throws with 2:19 to play, to trim the Warhawks' lead to seven.
• The Warhawks led by 17 points on three different occasions in the second half, including 86-69 with 4:21 left to play.
• Jalen Gaston hit a driving layup and the ensuing free throw to finish a three-point play and led 91-81 with 1:11 to go. 
• Shorter closed out the final four minutes on a 17-8 spurt, but it was too little too late for the Hawks as AUM hit free throws late to put the game out of reach.

NOTABLES

• Shorter led twice in the game's opening four minutes, but that was all as AUM led the game for 35 minutes and 20 seconds in total.
• Anderson made it eight straight games scoring in double figures for the Warhawks. Graham has been in double-digits each of his last seven games, and Gaston has dropped 10 or more points in his last six contests.
• Graham posted his fourth consecutive double-double, and his sixth this season.
• AUM outscored Shorter 42-30 in the paint, committed only nine turnovers, and scored 17 points off of 14 Shorter turnovers.

UP NEXT

AUM hits the road for a two-game swing in Mississippi as they visit Mississippi College and Delta State. The Warhawks take on the Choctaws in Clinton, Miss. on Thursday, Jan, 26 at 7:30 p.m., and take on Delta State in Cleveland, Miss. on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 4 p.m.

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