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Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

ChappelleWhitneyatUWA2023
Trent Spruell
62
Shorter Short 3-5,1-3 Gulf South
71
Winner AUM AUM 3-4,1-3 Gulf South
Shorter Short
3-5,1-3 Gulf South
62
Final
71
AUM AUM
3-4,1-3 Gulf South
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Shorter Short 23 39 62
AUM AUM 39 32 71

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Cody Clark

Men's Basketball: Warhawks Ground Hawks, Notch First GSC Win

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Jalil Robinson poured in a season-high 23 points, Malachi Rhodes added 17 points, and Chappelle Whitney tallied his first collegiate double-double as the Auburn University at Montgomery men's basketball team secured its first win in Gulf South Conference play.

Robinson added six rebounds and eight assists, Rhodes went 8-of-12 from the field, and Whitney scored 13 points, added 13 rebounds, and dished out four assists.

THE WARMUP
Score: AUM 71, SU 62
Records: AUM 3-4 (1-3 GSC) | SU 3-5 (1-3 GSC)
Series: AUM leads 30-5
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Athletics Complex
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Six early points from Rhodes helped spark a 14-2 run to open the game for the Warhawks.
  • AUM continued to build the lead, as a Whitney layup made it 34-14 in favor of the home team with just over three minutes left in the opening half.
  • Robinson got a tough jumper to fall three seconds before the break as the Warhawks led 39-23 at the halftime intermission.
  • A Malachi Rhodes three-point jumper at the 16:21 mark of the second half gave AUM its largest lead the night at 21 points. 
  • The Hawks responded, however, with a 15-3 run to trim the lead to nine over the next six minutes.
  • A Deven Tucker jumper and a Robinson bucket helped AUM push the lead back to 14, 65-51, with two minutes to play to help seal the win.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The Warhawks shot 63 percent from the field in the first half and twice notched their largest lead of the night, 20 points, in the opening 20 minutes.
  • Whitney posted his first collegiate double-double and also snared the most rebounds by a Warhawk this season.
  • Robinson poured in a season-high 23 points and made it seven consecutive games scoring in double figures to open the year.
  • Robinson's eight assists are also a season-best by a Warhawk.
  • AUM shot 53 percent for the game, the highest mark of the year for the black and orange.

UP NEXT

  • The Warhawks hit the road for an important series in The Magnolia State. AUM visits Cleveland, Mississippi to take on Delta State University on Friday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. before traveling to face Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m.

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