MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery women's basketball team took down the University of West Alabama in a Gulf South Conference thriller inside the AUM Athletics Complex on Greek Night 63-60. 

THE TIPOFF

Score: AUM 63, UWA 60
Records: AUM 10-7 (8-5 GSC) | UWA 4-14 (3-11 GSC)
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Athletics Complex
Series: UWA leads 6-4 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Allasha Dudley scored the first six AUM points after sinking two free-throws at the 7:11 mark in the opening quarter to give the Warhawks a 6-4 lead. 
• Grace O'Gara buried a jumper in the paint with eight seconds left in the first quarter which gave the Warhawks a 21-16 lead. 
• Dudley got a jumper and a layup to go in the opening stanza of the second quarter that saw AUM extending the lead to 25-16.
• AUM's lead grew to 10 points with 4:33 to go in the first half at 31-21 and West Alabama's Shayla Golden scored the only points in the final 4:33 to make it 31-23 at  halftime.
• The Tigers posted a 13-0 run in the third quarter and took their first lead of the game at 39-25. 
• UWA held the lead until Dudley got a layup to go and tied the game up at 48-48. It was followed by a jumper from West Alabama's Julia Rodriguez, but Grace O'Gara came back down the floor and nailed a three-pointer to give AUM a 51-50 lead. 
• The squads traded leads until Jamya Tyus sank a three-pointer in the corner to give AUM a 61-58 lead with 1:21 left in the game. 
• Tian Addison connected on back-to-back three-pointers with eight seconds left and the Warhawk defense held strong and forced a missed three-pointer by the Tigers as AUM captured the 63-60 victory. 

NOTABLES

• Dudley scored 27 points going 10-for-18 from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 from the foul line. She grabbed six rebounds and dished four assists. 
• O'Gara scored 10 points and was 2-for-3 from beyond the arc. She gathered three boards and handed out three assists. 
• Brianna Sanchez neared a double-double as she collected 10 rebounds and finished with eight points. 
• Addison led the team in assists with five. She dropped nine points and had four steals.
• Jamya Tyus chipped in with seven points and Danielle Luckey had five boards. 
• The Warhawks reach 10 wins for the first time since the 2019-20 season.  

NEXT UP

AUM travels to Rome, Georgia to play another GSC game against Shorter University at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 27 inside the Winthrop-King Centre. 
 

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