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Jordan Allison
88
Winner Mississippi Col. Miss 11-9,10-6 Gulf South
68
AUM AUM 8-11,5-10 Gulf South
Winner
Mississippi Col. Miss
11-9,10-6 Gulf South
88
Final
68
AUM AUM
8-11,5-10 Gulf South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mississippi Col. Miss 34 54 88
AUM AUM 31 37 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Cody Clark

Rhodes Tallies Season-High 26 In Men's Basketball Loss to Mississippi College

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Malachi Rhodes went 10-for-14 from the floor and posted a season-high 26 points, but the Auburn University at Montgomery men's basketball team fell 88-68 to Mississippi College in Gulf South Conference action on Thursday night.

THE WARMUP
Score: AUM 68, MC 88
Records: AUM 8-11 (5-10 GSC) | MC 11-9 (10-6 GSC)
Series: The series is tied 6-6
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | AUM Athletics Complex
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Warhawks came out of the gate firing on all cylinders, as Rhodes rattled off 13 of AUM's first 15 points. 
  • Rhodes converted a three-pointer, a pair of free throws, a dunk, and a trio of tough jumpers in his blazing start to the contest.
  • AUM jumped out to a 21-8 lead, the largest of the night, with 11:24 to go in the first half.
  • Mississippi College's Rashad Bolden, the leading scorer in NCAA Division II basketball, scored 11 points as part of a 26-10 close to the first half that saw the Choctaws lead 34-31 at the break.
  • A three-point play from Rhodes and a Travis Anderson jumper helped AUM use an 11-4 spurt to start the second half and build a four-point lead.
  • Cam Brown knocked down a three-point basket for the Choctaws with 11:26 to play to take the lead back to 46-44, and MC raced away down the stretch for an 88-68 win.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • MC out-rebounded AUM 34-28 for the contest, but AUM won the battle on the offensive glass 11-10.
  • Bolden made it back-to-back 30-plus point games for the Choctaws and totaled his fifth 30-point game of the season.
  • Bolden leads the GSC and the rest of NCAA Division II in points per game at 25.1.
  • Rhodes put up his season-high with 26 points on an efficient 10-of-14 shooting performance. 
  • It was the second 20-point game of Rhodes' season and his 13th double-figure scoring game of the year.

UP NEXT

  • The Warhawks host Delta State University on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. at the AUM Athletics Complex for Cancer Awareness Day.

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