DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Cold shooting plagued the Auburn University at Montgomery Warhawks women's basketball team (0-2) for the second straight contest as the No. 12 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Eagles (2-0) secured a 85-51 win to close out the GSC-SSC Crossover Classic.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
In the opening quarter, the Warhawks went just 4-for-16 from the field, while an efficient 65 percent shooting clip and 12 points from Mary Lengemann helped the Eagles take a 27-10 lead.

The Warhawks made back-to-back baskets to start the second stanza and trim the lead to 13, but the rest of the quarter belonged to the Eagles. 

Embry-Riddle used a 23-6 run to close the quarter as it opened a 50-20 halftime advantage.
 
Second Half
Tamora Brown helped lead the Warhawks to 53 percent shooting out of the locker room as they put up their highest scoring quarter of the game at 21 points. 

Brown burst out and scored all 10 of her points in the quarter.

The two teams combined for the lowest scoring quarter of the contest in the final stanza as the two sides went just 8-for-33 from the field to finish the game. 
 
NOTABLES
- Lengemann scored 21 points in 18 minutes on 8-for-10 shooting to pace the Eagles offensive attack. 
- Eliana Sheplee (14 points, six rebounds) and Jareah Branch (10 points, nine rebounds) rounded out the ERAU double-digit scorers. Kailey Turpening also added a game-high 11 assists.
- ERAU shot 57 percent in the game and 83 percent from the foul line, but struggled to shoot it from the outside as they went just 3-for-14 (21 percent) from beyond the three-point line.
- Embry-Riddle held a 33-18 advantage in scoring off the bench and edged AUM 13-3 in second chance points. The Eagles also owned the painted area, where they out-scored the Warhawks 58-22.
- The Warhawks were led by Samya Brooks who scored 11 points and added a pair of rebounds. Tamora Brown was the other Warhawk in double figures with 10 points.
- Navaeh Small led the team in rebounding for the second straight game with a new career-high 10 boards.
- The Warhawks shot just 30 percent from the field and went just 2-for-11 from beyond the three-point arc.
 
UP NEXT
AUM now turns its focus to a non-conference contest at Spring Hill College on November 18, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in Mobile, Ala.
 
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