MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill College Baders (2-1) used a 20-5 run over the final seven minutes of the game to spark a come-from-behind, 69-61 win over the Auburn University at Montgomery Warhawks (0-3) women's basketball team on Tuesday night at the Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center.
 
The Warhawks held a 52-46 lead heading into the final quarter, but a Libby Geisler three-point basket with 6:43 to play sparked the Badgers' run to seal the win.
 
Defensively, Spring Hill clamped down and held the Warhawks to a 4-for-16 shooting mark from the field in the fourth quarter.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
It was AUM that got off to the hot start to begin the night, as the Warhawks sprinted out to a 10-2 advantage in the first quarter thanks to a pair of Samya Brooks baskets and three-pointers from Ameyah Gray and Noel Warrior.
 
AUM went 4-for-7 from three-point territory (57 percent) and 8-for-15 (53 percent) from the floor in the first period. 
 
The Warhawks continued the hot shooting start into the second quarter and built a 32-16 advantage on an Ameyah Gray three-point play at the 6:26 mark of the second quarter.
 
The Badgers, however, responded with a 15-5 finish to the half to pull within six, 37-31, at the halftime intermission.

Second Half
Spring Hill trimmed the lead to three points in the third quarter, and after a pair of Warrior free throws that stretched the AUM lead back to eight, the Badgers' Jenice Adjessom nailed a pair of free throws to claw the Badgers back within two possessions heading to the fourth.
 
Geisler nailed a three to open the fourth quarter scoring before the Warhawks answered with a driving layup and a floater to push the lead to seven. 
 
It was the Badgers who closed out the game strong, however, as Spring Hill outscored AUM by fifteen points over the final seven minutes of the game. 
 
NOTABLES
Adjessom posted 18 points to lead four Spring Hill Badgers players in double figures. She also added eight rebounds and three assists.

Madison Dowling (13 points), Geisler (13 points), and Allison Irby (11 points) rounded out the team's double-digit scorers.

The Badgers shot 45 percent from the floor and held a 32-22 edge in points in the paint. Spring Hill's bench also outscored AUM 15-11.

Gray led the Warhawks with 13 points and added five rebounds and one block. 

Warrior added 11 points and Brooks chipped in double-digit points (10) for the third straight game to begin the season.

Navaeh Small led the team in rebounding for the third straight game and has now logged back-to-back contests with 10 rebounds.

AUM also put up a season-best 13 assists led by three each from Small and Toney.

The Warhawks shot 39 percent on the night and knocked down a season-high seven three-pointers. Their 41 percent shooting mark from beyond the three-point arc was also a season-high.
 
UP NEXT
AUM hosts Columbus State University on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. in the team's home opener at the AUM Athletics Complex.

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