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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The 13th-ranked University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team will hit the road to take on Shorter on Saturday with tip scheduled for 3 p.m. CST. UAH owns a 13-3 (6-2 Gulf South Conference) record entering the contest, while Shorter – winners of five in a row – is 12-4 (6-2 GSC).
UAH and Shorter are joined by North Alabama in a tie for first place in the GSC, but Shorter is not eligible for postseason play.
The Chargers will be looking to bounce back from last week's 81-71 setback to UNA, and the team is aiming to avoid consecutive losses for the first time since the end of the 2009-10 season when it lost at the GSC tournament before falling in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
Though UAH has dropped two of the last three, the squad remains one of the best teams in the nation from beyond the arc – ranking third in 3-point field goals per game and 11th in 3-point field goal percentage.
Jaime Smith is 27th in Division II with 2.9 3-pointers per contest, while ranking 20th with a 3-point field goal percentage of 43.8 percent.
The contest with the Hawks on Saturday marks the second meeting between the two programs as the Chargers won the lone contest back on Dec. 17, 2001, and Saturday's game is a homecoming for UAH Head Coach
Lennie Acuff who is a member of the 2011 Shorter Hall of Fame class. At Shorter, the marks he set for assists in a single game, season, and career still hold to this day.
The five-game winning streak for Shorter includes strong wins over Christian Brothers and North Alabama.
The team features four who are averaging double figures, led by CJ Davis who scores 16.6 points per game. Walter Hill averages 15.9, and Anthony Banks is scoring 15.6 points per contest after leading the team with 20 points in the team's most recent contest.
Live stats will be available at goshorterhawks.com, and the game can be heard in the Tennessee Valley on 97.7 The Zone.
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