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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – In front of a loud Huntsville crowd, the University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team fell in an exciting Mayor's Cup contest to Alabama A&M by a 79-73 score at the Von Braun Center on Thursday night in the first meeting between the two programs in 15 years. UAH slips to 1-2 on the season with the setback, while Alabama A&M improves to 1-1 with the win.
 
UAH led at the half 34-27 after shooting 40 percent from the floor while limiting A&M to hit just under 36 percent of its attempts in the opening half, and the Chargers would enjoy a 10-point advantage after a Greg Gardner 3-pointer made it 57-47 with 8:36 to go.
 
The Bulldogs would then tear off a 13-2 run to completely erase the deficit and take a 60-59 lead with just under five minutes remaining in the contest.
 
Ronnie Mack would momentarily halt the A&M run with one of his six 3-pointers to put UAH back on top at the 4:23 mark, but Jeremy Crutcher responded with a trey of his own to put his team back ahead and UAH would never go back in front again in the contest.
 
In the second half, A&M shot a torrid 61.5 percent from the floor en route to outscoring UAH 52-39 in the period.
 
Mack led the Chargers in the contest as he scored 20, and Demarquelle Tabb paced A&M with 16 points.
 
Joining Mack in double figures for the Blue and White were Wayne Dedrick who rode an 8-for-8 night at the charity stripe to a 16-point performance and Andrew Donovan who hit four 3s to score 12 while also grabbing four boards and dishing out three assists.
 
Dedrick and Conner Blasi paced UAH on the glass with six rebounds each as the Chargers outrebounded the Bulldogs by a 37-30 margin.
 
UAH will have the weekend off before returning to action on Wednesday when Trevecca Nazarene visits Spragins Hall. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.