JACKSON, Tenn. | The No. 23 University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team closed out the regular season with a road victory on Saturday, pushing past Union by a 79-74 score. The Chargers move to 21-7 (17-5 Gulf South Conference), while UU slips to 14-14 (9-13 GSC).
 
The two teams will now turnaround and meet again on Tuesday night in Huntsville in the quarterfinal round of the 2017 visitspacecoast.com GSC Basketball Championships. UAH holds the No. 2 seed in the tournament, while Union has earned the seventh seed.
 
Tip-off at Kelly Court at Spragins Hall is slated for 7 p.m.
 
Turning Point
-The Chargers went on a 10-3 run over less than two minutes to go up 71-60 at the 6:11 mark of the second half, and that big cushion would be important as the Bulldogs pulled back within three in the final minute with a 7-0 run of their own. UAH, however, would go 4-for-4 at the free throw line in the closing seconds to preserve the win.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Brandon Roberts led what was a group of four Chargers who scored in double figures as he was 4-for-6 from beyond the perimeter on his way to scoring 19 points. For good measure, he grabbed six grounds, added an assist, and only committed one turnover while playing 29 minutes.
-Turning in another strong performance off the bench was Chayse Elliott who scored 15 while leading the team with eight rebounds, and the double-figure contingent for the guests was rounded out by Kip Owens and Malik Cook-Stroupe who added 12 and 11, respectively.
-Troy Saxton snagged six boards while dishing out a team-high five assists.
-For the contest, UAH outshot the Bulldogs by a 50.0 percent to 41.0 percent clip, and after allowing 18 3-pointers against Christian Brothers on Thursday, the Chargers allowed the home team just an 8-for-24 night from beyond the arc.
-Union held a slight edge on the glass by outrebounding the Chargers 34-33.
-Tray Boyd led all scorers in the contest as he poured in 21.
 
Inside the Flow
-Union started the game on an 8-2 run to grab the contest's first lead, but behind seven points from Owens over a 4:35 stretch, the Chargers went on a 13-4 spurt to go up 15-12 by the 13:42 mark of the opening half.
-There were then five ties and five lead changes before UAH closed the half on a 17-10 stretch that allowed the guests to lead 43-38 at the break.
-Roberts scored the first five points of the second half to put the Chargers up by 10 at 48-38, and though UU would counter with eight straight, UAH then outscored the Bulldogs by a 24-15 clip over the next 10 minutes to enjoy an 11-point lead at 72-61 with 5:22 left in the game.
-Union's late push then would come up just short as Elliott and Saxton buried free throws in the waning moments.
 
Noteworthy
-With his second straight 19-point showing, Roberts' scoring average ticks up to a new season-best of 16.5 points per game.
-Scoring in double figures in three of his last four games including the two most recent in his return from injury, Elliott is now scoring at a season-high 8.2 points per game clip, and the eight rebounds for the junior marks a career-best.
-UAH turned the ball over just five times in the game, representing a new season-low for the team.