HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team earned its 20th win of the season on Thursday night, defeating visiting Short 83-62 at Kelly Court at Spragins Hall. The Chargers improve to 20-5 (12-5 Gulf South Conference), while the Hawks slip to 3-23 (0-16 GSC).
 
Turning Point
-With the game tied at 42-42 just two minutes into the second half, the Chargers would hold the guests to a shooting performance of just 5-of-21 the rest of the way while outscoring them by a 41-20 margin to create the 83-62 final.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers were led in scoring on the night by Max Shulman who knocked down seven 3-pointers on his way to scoring 25.
-Malik Cook-Stroupe also turned in a strong night offensively for the Chargers, scoring 17 while also adding three rebounds and a team-high pair of steals.
-A pair of UAH players led the team on the glass as both JJ Kaplan and Dalton Barkley collected nine rebounds.
-Kerney Lane led UAH with seven assists while turning in a strong overall game with eight points and six rebounds while matching Cook-Stroupe with two steals.
-The Chargers shot 43.7 percent on the night including 12 made 3-points, and UAH held the Hawks to a shooting mark of 33.9 percent.
-The Hawks held a slight edge on the glass by outrebounding the hosts by a 43-41 margin.
-Committing just nine turnovers and forcing Shorter into 23, UAH built up a wide 26-2 margin in points off turnovers, and the Chargers also dominated the game inside, outscoring the Hawks by a 38-14 difference in the paint.
 
Inside the Flow
-In leading wire to wire, the Chargers scored the first nine points of the contest with a Sam Orf layup at the 16:29 mark of the opening half making it a 9-0 lead, and the margin would grow to 11 when Henley Edge buried a triple with 7:30 on the clock to give hosts a 28-17 advantage.
-After UAH claimed a 12-point lead later in the half, the Hawks would go on a 9-0 run to make it a 36-33 game with just over a minute left, but an old-fashioned 3-point play from Cook-Stroupe in the final minute created a 39-33 score at the halftime break.
-A four-point play for the Hawks just 1:56 into the second half tied the contest at 42-42, but Shulman hit three straight 3-pointers to push UAH's cushion back up to nine at 51-42 less than two minutes later.
-Shorter would narrow the gap to three at 63-60 with 8:17 remaining in the game, but the Chargers closed the contest on a 20-2 run including scoring the final 17 points of the game to seal the win.
 
Noteworthy
-The 25 points for Shulman is one off of his season high which he scored two games ago against Montevallo, and he is averaging 23.7 points on 5.7 made 3s in the last three contests.
-Cook-Stroupe reaches doubles figures for the 10th time this season.
-The seven assists for Lane mark a career-best for the redshirt junior who now has 73 on the season.
-The Chargers continue to sit fourth in the league standings, holding a 2.5 game lead over the fifth-place team. The top four teams in the standings host opening-round games in the upcoming GSC tournament.
 
Next Time Out
-UAH returns to action on Saturday on the road at Christian Brothers. Tip-off in Memphis is slated for 3 p.m.