LIVINGSTON, Ala. | The 11th-ranked University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team won its seventh straight on Friday night, going on the road and knocking off host West Alabama by a 68-59 score. The Chargers improve to 7-1 (7-0 Gulf South Conference), while UWA falls to 3-4 (3-4 GSC).
 
Turning Point
-Leading by three at the half, UAH set the tempo for the rest of the game by opening up the second on an 18-2 run that would give the Chargers a lead that would prove to much for UWA to overcome.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Sam Orf paced the Chargers offensively as he made three 3-pointers on his way to scoring 18 while also adding four rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
-Logging a double-double was JJ Kaplan who was a strong 7-for-8 from the floor to score 17 while adding 11 rebounds, and he also dished out two assists for good measure.
-Chaney Johnson gave UAH three in double figures as the freshman came off the bench to score 10 in just eight minutes.
-Seth Swalve logged a team-high four assists.
-For the game, UAH shot 47.2 percent and held UWA to a shooting rate of 37.0 percent, and the Chargers won the battle on the glass by a 34-31 margin.
-UAH enjoyed a significant 21-13 margin in points off turnovers – despite giving it away 16 times compared to 14 for the hosts – and the Chargers were the better team inside, outscoring UWA 28-12 in the paint.
 
Inside the Flow
-The first half was a back-and-forth affair that featured eight lead changes and three ties, and neither team was able to lead by more than five in the period that saw UAH take a 30-27 lead into the locker room at the break.
-UAH dominated the start of the second half, going on an 18-2 run over the first 5:35 of the stanza to go up 48-29 after a Kaplan bucket at the 14:25 mark.
-The next segment of the game belonged to the Tigers who would outscore the guests by a 19-6 clip to pull within six at 54-48 with 5:49 left in the contest.
-Orf would then score six points – on three free throws and a 3-pointer – to give the Chargers a double-digit lead again, and the Blue and White would go on to put the game away from there.
 
Noteworthy
-Kaplan gets a double-double in just his second appearance of the season, and it marks his 19th of his career.
-Orf is heating up from long-range, making three triples in his last two outings after not posting more than two in his first six games of the year.
-After dropping two straight in Livingston, the Chargers have now won back-to-back games at UWA to improve their all-time road record in the series to 25-14.
 
Next Time Out
-The same two teams will return to the hardwood on Saturday with tip-off slated for 2 p.m. in Livingston.