LIVINGSTON, Ala. | Extending its winning streak to eight games, the No. 11 University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team earned a weekend sweep at West Alabama with a 71-62 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Chargers improve to 8-1 (8-0 Gulf South Conference), while UWA falls to 3-5 (3-5 GSC).
 
Turning Point
-Similar to Friday night, a big run – this time a 14-2 spurt for the Chargers – to begin the second half helped the team build up a lead that would be too large for UWA to overcome as UAH won on the road for the sixth time this season. 
 
Inside the Box Score
-Going 6-for-7 including a pair of 3-pointers on his way to scoring a team-best 16 was JJ Kaplan who also collected five rebounds and handed out a pair of assists. 
-Max Shulman knocked down five from long-range and scored 15, while Seth Swalve scored 12 and matched Kerney Lane with a team-best six assists.
-Scoring 11 to go along with a team-high seven boards was Sam Orf, and Luke Burnett gave the Chargers five in double figures as he hit three triples to also score 11.
-For the game, the Chargers shot 49.0 percent including going 14-for-32 from 3-point land, while holding the Tigers to a 43.3 percent shooting performance.
-UWA won the rebounding battle, however, by a 37-28 margin and kept the game relatively close in part because of a 16-8 edge in second-chance points.
 
Inside the Flow
-The Tigers scored the first seven points of the game and held UAH without a bucket for more than four minutes to start, but a 12-4 run punctuated by a Nathan Moore dunk would put the guests ahead for the first time at 12-11 at the 11:19 mark of the opening half.
-From there the lead would change hands five times and there were also three ties including at the halftime break as a Lane bucket made it 28-28 going into the second.
-The Chargers again started the second half strong with a 14-2 run turning an early two-point deficit into a 44-34 lead just over six minutes into the period, and UAH would eventually lead by as many as 14 as a Kaplen trey created a 55-41 margin just past the midway point of the half.
-West Alabama would battle back, however, pulling within six at 61-55 with 4:13 remaining in the contest, but the Chargers scored 10 of the last 17 in the game to seal the victory.
 
Noteworthy
-Kaplan finishes the weekend shooting 13-for-15 from the floor and averaging 16.5 points to go along with 8.0 rebounds.
-Orf now has three made triples in three straight games.
-The six assists from Swalve and Lane are the best by a Charger in a game this season.
-The 14 made 3-pointers are a season-best for UAH as is the 43.8 percent success rate from downtown.
 
Next Time Out
-UAH will be back at it on Tuesday as the team welcomes Delta State in a rescheduled contest. Tip-off at Kelly Court at Spragins Hall is scheduled for 4 p.m.