VALDSOTA, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville men's basketball team is going to the NCAA Division II South Regional final for the sixt time in program in history after defeating Lee 73-66 on Sunday night at The Complex on the campus of Valdosta State University. The Chargers advance to the national round of 16 with a 15-3 record, while Lee's season ends at 15-6.
 
UAH has previously reached the regional final in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2017.
 
It was no surprise who led the Chargers on this night as Sam Orf continued his torrid ways with a 22-point point performance as he finished 8-for-13 from the field including a pair of triples to log his sixth game of the season in which he scored at least 20 points.
 
Joining him in double figures was Seth Swalve who had a workmanlike 17 points to go along with six boards and two assists, while Riley Webster came off the bench to hit four big 3-pointers on his way to scoring 12.
 
JJ Kaplan gave the Chargers four in double digits as he notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
 
UAH roared out of the gates, making 11 of its first 17 shots to open up a 28-13 lead at the 7:25 mark of the opening half, and one of Webster's 3-pointers with 4:51 left until the half gave the Chargers a 31-13 advantage before the Flames closed the half on a solid run to cut their deficit to just seven at 35-28 at the break.
 
Just over five minutes into the second half, Lee would close the gap to just five at 41-36, but ultimately that would be as close as the third-seeded Flames would get thanks in large part to a Charger defensive effort that held LU to connect on just six of their 24 shots the rest of the game.
 
For the contest, UAH shot 44.2 percent from the floor with 11 of their 23 field goals coming from long range, and the Chargers limited the opponents to a shooting mark of 32.8 percent. 
 
Rebounds in the game were even at 38-38, though the Flames kept themselves in the game with a 12-3 difference in second-chance points.
 
UAH will now advance to Tuesday night's championship game in which the Chargers will take on No. 1 seed Flagler who was a 69-53 winner over West Georgia in Sunday night's first game.
 
Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. CT.