MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Montevallo Men's basketball closed out the season in record-setting fashion in a heart-breaking 101-95 loss to Auburn Montgomery on Feb. 25. 
 
The Falcons final appearance in the 2022-23 season was highlighted by a Montevallo record-setting 50-point performance from Braxton Bertolette. Bertolette's 20-for-24 mark from the free throw line set UM records for free-throws made and attempted in a single game. All three statistics are Bertolette's career-highs. 
 
Montevallo fell behind, 6-1, in the opening minutes before Bertolette scored six points to spark an 11-0 run by the Falcons to take a 12-6 at the first media. Both sides traded buckets for the next four minutes until Bertolette and Mason Shifflet opened an eight-point lead, 34-26, with a pair of threes. An added free throw from Aiden Gardiner gave the Falcons its largest lead of the first half at nine. 
 
The Fort Collins, Colo. native scored 12 of Montevallo's final 15 points in the half with five free throws, two buckets in the paint and a three while Shifflet added another three to close the half with AUM in front by one, 51-50. 
 
Bertolette led all scorers with 27 at the break on 11-of-15 from the line. Shifflet shot 5-of-11 in the half for a total of 14 points with a 4-for-7 mark from three-point land. 
 
The first six minutes of the second half came up all AUM as the Warhawks opened a 12-point lead at the first media. An old-school three-point play from AUM gave the Warhawks its largest lead of the night at 74-58 with 11:36 remaining. 
 
Jaylon Tharpe's three at the 9:49 mark cut the lead to just nine before AUM stretched its advantage back to 15, 83-68, at the under eight media. 
 
Bertolette then went on a tear to score 11 of Montevallo's next 14 points and, with another Gardiner free throw, slice the lead down to 87-83 with four minutes left. 
 
Despite the Falcons trimming the lead to just three with a Tyler Moore jumper with 22 seconds left, Montevallo could never regain the lead and fell, 101-95. 
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 95 | Auburn Montgomery 101
Records: Montevallo 10-18 (8-16 GSC) | Auburn Montgomery 15-13 (13-11 GSC)
Location: AUM Athletics Complex | Montgomery, Ala. 
 
GAME NOTES

• Bertolette's 50 points are the most in a single game by any Falcon in program history and the most in a single game by any GSC player this season. His 50-point total is also the second-most by any Div. II player this season.
• The graduate student's 24 free throw attempts and 20 made free throws rank first in Montevallo men's basketball history and tied for second in GSC-history. The 20-for-24 mark is also tied for second in Div. II this season. 
• Mason Shifflet added 26 points on 10-of-23 shooting with a 6-of-14 mark from three-point range. 

 
Montevallo completes the 2022-23 campaign with a 10-16 record overall with an 8-16 mark in GSC play.