MONTEVALLO, Ala. – Montevallo's season came to an end after an 85-81 loss to Auburn Montgomery on Senior Day. 
 
The two sides traded buckets to start the day before the Falcons jumped out to a 7-3 lead with a 4-0 run from Lia Edwards and Marisa Snodgrass. Edwards added another bucket with 6:26 on the clock before Anna Katherine Eastman scored her first points of the day just before the media timeout. With 3:27 on the clock, AUM took a 12-11 lead with a pair of free throws before the Falcons regained control with a triple from Snodgrass. AUM regained the lead with a three of its own before Edwards scored four points of a Montevallo 7-0 run to take a 21-15 lead with 1:28 to play. Eastman capped off the first quarter with four seconds on the clock for her seventh point of the opening quarter as Montevallo held a 23-19 lead heading into the second. 
 
Montevallo opened the second quarter on a 9-1 run highlighted by four points from senior Leisha Steger to give Montevallo a 32-20 lead with 5:41 left in the half. A Snodgrass midrange jumper at the 4:09 mark ended a quick 5-0 run from the Warhawks. Freshman Cali Smallwood nailed a pair of back-to-back triples to stretch Montevallo's lead out to 40-30 with just over two minutes to play. A final Montevallo three from Isabel Grimes in the final minute of the half lifted Montevallo to a 45-34 lead at the break. 
 
Smallwood opened the second half with another 6-0 run on a pair of threes to give Montevallo 17-point lead with 9:21 on the clock. Out of an AUM timeout, Eastman lifted Montevallo to its largest lead of the day at 19 points with a 53-34 advantage on the scoreboard. A 10-0 AUM run over the next two minutes forced a Montevallo timeout with 7:22 on the clock. The Falcons settled in after the break with a Snodgrass triple stretching Montevallo's lead to 64-50 with 4:27 to go. The Falcons held AUM to just two points in the final two minutes to hold on to a 68-59 lead heading into the final stanza. 
 
The Falcons were held scoreless in the first 3:18 of the fourth quarter while AUM used a 9-0 run to tie the game at 68-68. Edwards ended the Falcons struggles at the 6:09 mark before adding a free throw to give Montevallo a three-point advantage. AUM took its first lead of the game with 3:48 on the clock before Ramie Reid tied the game back at 75-75. With 2:33 on the clock, AUM to a two-point lead before Snodgrass knotted the game at 77 in the next Falcon possession. With 1:40 on the clock, Eastman followed an AUM three with a bucket to trim the lead down to one before AUM stretched it to 82-79 with just over a minute to play. Edwards brought Montevallo back within one with 22 seconds to go but a 4-0 run from AUM gave Montevallo an 85-81 loss in the final game of the season. 
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 81 | AUM 85
Records: Montevallo 13-14 (11-13 GSC) | AUM 19-9 (17-7 GSC)
Location: Central State Bank Arena | Montevallo, Ala.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
1^st | Freshman forward Lia Edwards led the game with eight points in the opening quarter while Anna Katherine Eastman tallied another seven points for the Falcons. With a 52.6-percent clip, Montevallo led 23-19 heading to the second. 
2^nd | Montevallo held AUM to 37.5 percent from the floor while using a 52.9-percent mark to outscore the Warhawks 22-15 in the second. A 4-for-7 mark from long range gave Montevallo a 45-34 lead at the half. 
3^rd | The Falcons jumped out to the largest lead of the day with a 19-point advantage at the 8:49 mark. Cali Smallwood led both teams with 10 points in the quarter on a 3-for-5 mark from the field. 
4^th | Montevallo's offense struggled to start the fourth quarter with AUM tying the game up within the first three minutes. AUM closed the game on a 53.3 mark in the fourth quarter while Montevallo's 0-for-5 mark from three-point range left the Falcons to be outscored 26-13. 
 
GAME NOTES

• Montevallo's 81 points are the most scored in a single game so far this season with the final game of the season being the only game Montevallo eclipsed 80 points. 
• Cali Smallwood (18), Lia Edwards (18), Anna Katherine Eastman (17), and Marisa Snodgrass (13) all tallied double-digit scoring in the first game this season that four Falcons scored at least 10. 
• Montevallo led by as many as 19 points with 8:49 to play in the third quarter. 
• The Falcons lost the rebounding battle 43-25 with AUM taking an 18-8 lead on the offensive glass. 
• Montevallo finished the game with a 51.5-percent mark from the floor but shot just 3-for-5 from the free throw line.