The Clark Atlanta University Panthers led the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers for nearly 38 minutes Tuesday, but fell let to UAH, 74-71 in L.S. Epps Gymnasium.

Clark Atlanta (0-5) led by as many as 30 points – 49-19 with 1:26 left before halftime after Traylen Warren hit a 3-pointer and a free throw after being fouled on the shot.  But after CAU had hit 10 3-pointers in the first half to streak out to their big lead, UAH (3-0) hit eight 3-pointers and forced 11 turnovers in the second half.

Sam Orf's 3-pointer with 15:22 remaining pulled Alabama-Huntsville to within 14 of CAU at 54-40.

Romaine Thomas countered with a 3-pointer and a free throw, followed by a Shannon Smith layup to put CAU back up by 20 at 60-40. 

A 14-2 UAH run again pulled the Chargers to within eight at 62-54 with just under ten minutes remaining.  That lead shrunk to three after JJ Kaplan's jumper – along with CAU going with out a field goal for nearly four minutes – made it 64-61.

UAH's comeback continued until Orf hit a free throw with 2:38 remaining to tie the game at 69-69.  Calvin White's layup 17 seconds later gave CAU their last lead, 71-69. 

Max Shulman's 3-pointer put UAH in front, 72-71 with 2:08 left. Tyler Singleton missed a basket, followed by Orf stealing the ball from Thomas with under a minute left.

A missed UAH free throw gave CAU a chance as they missed two free throws that would have put the game away with 33 seconds left.  Thomas took the rebound and eventually Warren missed a shot by was fouled with five seconds left at the score still at 72-71.   But Warren missed two free throws and UAH got the rebound.    They hit two free throws to go up by three points at 74-71 with four seconds left.  A last second Thomas 3-pointer was unsuccessful.

The game came down to two distinctive halves for both teams: CAU hit just under 60 percent of their first-half shots and ten 3-pointers, along with only turning the ball over three times.  They forced UAH into seven turnovers and held them to just 30 percent shooting and just three 3-pointers in the half.

In the second half, CAU only hit seven baskets (31 percent), connected on just two 3-pointers and turned the ball over 11 times.  UAH went 17-of-28 from the floor (60.7 percent), hit eight 3-pointers and turned the ball over just four times.

Singleton led four Panthers in double figure scoring with 13 points.  He also had seven assists, five rebounds and a steal.  Calvin White had 12 points, five rebounds and an assist, while Thomas finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Ian Roach had ten points, including going 3-for-3 on 3-point shots.

Orf and Triston Chambers both had 17 points for UAH.  Orf scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half.

CAU heads to Livingston, Ala., Thursday to take on the University of West Alabama.  Then on Wed, Nov. 27, Clark Atlanta gets a rematch with Alabama-Huntsville when they visit the Chargers.