Jan. 31, 2004

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Samford's Alex Munday scored 17 points and pulled down nine rebounds, but it was not enough as the Bulldog women's basketball team was defeated by Southeast Missouri State, 71-43, in Seibert Hall on Saturday.

SEMO (9-10, 4-4 OVC) took control of the game early, opening the game with a 13-3 run. After Samford (8-11, 1-7 OVC) cut the lead to eight at 13-5 on a basket by Tish Pilkerton with 8:55 left in the first half, the Otahkians went on a 7-0 run to increase their lead to 20-5 with 6:45 to go in the opening period on a layup by Sarah Costello. Samford came back to cut the deficit to 11 at 24-13 on a pair of free throws by Munday with 3:39 to go. However, Southeast Missouri ended the half on a 12-0 run to take a 36-13 lead into halftime.

Samford opened the second half with a 10-0 run to cut the SEMO lead to 13, at 36-23, with 17:33 left on a three-pointer by Chelsee Insell. The 13-point deficit was as close as the Bulldogs could get the rest of the way as the Otahkians came away with the 71-43 victory.

Following Munday for Samford, Morgan Vickery scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds. Insell added seven points for the Bulldogs.

SEMO was led by Kenja White with 18 points. Sammi Jo Cotton scored 15 points, and Chandra Brown added 12.

Samford returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 5, when the Bulldogs travel to Cookeville, Tenn., to take on conference foe Tennessee Tech. Tip-off for the game is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.