Jan. 26, 2009

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Samford women's basketball team tied a school and Southern Conference record with 15 three-pointers in an 81-60 win over Wofford Monday evening at the Pete Hanna Center.

With the win, Samford improves to 16-3 overall and 11-1 in SoCon play. The win was Samford's 11th-straight conference win and 10th-straight win overall. Both streaks are program bests. Wofford drops to 3-16 overall and 1-10 in SoCon play.

"We spend a lot of time on shooting the ball, we have very good shooters," Samford head coach Mike Morris said. "Having the ability to make threes comes from being unselfish and wanting to make the extra pass. Wofford played a zone and we had some openings and our players did a good job of making the extra pass."

As a team, Samford made 15-of-33 from three-point range, while Wofford was 5-of-11 from beyond the arc.

Individually, Samford was led in scoring by Emily London with 18 points. Monica Maxwell scored 16 points, while Chika Okoli added 10 points for the Bulldogs.

Wofford was led by Mahagony Williams with 12 points and eight rebounds. April Moorhouse also had 12 points for the Terriers.

Samford jumped out to an early 12-4 lead with 15:43 to go in the first half after a three-pointer by London. After Wofford cut the Samford lead to three at 14-11, Samford went on a 14-4 run to push its lead to 13 at 28-15 with 8:13 to go in the half after a three-pointer by Maxwell.

With Samford leading, 39-26, the Bulldogs closed the half with an 8-3 run to take a 47-29 lead into halftime.

Samford pushed its lead out to as much as 23 points early in the second half at 54-31 with 19:00 to go after a three-pointer by London. Wofford fought back to cut the lead to12 at 54-42 with 13:30 to go after a layup by Kathlyn Varno.

Samford then went on a 12-4 run to push its lead to 20 at 66-46 with 9:04 to go after a three-pointer by Savannah Hill. Wofford could get no closer than 17 points the rest of the way as Samford came away with the 81-60 win.

Samford will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 31, when the Bulldogs play at Elon. The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. (CT) start from Elon, N.C.