Feb. 8, 2010

Box Score

STATESBORO, Ga. - The Samford women's basketball team shot 58.5 percent from the floor, while holding Georgia Southern to 33.3 percent on its way to a 66-47 Southern Conference win Monday evening at GSU's Hanner Fieldhouse.

"I am so proud of this basketball team," Samford head coach Mike Morris said. "I thought this was a tremendous team effort, particularly defensively. This was a great road trip. To come off an emotional win at Charleston on Saturday and play the way we did tonight was tremendous."

Samford was led in scoring by Monica Maxwell with 18 points. Paige Anderson scored 13 points, while Alex Crow added 12 points and a team-high six rebounds. Savannah Hill scored 11 points and Megan Wilderotter dished out eight assists, tying a career high.

For Georgia Southern, Jessica Geiger scored seven points and pulled down a team-high six rebounds. J'Lisia Ogburn, Carolyn Whitney, Jamie Navarro and Krista Tate scored seven points apiece for the Lady Eagles.

The game was close through most of the first half, with neither team able to grab more than a three-point lead until, with Samford trailing, 20-18, the Bulldogs went on a 12-2 run to take a 30-22 lead with 1:49 to go in the first half after a layup by Hill.

Georgia Southern scored the next three points to cut the lead to five at 30-25. Samford, however, scored the final five points of the half to take a 35-25 lead into halftime.

Samford pushed its lead out to 16 early in the second half at 43-27 with 17:15 to go after a three-pointer by Maxwell. After Georgia Southern cut the lead to 12 at 43-31, Samford went on a 17-1 run to make the score 60-32 with 9:02 to go after a layup by Crow.

Georgia Southern could get no closer than 19 points the rest of the way as Samford came away with the 66-47 win.

The win was Samford's 10th in its last 12 games. The Bulldogs improve to 18-7 overall and 12-4 in the SoCon. Georgia Southern drops to 13-11 overall and 8-7 in league play. The Bulldogs remain in a tie for second place in the SoCon with College of Charleston, just one game behind first-place Chattanooga.

Samford will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 13, when the Bulldogs play host to the Davidson Wildcats. The game, which is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start from the Pete Hanna Center, will be Senior Day for Samford's two seniors, Monica Maxwell and Megan Wilderotter.