Jan. 9, 2012

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Samford women's basketball team earned its second-straight Southern Conference road win in a 60-54 victory at College of Charleston Monday evening at TD Arena.

With the win, Samford improves to 8-6 overall and 3-2 in SoCon play. College of Charleston falls to 2-13 overall and 1-5 in league play.

"This was another toughness win for our team, which we needed," Samford head coach Mike Morris said. "We started well and then we had some moments where we were not very good. But down the stretch some big shots were made and some big stops were made by our team. This was a great road trip for our team."

Samford was led in scoring by Paige Anderson with 15 points. Jazmine Martin scored 12 points, while Taylor Reece, Hannah Dawson and Christy Robinson added eight points each. The Samford bench outscored the Charleston reserves, 20-3.

"I thought Jazmine Martin played well, especially in the second half," Morris said. "She was a big lift off the bench, as was Christy Robinson. We are getting some pretty good play from our bench and that helped us on this road swing."

College of Charleston was led by Cathryn Hardy with 15 points. Alyssa Frye scored 14 points, while Latisha Harris scored 13 points and pulled down 14 rebounds. Jillian Brown added seven points for the Cougars.

In the first half, Samford came out of the gate hot, racing out to a 13-3 lead with 14:34 to go in the first half on the strength of 11 points from Anderson. College of Charleston came back with an 18-1 run to take a 21-14 lead with 10:34 left in the opening period.

Samford came back with a 16-2 run of its own to take the lead back at 30-23 with 3:14 to go after a three-pointer by Robinson. Samford took a 34-27 lead into halftime.

College of Charleston scored the first nine points of the second half to take a 36-34 lead with 13:00 to go after a jumper by Harris. Samford fought back to take the lead at 42-38 with 10:10 left after a free throw by Ruth Ketcham.

College of Charleston then scored nine of the next 11 points to take a 47-44 lead with 7:22 to go after a three-point play by Harris. Samford then went on a 9-0 run to take a 53-47 lead with 4:27 to go after a jumper by Martin.

Samford pushed its lead out to seven points at 56-49 with 2:47 left after a three-pointer by Reece. College of Charleston fought back to cut the Samford lead to three at 56-53 with 1:15 left after a jumper by Frye. The Cougars, however, could get no closer and Samford came away with the 60-54 win.

As a team, Samford made 40.4 percent of its shots, including 43.5 percent of its three-pointers. College of Charleston shot 43.5 percent overall and 50.0 percent from beyond the arc.

Samford will return to action on Friday, Jan. 13, when the Bulldogs play host to Furman. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start from the Pete Hanna Center.