Women's Hoops Earns 60-51 Road Win At Alabama State

Thursday, November 15

Montgomery, Ala.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

Alabama State

0-3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	27	7	10	16	60
Alabama State	12	8	15	16	51

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Samantha Fitzgerald scored a career-high 21 points Thursday night at Alabama State.

Women's Hoops Earns 60-51 Road Win At Alabama State

11.15.18 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team built a big early lead and held on late for a 60-51 victory at Alabama State Thursday night. Samford's record improves to 2-2 with the win, while Alabama State falls to 0-3.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samantha Fitzgerald led Samford with a career-high 21 points, making 7-of-8 shots from the floor and 4-of-5 from three-point range.
Olivia Crozier scored 12 points for the Bulldogs.
Charity Brown scored nine points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out four assists.
Shauntai Battle added nine points for Samford.
As a team, Samford made 43.1 percent of its shots, while Alabama State shot just 32.6 percent from the floor.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

After the teams traded early baskets, Samford used an 11-0 run to take a 13-2 lead with 4:22 left in the first quarter after a jumper by Crozier.
Samford pushed its first-quarter lead to as many as 17 points at 23-6, and the Bulldogs held a 27-12 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Samford pushed its lead out to as many as 18 points at 32-14 with 3:50 to go in the period after a layup by Crozier.
Alabama State fought back to cut the lead to 12 at 32-20, and Samford took a 34-20 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the third quarter, Alabama State cut the Samford lead to 11 points at 39-28 with 5:04 to play in the quarter.
Samford then pushed its lead back out to 15 points at 43-28 with 3:34 to go in the quarter after a layup by Natalie Armstrong, but ASU closed the quarter with a 7-1 run to cut the Samford lead to 44-35 after three quarters.
Early in the fourth quarter, Alabama State cut the lead to five at 44-39, but Samford scored the next four points to push the lead back to nine at 48-39 with 6:35 to play after another layup by Crozier.
ASU scored the next five points to cut the lead to four at 48-44, but Samford answered to push its lead back out to 52-44 with 4:14 left after two free throws by Brown.
The Hornets again cut the lead to four at 52-48, but Samford closed the game with an 8-3 run to come away with the 60-51 victory.