Slow Start Dooms Women's Hoops At Southern Miss

Sunday, November 18

Hattiesburg, Miss.

2:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

2-3

Southern Mississippi

3-1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	2	8	18	12	40
Southern Miss	18	18	18	22	76

Box Score (PDF)

Slow Start Dooms Women's Hoops At Southern Miss

11.18.18 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Samford women's basketball fell behind early and could not catch up as the Bulldogs fell at Southern Mississippi, 76-40, Sunday afternoon. With the loss, Samford falls to 2-3 on the young season. Southern Miss improves to 3-1 with the win.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Shauntai Battle and Natalie Armstrong shared the team lead for Samford with nine points each.
Cassidy Williams followed with eight points for the Bulldogs.
Charity Brown grabbed three rebounds and dished out four assists for Samford.
Allie Kennedy led Southern Miss with 17 points.
Alarie Mayze added 15 points for the Golden Eagles.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Southern Miss scored the first 18 points of the game to grab a big early lead.
Battle made a jumper for Samford's first points with nine seconds left in the opening quarter, ending the first quarter with the Golden Eagles leading, 18-2.
USM pushed its lead to 21 points at 24-3 with 7:24 left in the second quarter.
Samford cut the lead to 17 at 24-7, but USM closed the period with a 12-3 run to push its lead to 36-10.
The Golden Eagles pushed their lead to 30 at 40-10 early in the third quarter.
At the end of three quarters, Samford trailed by a score of 54-28.
Samford could get no closer than 26 points in the fourth quarter.
Southern Miss closed the game with a 76-40 win.

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