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MARTIN, Tenn. – The Samford women's basketball team opened the 2018-19 season with an 89-68 loss at UT Martin Tuesday night at Skyhawk Arena.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• After Samford took a 2-0 lead, UTM responded with an 11-0 run to take a nine-points lead with 4:47 to go in the first quarter.
• Samford fought back to cut the lead to five points and 14-9 with 3:34 left in the period following a three-pointer by Katie Allen, but the Skyhawks closed the quarter with a 10-4 run to take a 24-13 lead.
• After the Skyhawks extended their lead to 26-13 early in the second quarter, Samford went on a 16-7 run to cut the lead to 33-29 with 3:27 to go in the quarter after a three-pointer by Paige Serup.
• UTM, however, scored the last 12 points of the quarter to take a 45-29 lead into the locker room at halftime.
• With Samford trailing, 49-34 early in the third quarter, UTM pushed its lead out to 22 points at 56-34 with 6:51 to go in the quarter.
• Samford fought back to close to within 16 points at 67-51 at the end of the third quarter.
• In the fourth quarter, UTM pushed their lead to as many as 27 points at 84-57.
• Samford could get no closer than 19 points the rest of the way as UTM came away with the 89-68 win.

 
FROM THE BOX SCORE

• Katie Allen led Samford in scoring with 14 points.
• Shauntai Battle scored a career-high 13 points.
• Paige Serup contributed a career-high 11 points.
• Olivia Crozier led Samford in rebounding with five.
• Charity Brown dished out eight assists.
• As a team, Samford made 47.8 percent of its shots overall, 47.1  percent from three-point range.

 
UP NEXT

• Samford will play its home opener Thursday night when the Bulldogs host Rhodes College at 6 p.m.
• Admission to all Samford women's basketball home games is FREE!
• The contest can be seen live on ESPN+.