Women's Basketball Falls In Season Opener At UT Martin

Tuesday, November 6

Martin, Tenn.

5:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

UT Martin

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	13	16	22	17	68
UT Martin	24	21	22	22	89

Katie Allen led the team with 14 points Tuesday night at UT Martin.

Women's Basketball Falls In Season Opener At UT Martin

11.6.18 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

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+.