Men's Basketball Earns 77-59 Road Win At Alabama A&M

Sunday, December 9

Huntsville, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

8-2

Alabama A&M

0-9

Team	1	2	F
SAM	30	47	77
Alabama A&M Men	26	33	59

Men's Basketball Earns 77-59 Road Win At Alabama A&M

12.9.18 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Samford men's basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 77-59 road win at Alabama A&M Sunday afternoon.

With the win, Samford improves to 8-2 on the season. Alabama A&M falls to 0-9 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Ruben Guerrero led Samford with 18 points and nine rebounds.
Josh Sharkey and Robert Allen scored 11 points each.
Myron Gordon and Brandon Austin added 10 points apiece for the Bulldogs.
For Alabama A&M, Arthur Johnson led the way with 16 points.
Brandon Miller added 12 points for Alabama A&M.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford jumped out to an early 7-2 lead with 18:04 left in the first half after a layup by Josh Sharkey.
Samford extended its lead to seven points at 15-8 with 11:10 to go in the half after a jumper by Gordon.
With Samford leading, 15-11, the Bulldogs went on a 9-2 run to push its lead to 24-13 with 6:30 left in the opening half after a pair of free throws by Gordon.
Alabama A&M fought back to cut the Samford lead to two points at 28-26 with 1:27 left in the half, but Samford took a 30-26 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Alabama A&M scored the first eight points of the second half to take a 34-30 lead with 18:10 left in the second half.
Samford fought back to take a 49-43 lead with 9:41 to play after a three-pointer by Austin.
With Samford leading, 52-47, the Bulldogs went on an 11-2 run to push their lead to 63-49 with 5:38 to go after a layup by Guerrero.
Alabama A&M fought back to cut the lead to nine points at 65-56 with 3:12 to go in the game.
Samford closed the game with a 12-3 run to pull away for the 77-59 victory, with the final basket coming on a layup by J.T. Mumber for his first collegiate basket.