Late UNCG Basket Sinks Women's Basketball, 55-54

Thursday, January 17

Greensboro, N.C.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

5-12, 0-2SoCon

UNCG

7-11, 1-2SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	12	11	22	9	54
UNCG	11	10	18	16	55

Late UNCG Basket Sinks Women's Basketball, 55-54

1.17.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

GREENBORO, N.C. – UNCG's Aja Boyd hit a layup with two seconds to go to give the Spartans women's basketball team a 55-54 Southern Conference win over Samford Thursday evening at Fleming Gymnasium.

With the loss, Samford falls to 5-12 overall and 0-2 in Southern Conference play. UNCG improves to 7-11 overall and 1-2 in league contests.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led in the game by Natalie Armstrong with 15 points and five rebounds.
Charity Brown had nine points and six assists, while Shauntai Battle also had nine points.
Ta'Naisha Hill had eight points, while Paige Serup followed with seven points.
For UNCG, Boyd led the way with 16 points.
Nadine Soliman added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Spartans.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

The score was tight throughout the first quarter, with neither team able to grab more than a four-point lead.
Samford took an 11-7 lead with 1:53 to go in the quarter after a three-pointer by Brown.
The Bulldogs held a 12-11 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
With Samford leading, 14-12, UNCG went on a 5-0 run to take a 17-14 lead with 6:57 to go in the second quarter.
Samford came back to score the next six points to take a 20-17 lead with 3:34 left in the second period following a layup by Brown.
The Bulldogs took a 23-21 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the third quarter, Samford pushed its lead out to 11 points at 45-34 with 2:05 to go in the period after a layup by Armstrong.
UNCG fought back to cut the lead to 45-39 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, UNCG knotted the game up at 53-53 with 16 seconds to go on a layup by Soliman.
After Brown made 1-of-2 free throw attempts to give Samford a 54-53 lead with 10 seconds left, UNCG's Boyd hit a layup with two seconds to go to give the Spartans the 55-54 win.

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