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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Samford men's basketball team dropped a last-second overtime heart-breaker at SoCon-leading Wofford, 107-106 Thursday evening at Richardson Indoor Stadium.
 
Wofford's Storm Murphy hit a jumper at the buzzer in overtime to give the Terriers the one-point win. The loss drops Samford's record to 12-9 overall and 2-6 in Southern Conference play. Wofford improves to 16-4 overall and 8-0 in league play.
 
FROM THE BOX SCORE

• Brandon Austin scored a career-high 31 points for Samford in the loss.
• Josh Sharkey scored 19 points, and he set a school record with 16 assists.
• Robert Allen scored 19 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
• Ruben Guerrero had 16 points and seven rebounds, while Myron Gordon added 14 points.
• As a team, Samford shot 66.7 percent overall and 73.3 percent from three-point range.
• Fletcher McGee led Wofford with 31 points in the game.
• Nathan Hoover scored 23 points, while Cameron Jackson added 19 points for the Terriers.

 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Samford jumped out to an early 6-2 lead with 17:49 to go in the first half following a three-pointer by Guerrero.
• The Bulldogs pushed their lead out to eight points at 22-14 and again at 24-16.
• With Samford leading, 31-24, Wofford went on a 13-5 run to take a 37-36 lead with 4:02 left in the first half.
• Samford came back to take a 41-37 lead with 3:19 left in the opening period.
• The Bulldogs closed the half with a 12-2 run to take a 49-43 lead into the locker room at halftime.
• Samford opened up an 11-point lead at 54-43 with 18:11 left in the second half after a dunk by Austin.
• Wofford came back to cut the lead to three points at 54-51 with 16:55 to play.
• The Bulldogs pushed their lead back out to nine points at 69-60 with 12:02 to go in the game.
• Wofford closed to within two points at 76-74 with 7:57 to go in the game.
• Samford pushed its lead back out to six at 87-81 at the 4:38 mark after a pair of free throws by Allen.
• With Samford leading, 93-87, Hoover hit a three-pointer with 30 seconds left to cut the lead to 93-90.
• McGee then hit a three-pointer with eight seconds left to knot the score at 93-93 and force overtime.
• In overtime, Samford led, 104-101, but two free throws by Hoover and a jumper by McGee gave Wofford a 105-104 advantage with 16 seconds left.
• Sharkey then hit a layup to give Samford a 106-105 lead with four ticks left on the clock.
• Murphy then hit his jumper at the buzzer to give the Terriers the 107-106 win.

 
UP NEXT

• Samford will play at Furman Saturday afternoon. The game is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. (CT) start from Greenville, S.C.