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Josh Sharkey dished out a career-high 14 assists Thursday night at ETSU.

Samford SAM 11-5, 1-2 SoCon

ETSU ETSU 12-4, 2-1 SoCon

Samford SAM

11-5, 1-2 SoCon

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Jan. 03, 2019

ETSU ETSU

12-4, 2-1 SoCon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	OT 1	F
Samford SAM	32	38	2	72
ETSU ETSU	47	23	11	81

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Bulldogs Come Back To Force OT, But Fall At ETSU, 81-72

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Samford men's basketball team trailed by 17 points early in the second half, but the Bulldogs came back to force overtime, but eventually fell by a score of 81-72 at ETSU Thursday night at Freedom Hall.

With the loss, Samford falls to 11-5 overall and 1-2 in Southern Conference play. ETSU improves to 12-4 overall and 2-1 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Josh Sharkey dished out a career-high 14 assists, to go along with his 13 points for Samford.
Brandon Austin and Ruben Guerrero shared the team lead in scoring with 16 points each.
Robert Allen added 13 points for the Bulldogs.
Tray Boyd III led ETSU with 22 points.
Jeromy Rodriguez had 12 points and 19 rebounds.
Mladen Armus added 11 points and 17 rebounds.
The Bucs outrebounded the Bulldogs, 48-31.
Both teams shot 44 percent from the floor.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

ETSU jumped out to an early 7-2 lead with 18:04 left in the first half.
Samford answered with a 10-1 run to take a 12-8 lead with 15:13 to go in the half after a three-pointer by Allen.
ETSU fought back with an 11-2 run of its own to take a 19-14 lead with 11:32 left in the opening half.
The Bucs pushed their lead to eight points at 27-19 with 8:16 left in the half.
With ETSU leading, 34-29, the Bucs closed the half with a 13-3 run to take a 47-32 lead into the locker room at halftime.
After ETSU pushed its lead to 49-32 early in the second half, Samford fought back with a 17-4 run to cut the lead to 53-49 with 12:46 left in the second half after a three-pointer by Austin.
The Bucs pushed their lead back out to nine at 60-51 with 8:37 left in the contest.
Samford fought back to tie the game at 70-70 on a three-pointer by Myron Gordon with 1:18 to go in the contest.
Both teams had opportunities to score in the final minute, but neither team could get a shot to go and the game headed to overtime knotted at 70-70.
In the overtime, after Samford took a 72-70 lead on a pair of free throws by Sharkey, ETSU closed the game with an 11-0 run to close out the 81-72 ETSU win.