Late Run By Troy Dooms Women's Basketball In 74-65 Loss

Tuesday, November 12

Birmingham, Ala.

6:00 PM

Samford University

1-2,0-0SoCon

Troy

2-0,0-0Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Troy	15	14	22	23	74
Samford	20	11	22	12	65

Box Score (PDF)

Charity Brown scored 16 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out five assists against Troy Tuesday night.

Late Run By Troy Dooms Women's Basketball In 74-65 Loss

11.12.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A late run by Troy doomed the Samford women's basketball team in a 74-65 loss to the Trojans Tuesday night in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 1-2 on the season. Troy improves to 2-0 with the win.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led by Sarah Myers with a career-high 22 points, while also grabbing eight rebounds.
Charity Brown had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Bulldogs.
Natalie Armstrong added eight points and seven rebounds.
Kayla Robinson led Troy with 21 points and six rebounds off the bench.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Troy scored the first five points of the game to take a 5-0 lead with 8:57 left in the first quarter after a three-point play by Jasmine Leblanc.
Samford fought back to take a 13-8 lead with 3:32 left in the period following a layup by Myers.
Samford took a 20-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Troy fought back to tie the score at 24-24, but Samford scored the next five points to take a 29-24 lead with 3:14 left in the second quarter after a jumper by Myers.
Samford took a 31-29 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The lead went back and forth through most of the third quarter.
Samford built a four-point lead at 50-46 after a three-pointer by Myers with 2:08 left in the third quarter.
With the score tied at 51-51, Samford's Raven Omar hit a layup at the third quarter buzzer to give the Bulldogs a 53-51 lead with one quarter to go.
Samford built a six-point lead at 61-55 with 6:29 to go in the fourth quarter following a basket by Armstrong.
Troy, however, scored the next 11 points to take a 66-61 lead with 2:11 left after a three-pointer by Tiyah Johnson.
The Trojans hit several free throws down the stretch to pull away for the 74-65 win.