Women's Basketball Falls At Home To Tennessee Tech

Sunday, November 24

Birmingham, Ala.

2:00 PM

Samford University

1-6,0-0SoCon

Tennessee Tech

3-2,0-0OVC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Tennessee Tech	22	14	15	21	72
Samford	20	13	11	13	57

Box Score (PDF)

Natalie Armstrong scored a career-high 27 points Sunday against Tennessee Tech.

Women's Basketball Falls At Home To Tennessee Tech

11.24.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team fell at home to Tennessee Tech, 72-57 Sunday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 1-6 on the season. Tennessee Tech improves to 3-2 with the win.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Natalie Armstrong led Samford with a career-high 27 points, to go along with her eight rebounds.
Sarah Myers scored 12 points for the Bulldogs.
Tennessee Tech's Kesha Brady led all scorers with 33 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Tennessee Tech jumped out to a 12-6 lead with 6:03 to go in the first quarter after a layup by Brady.
Samford answered with a 7-0 run to take a 13-12 lead after a jumper by Armstrong at the 4:16 mark in the first period.
With the score tied at 20-20, TTU's Anacia Wilkinson hit a layup with two seconds left in the first quarter and the Golden Eagles led, 22-20 at the end of the first period.
Tennessee Tech pushed its lead to 26-20 with 8:54 left in the second quarter.
Samford came back to take a 29-28 lead with 3:24 left in the period after a put-back by Samantha Fitzgerald.
Back-to-back Tennessee Tech three-pointers gave the Golden Eagles a 34-29 lead, and TTU took a 36-33 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the third quarter, Tennessee Tech led by as many as 12 points at 51-39.
Samford scored the final five points of the quarter on a three-pointer by Myers and a jumper by Katie Allen to cut the lead to 51-44 going into the final period.
TTU pushed its lead to 14 points at 59-45 with 6:51 left in the game.
Samford cut the lead back to eight points at 61-53 with 3:17 to go after a layup by Armstrong.
The Bulldogs, however, could get no closer as TTU closed with a 72-57 win.