Women's Basketball Picks Up Impressive 79-63 Win At North Alabama

Wednesday, November 27

Florence, Ala.

11:00 AM (CT)

Samford University

2-6

North Alabama

3-2

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	15	27	10	27	79
North Alabama	11	15	19	18	63

Box Score (PDF)

Natalie Armstrong at North Alabama 2019-20

Natalie Armstrong led Samford with 24 points and 14 rebounds at North Alabama.

Women's Basketball Picks Up Impressive 79-63 Win At North Alabama

11.27.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

FLORENCE, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team picked up its first road win of the season with an impressive 79-63 win at North Alabama Wednesday afternoon at Flowers Hall.

With the win, Samford improves to 2-6 on the young season. North Alabama is now 3-2.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Natalie Armstrong turned in a dominating performance, scoring 24 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Shauntai Battle scored 16 points for the Bulldogs.
Olivia Crozier added 10 points for Samford.
Charity Brown dished out six assists in the win.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford got off to a hot start, scoring the first 11 points of the game.
North Alabama answered with an 11-2 run to cut the lead to 13-11, and a late basket by Samford's Katie Allen gave the Bulldogs a 15-11 lead at the end of the first quarter.
UNA fought back to tie the game at 22-22 early in the second quarter, but Samford answered with a 7-0 run to take a 29-22 lead with 5:17 to go in the second quarter after a basket by Sarah Myers.
With Samford leading 34-26, the Bulldogs closed the quarter with an 8-0 run to take a 42-26 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Samford pushed its lead to 18 points at 44-26 early in the third quarter.
UNA, however, fought back to cut the lead to six at 49-43 with 1:36 left in the third quarter.
Samford led, 52-45 heading to the fourth quarter.
Samford controlled the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs led by as many as 18 points in the period at 79-81, and Samford finished with the 79-63 win.