WBB Opens Season With 81-60 Win Over Montevallo

Tuesday, November 5

Birmingham, Ala.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

1-0,0-0SoCon

Montevallo

0-0,0-0Gulf South

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Montevallo	21	13	14	12	60
Samford	13	29	20	19	81

Box Score

Sarah Myers led Samford with 17 points Tuesday night.

WBB Opens Season With 81-60 Win Over Montevallo

11.5.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team opened its 2019-20 season with an 81-60 victory over Montevallo Tuesday evening in the Pete Hanna Center. The game was the regular-season debut for first-year Samford head coach Carley Kuhns.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Sarah Myers led Samford with 17 points and eight rebounds.
Raven Omar scored a career-high 15 points.
Charity Brown added 13 points and five assists.
For Montevallo, Shyan Flack had 16 points and eight rebounds.
Marissa Snodgrass tallied 14 points for the Falcons.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Montevallo jumped out to a 17-4 lead with 3:02 to play in the first quarter following a three-pointer by Aaliyah Rice.
Montevallo held a 21-12 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Falcons stretched their lead to 14 points at 26-12 with 9:01 left in the second quarter after a three-pointer by Marisa Snodgrass.
With Samford trailing, 28-16, the Bulldogs used a 9-0 run to cut the lead to 28-25 with 4:12 to go in the second period after two free throws by Katie Allen.
With Montevallo leading, 30-25, Samford went on an 11-0 run to take a 36-30 lead, and the Bulldogs took a 41-34 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Samford pushed its lead to 11 points at 45-34 with 9:17 left in the third period after a layup by Natalie Armstrong.
The Bulldogs led by as many as 17 points in the third quarter, and Samford led, 62-49 at the end of the period.
Samford controlled the fourth quarter, finishing with the 81-60 victory.