Men's Basketball Picks Up 97-64 Win Over AUM

Tuesday, December 3

Birmingham, Ala.

6:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

5-5,0-0SoCon

Auburn Montgomery

6-5,1-1Gulf South

Team	1	2	F
AUM	22	42	64
Samford	36	61	97

12.3.19 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford men's basketball team earned a 97-64 win over the Auburn Montgomery Warhawks Tuesday evening in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the win, Samford improves to 5-5 on the season. AUM's record remains 6-4 as the game counted as an exhibition for the Warhawks.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Josh Sharkey tied his career high with 27 points. He also dished out nine assists in the win.
Logan Dye also tied his career high with 14 points for the Bulldogs.
Jalen Dupree had 12 points and eight rebounds.
Robert Allen added 11 points for Samford.
Brandon Austin tied a career high with 10 rebounds as well.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

AUM jumped out to an early 5-2 lead with 16:43 to go in the first half after a three-pointer by Stanley Davis.
Samford fought back to tie the score at 13-13 with 10:22 left in the half after a three-pointer by Sharkey.
With Samford trailing, 15-13, the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to take a 21-15 lead with 7:12 left in the first half after two free throws by DeAndre Thomas.
Samford built its lead out to 12 points at 29-17 with 3:01 left in the first half after a layup by Sharkey.
Samford held a 36-22 lead heading into the locker room at halftime.
Samford pushed its lead to 26 points at 52-28 with 15:30 left in the second half after a layup by Thomas.
The Bulldogs' lead reached 30 points at 64-34 with 11:37 left after a layup by Donte Tatum.
Samford led by as many as 35 points in the second half and the Bulldogs came away with the 97-64 victory.

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