Hot Shooting Night Lifts Men's Basketball To 113-90 Win At HBU

Saturday, December 7

Houston, Texas

7:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

6-5,0-0SoCon

113

Houston Baptist

0-7,0-0Southland

Team	1	2	F
Samford	55	58	113
Houston Baptist	45	45	90

Jalen Dupree scored a career-high 23 points Saturday night at Houston Baptist.

Hot Shooting Night Lifts Men's Basketball To 113-90 Win At HBU

12.7.19 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

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HOUSTON, Texas. – The Samford men's basketball team shot 64.9 percent for the game on its way to a 113-90 win at Houston Baptist Saturday evening.

The 113 points are the most for Samford since a 116-103 win at The Citadel on Feb. 10, 2018. With the win, Samford improves to 6-5. Houston Baptist falls to 0-9 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Jalen Dupree led seven double-figure scorers with a career-high 23 points.
Brandon Austin had 21 points and nine rebounds.
Josh Sharkey posted a double-double with 18 points and 15 assists.
Logan Dye scored a career-high 16 points.
Robert Allen had 15 points, while Donte Tatum added 11 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Houston Baptist took an early 4-1 lead with 18:28 to go in the first half after two free throws by Jalon Gates.
Samford fought back to take a 15-10 lead with 15:26 to go in the half after a layup by Sharkey.
The Bulldogs stretched their lead to 18 points at 55-37 after a three-pointer by Austin with 2:46 left in the first half.
Houston Baptist, however, closed the half with an 8-0 run, and Samford led, 55-45 at halftime.
HBU cut the Samford lead to four points early in the second half at 59-55 with 17:45 to go after a three-pointer by Ty Dalton.
After the lead was cut to just three at 67-64, Samford scored the next six points to push the lead back out to 73-64 with 13:19 left after a three-pointer by Austin.
Samford took control from that point on, leading by as many as 23 points in the second half and the Bulldogs came away with the 113-90 win.

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