Women's Basketball Earns 58-43 Win Over Western Carolina

Thursday, February 14

Birmingham, Ala.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

8-16, 3-6SoCon

Western Carolina

4-21, 0-10SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Western Caro.	10	5	15	13	43
Samford	11	13	13	21	58

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Women's Basketball Earns 58-43 Win Over Western Carolina

2.14.19 | Women's Basketball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team earned a 58-43 Southern Conference win over the Western Carolina Catamounts Thursday night at the Pete Hanna Center.

With the win, Samford improves to 8-16 overall and 3-6 in Southern Conference play. Western Carolina falls to 4-21 overall and 0-10 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led by Natalie Armstrong with 15 points and nine rebounds.
Ta'Naisha Hill scored 10 points for the Bulldogs.
Samantha Fitzgerald scored seven points for Samford.
Raven Omar tallied six points and five assists, while Shauntai Battle and Paige Serup also scored six points each.
For Western Carolina, Jewel Smalls led the way with 13 points.
Angel Allen added 10 points for the Catamounts.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford scored the first seven points of the game to take an early 7-0 lead with 4:46 to go in the first quarter after a layup by Armstrong.
Western Carolina answered with a 10-2 run to take a 10-9 lead with 23 seconds left in the opening period.
A late jumper by Omar gave the Bulldogs an 11-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Samford opened the second quarter with a 10-3 run to take a 21-13 lead with 6:07 to go in the period following a three-point play by Armstrong.
Samford took a 24-15 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Western Carolina fought back to cut the lead to three points at 32-29 with 2:50 left in the third quarter.
Samford scored five of the last six points of the quarter to push its lead to 37-30 at the end of the third period.
Samford pushed its lead out to 12 points at 42-30 with 8:04 to go after a layup by Hill.
Western Carolina cut the lead to seven points at 48-41, but the Catamounts could get no closer as Samford pulled away for the 58-43 win.

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