Men's Basketball Falls At Home To Furman, 90-81

Thursday, February 28

Birmingham, Ala.

6:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

16-14,6-11SoCon

Furman

23-6, 12-5SoCon

Team	1	2	F
Furman	50	40	90
Samford	35	46	81

Men's Basketball Falls At Home To Furman, 90-81

2.28.19 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford men's basketball team dropped a 90-81 decision to Furman Thursday evening in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 16-14 overall and 6-11 in Southern Conference play. Furman improves to 23-6 overall and 12-5 in league contests.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Myron Gordon led Samford with 21 points in the loss.
Kevion Nolan scored 18 points, while Ruben Guerrero and Josh Sharkey added 13 points each.
Robert Allen grabbed 13 rebounds for the Bulldogs.
Jordan Lyons led Furman with 17 points.
Matt Rafferty had 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Alex Hunter tallied 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Paladins.
Clay Mounce also scored 15 points for Furman.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Furman jumped out to an early 8-2 lead, but Samford scored the next five points to cut the lead to one at 8-7 with 16:34 to go in the first half after a layup by Sharkey.
With Furman leading, 11-10, the Paladins went on a 9-0 run to take a 20-10 lead with 13:22 left in the opening period.
Samford fought back to cut the lead to four at 20-16 with 8:55 left in the first half after a three-pointer by Stefan Lakic.
Furman then went on a 12-2 run to take a 32-18 lead with 6:14 left in the opening period.
Samford clawed back to within eight points at 32-24 with 4:59 left in the half after a dunk by Gordon.
With Furman leading, 42-33, the Paladins closed the half with an 8-2 run to take a 50-35 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Early in the second half, Furman pushed its lead out to 24 points at 59-35 with 15:48 to go in the game.
Samford cut the lead to 13 points at 66-53 with 10:51 left after a dunk by Guerrero.
The Bulldogs closed to within 10 points at 74-64 with 4:33 left after a three-pointer by Nolan.
Samford cut the lead to nine points on several occasions late, but Furman hit several key free throws down the stretch to hold on for the 90-81 win.