Men's Basketball Picks Up 84-77 OT Win At VMI

Saturday, February 9

Lexington, Va.

12:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

5-814-11/ SoCon

VMI

1-117-16/ SoCon

Team	1	2	OT 1	F
Samford	33	37	14	84
VMI	37	33	7	77

Box Score (PDF)

2.9.19 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Samford men's basketball team picked up an 84-77 overtime win at VMI Saturday afternoon at Cameron Hall.

With the win, Samford improves to 15-11 overall and 5-8 in Southern Conference play. VMI falls to 7-17 overall and 1-11 in league contests.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led in the game by Ruben Guerrero with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
Brandon Austin also scored 19 points and pulled down seven boards for the Bulldogs.
Josh Sharkey tallied 15 points and nine assists.
VMI was led by Bubba Parham and Jake Stephens with 15 points each.
Garrett Gilkeson had 13 points and 14 rebounds for the Keydets.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

VMI jumped out to an early 10-2 lead with 16:56 to go in the first half.
With Samford trailing, 13-5, the Bulldogs went on a 9-2 run to cut the lead to one at 15-14 with 12:11 to go in the first half after a three-pointer by Austin.
Samford took a 22-19 lead with 8:58 to go in the first half after a jumper by Robert Allen.
VMI responded with three-straight three-pointers to take a 28-22 lead with 6:47 left in the opening half.
The Keydets pushed their lead to nine at 33-24 with 5:10 left in the first half.
Samford fought back to cut the lead to three at 34-31, and the Bulldogs trailed 37-33 heading into the locker room at halftime.
In the second half, with Samford trailing, 43-40, VMI went on a 10-0 run to push the lead to 13 points at 53-40 with 13:05 to go.
Samford cut the lead to six at 59-53, but VMI scored the next eight points to push the lead to 67-53 with 6:32 left in regulation.
Samford fought its way back into the game, cutting the lead to two points at 70-68 with less than a minute to play.
Austin hit a jumper with 13 seconds left to knot the score at 70-70, and the teams headed to overtime.
Samford opened the overtime with a 9-2 run to take a 79-72 lead with 2:52 left after a layup by Guerrero.
VMI scored the next five points to cut the lead to two at 79-77 with 1:45 left in the overtime.
Samford, however, scored the final five points of the game to come away with the 84-77 overtime victory.