Women's Basketball Falls To Mercer, 68-52

Saturday, February 9

Birmingham, Ala.

2:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

7-15, 2-5SoCon

Mercer

15-7, 7-0SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Mercer	13	24	20	11	68
Samford	9	15	14	14	52

Box Score (PDF)

2.9.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team dropped a 68-52 decision at home to Southern Conference-leading Mercer Saturday afternoon at the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 7-16 overall and 2-6 in Southern Conference play. Mercer improves to 16-7 overall and 8-0 in league contests.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Cassidy Williams led Samford with nine points.
Paige Serup added eight points for the Bulldogs.
Mercer was led by KeKe Calloway with 22 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford grabbed an early 6-5 lead with 5:54 to go in the first quarter after a jumper by Ta'Naisha Hill.
Mercer, however scored eight of the final 11 points in the quarter to hold a 13-9 lead at the end of the first period.
Samford scored the first five points of the second quarter to take a 14-13 lead with 8:46 left in the second quarter after a three-pointer by Samantha Fitzgerald.
Mercer then took control of the game, stretching its lead out to 33-19 with 2:08 left in the second quarter.
Mercer took a 37-24 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Mercer pushed its lead out to 17 points at 43-26 with 6:43 to go in the third quarter.
Samford cut the lead to 11 points at 45-34, but Mercer answered with a 12-4 run to push its lead to 19 points at 57-38 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Mercer increased its lead to 20 points at 64-44 with 5:39 to go in the game.
Mercer finished the game with the 68-52 victory.