Women's Basketball Falls At Home To Furman

Saturday, March 2

Birmingham, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

10-19,5-9SoCon

Furman

17-12, 9-5SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Furman	10	23	25	16	74
Samford	12	9	13	7	41

Box Score (PDF)

3.2.19 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team dropped a 74-41 decision to Furman Saturday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford ends its regular season with a mark of 10-19 overall and 5-9 in Southern Conference play. Furman improves to 17-12 overall and 9-5 in league games.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Raven Omar led Samford with 14 points.
Natalie Armstrong added eight points for the Bulldogs.
Furman was led by Le'Jzae Davidson with 17 points.
Tierra Hodges scored 15 points, while Celena Taborn added 14 points for the Paladins.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford jumped out to an early 7-2 lead with 6:57 to go in the first quarter after a three-pointer by Ta'Naisha Hill.
Furman came back to take a 10-9 lead late in the quarter, but a three-pointer by Raven Omar at the first-quarter buzzer gave Samford a 12-10 lead at the end of the period.
The teams traded baskets early in the second quarter until Furman went on a 10-0 run to take a 29-19 lead with 2:51 left in the quarter.
Furman held a 33-21 advantage heading into the locker room at halftime.
After Samford cut the Furman lead to 10 at 33-23 early in the third quarter, Furman went on a 19-4 run to push its lead to 52-27 with 3:59 left in the third quarter.
Furman held a 58-34 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Furman pushed its lead to 30 points at 64-34 with 7:02 left in the game.
The Paladins led by as many as 33 points in the fourth quarter and finished with the 74-41 win.