Women's Basketball Wins Third Straight, 68-34 Over ETSU

Saturday, January 25

Birmingham, Ala.

4:30 PM

Samford University

9-11,4-1SoCon

ETSU

7-14,2-4SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
ETSU	7	13	7	7	34
Samford	8	21	21	18	68

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Paige Serup scored 12 points, making 4-of-7 from three-point range Saturday vs. ETSU.

Women's Basketball Wins Third Straight, 68-34 Over ETSU

1.25.20 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team earned its third-straight victory with a commanding 68-34 win over ETSU Saturday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the win, Samford moves into a first-place tie with UNCG in the Southern Conference standings with a 4-1 league mark. The Bulldogs have an overall record of 9-11. ETSU falls to 7-14 overall and 2-4 in league play with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Natalie Armstrong led Samford in scoring with 14 points.
Paige Serup scored 12 points, making 4-of-7 from three-point range.
Sarah Myers added 11 points for Samford.
Shauntai Battle had nine points and eight rebounds.
Charity Brown dished out eight assists for the Bulldogs.
ETSU was led by Micah Scheetz with 10 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Both teams were cold in the first quarter.
With ETSU leading, 7-5 late in the period, a three-point play by Raven Omar gave Samford an 8-7 lead at the end of the period.
In the second quarter, Samford pushed its lead to 18-9 with 7:20 to play in the quarter after a three-pointer by Serup.
The Bulldogs led by 13 points at 29-16, but two late baskets by ETSU cut the lead to 29-20 heading into the locker room at halftime.
In the third quarter, with Samford leading, 32-22, the Bulldogs went on a 12-2 run to take a 20-point lead at 44-24 with 2:06 left in the period after a layup Battle.
Samford held a 50-27 lead at the end of the third quarter.
The Bulldogs pushed their lead to 31 points at 58-27 with 6:06 to go after a layup by Brown.
Samford finished with the 68-34 victory.

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