Sharkey And Allen Score Career Highs In 92-84 Loss To Chattanooga

Wednesday, January 29

Birmingham, Ala.

6:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

8-15,2-7SoCon

Chattanooga

14-8,5-4SoCon

Team	1	2	F
Chattanooga	41	51	92
Samford	35	49	84

Box Score (PDF)

Josh Sharkey scored a career-high 35 points Wednesday night vs. Chattanooga.

Sharkey And Allen Score Career Highs In 92-84 Loss To Chattanooga

1.29.20 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford senior guard Josh Sharkey scored a career-high 35 points, but it was not enough as the Bulldogs dropped a 92-84 decision to Chattanooga Wednesday evening in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 8-15 overall and 2-7 in Southern Conference play. Chattanooga improves to 14-8 overall and 4-5 in league games.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Sharkey made 14-of-24 shots from the floor, including 3-of-8 from three-point range for the career-high total.
Sharkey also dished out seven assists in the game.
Robert Allen scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Brandon Austin added 15 points for the Bulldogs.
Chattanooga was led by Matt Ryan with 28 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Chattanooga jumped out to an early 8-2 lead with 17:06 to go in the first half after a layup by Ramon Vila.
Samford fought back to take a 19-18 lead with 10:38 left in the first half after a three-pointer by Austin.
The Bulldogs stretched their lead to 30-23 with 7:07 left in the half after a layup by Sharkey.
The Mocs came back to take a 31-30 lead with 5:18 left in the first period following a three-pointer by Ryan.
Chattanooga took a 41-35 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the second half, the Mocs opened up a 65-55 lead with 10:28 left after a three-pointer by Rod Johnson.
Chattanooga led by as many as 12 points at 71-59 with 8:37 left after a three-pointer by David Jean-Baptiste.
Samford fought back to cut the lead to six points on four different occasions, but the Bulldogs could get no closer as the Mocs came away with the 92-84 win.

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