McMillan Era For Samford Basketball Gets Off To Impressive Start With 174-99 Exhibition Win

Wednesday, November 25

Birmingham, Ala.

7 PM

Samford University

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174

Greenville University (Exh.)

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Team	1	2	F
Greenville	50	49	99
Samford	99	75	174

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Myron Gordon led Samford with 28 points and eight assists in Wednesday's exhibition win.

Photo by: Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

McMillan Era For Samford Basketball Gets Off To Impressive Start With 174-99 Exhibition Win

11.25.20 | Men's Basketball

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford men's basketball team got the Bucky McMillan era of the program off to an impressive start with a 174-99 win over Greenville University in an exhibition game Wednesday night in the Pete Hanna Center.

The 174 points scored would have been a school record in a regular-season game, with the current record standing at 131 against Mississippi College in 1971. The 102 points Samford scored in the first half would have been a record for points in a half, with the current mark being 84, also against Mississippi College in 1971. The margin of victory of 75 points would also set a record, eclipsing the current mark of 70 against Covenant in 1964. The 42 assists the team accumulated would also be a school record, with the current record standing at 29 vs Nicholls State in 2016.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led by Myron Gordon with 28 points and eight assists.
A.J. Staton-McCray scored 19 points, while Jacob Tryon had 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Preston Parks had 16 points and six assists for the Bulldogs, and Triston Chambers added 16 points as well.
A total of 10 Samford players scored in double figures, with Logan Dye scoring 14 points, K.J. Davis and Richardson Maitre scoring 11 points each, and Marcellus Vail and Quinn Richey adding 10 points each.
For Greenville, Jarred Johnson led the way with 21 points.
As a team, Samford shot 63.6 percent for the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Samford scored the first 10 points of the game to take an early 10-0 advantage with 18:23 to go in the first half after a layup by Staton-McCray.
Samford pushed its lead to 32-10 with 13:30 to go in the opening half after a three-pointer by Chambers.
Samford pushed its lead out to 34 points and 81-47 with 3:21 left in the half after a jumper by Davis.
After a three-pointer by Greenville to cut the lead to 81-50, Samford closed the half with a 21-0 run to take a 102-50 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Samford opened up a 76-point advantage at 129-53 with 14:53 to go after a jumper by Christian Guess.
Samford maintained a significant lead the rest of the game, ending with the 174-99 victory.

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