BOX SCORE (PDF)
ATHENS, Ga. – Myron Gordon scored a career-high 29 points, but the Samford men's basketball team fell in a hard-fought contest at Georgia, 79-75, Saturday night at Stegeman Coliseum.
Samford led for most of the game until 1:17 left in the contest when Georgia took its first lead. With the loss, Samford falls to 2-2 on the young season. Georgia improves to 5-0 with the win.
Gallery: (12-12-2020) MBB at Georgia 2020
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- Gordon made 9-of-14 shots from the floor, including 4-of-8 from three-point range for his career-high total.
- Christian Guess had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
- Richardson Maitre added 12 points and five assists for Samford.
- Georgia was led by Justin Kier with 18 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Samford jumped out to an early 9-5 lead with 16:51 left in the first half after a three-pointer by Gordon.
- Samford built its lead to 24-11 with 8:45 to go in the first half after a three-pointer by Triston Chambers.
- Georgia scored the next six points to cut the lead to 24-17 with 5:26 left in the half following a free throw by Tye Fagan.
- Samford pushed the lead back out to double digits at 32-21 with 3:06 remaining in the first half after a layup by Gordon.
- Georgia cut the lead to four at 34-30 with 38 seconds left before halftime after a layup by P.J. Horne.
- Samford took a 35-31 lead into the locker room at halftime.
- Georgia cut the lead to 39-36 with 16:40 left in the second half after a free throw by Fagan.
- Samford pushed the lead back out to nine points at 47-38 with 15:25 to go after two free throws by Gordon.
- Georgia came back to cut the lead to one point at 49-48 with 10:46 to go after a jumper by Kier.
- Samford extended its lead to five at 57-52, but a quick three-pointer by Georgia's Kier cut the lead back to two at 57-55 with 8:17 to go.
- Georgia tied the game at 68-68, but Gordon answered with a three-pointer to give Samford a 71-68 lead with 2:56 to play.
- Georgia took its first lead at 73-71 with 1:17 to go after a layup by Jaxon Etter.
- With the game tied at 73-73, Georgia's Sahvir Wheeler hit two free throws to give Georgia a 75-73 lead with 32 seconds left.
- A free throw by Kier and a layup by Horne pushed Georgia's lead to 78-73 with 10 seconds left.
- Another Georgia free throw by Andrew Garcia made the score 79-73.
- A late Samford layup by Guess made the final score 79-75, Georgia.
UP NEXT
- Samford will play at Troy on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start from Trojan Arena.
