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Samford SU 3-3,0-0 SoCon

Kennesaw St. KennSt 3-4,0-0 ASUN

Samford SU

3-3,0-0 SoCon

Final

Dec. 19, 2020

Kennesaw St. KennSt

3-4,0-0 ASUN

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Samford SU	39	26	65
Kennesaw St. KennSt	32	31	63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 12.19.20

Late Basket Gives Men’s Basketball 65-63 Win At Kennesaw State

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KENNESAW, Ga. – A put-back by Jacob Tryon with just four seconds left gave the Samford men's basketball team the lead for good in a 65-63 win at Kennesaw State Saturday afternoon.

Tryon's basket gave Samford a 64-63 lead, and then Richardson Maitre came up with a steal, and his free throw with eight-tenths of a second to go made the final score 65-63.

With the win, Samford improves to 3-3 so far this season. Kennesaw State falls to 3-4 with the loss.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Myron Gordon led Samford in the win with 17 points, all in the second half.
A.J. Staton-McCray had 14 points and seven rebounds for Samford.
Logan Dye had 11 points, while Tryon finished with 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Kennesaw State was led by Chris Youngblood with 19 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Kennesaw State jumped out to an early 8-2 lead with 16:52 to go in the first half after a jumper by Spencer Rodgers.
Samford answered with a 7-0 run to take a 9-8 lead with 15:07 to go in the first half after a layup by K.J. Davis.
The Bulldogs built a five-point lead at 21-16 with 9:07 left in the opening half following a layup by Dye.
After KSU cut the lead to 21-20, Samford went on a 6-0 run to make the score 27-20 after a three-pointer by Tryon with 5:21 left in the first half.
KSU took a brief 30-29 lead, but Staton-McCray answered with back-to-back three-pointers to give Samford a 35-30 lead with 2:24 left before halftime.
Samford took a 39-32 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Kennesaw State opened the second half with a 12-0 run to take a 44-39 lead with 15:40 to go in the second half after a layup by Alex Peterson.
Samford scored the next six points to take a 45-44 lead after a three-point play by Gordon with 12:34 left in the second half.
KSU came back to take a 53-47 lead after a jumper by Rodgers with 9:53 remaining in the second half.
With Samford trailing, 60-56, the Bulldogs went on a 6-0 run to take a 62-60 lead with 1:03 to go after a layup by Gordon.
A three-pointer by KSU's Jamie Lewis gave the Owls a 63-62 lead with 19 seconds to go.
Tryon then gave Samford the 64-63 lead with a put-back with just four seconds left.
Maitre's free throw with eight-tenths of a second to go ended the scoring with a 65-63 Samford win.