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Samford taking on Belmont. (Photo Courtesy: Belmont University Athletics/J Wilkinson)

Samford SU 2-1,0-0 SoCon

Belmont BEL 3-1,0-0 OVC

Samford SU

2-1,0-0 SoCon

Final

Dec. 05, 2020

Belmont BEL

3-1,0-0 OVC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Samford SU	52	44	96
Belmont BEL	39	44	83

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Men’s Basketball Earns Big Road Win At Belmont, 96-83

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Samford men's basketball team went on the road for the first time this season and came home with a huge 96-83 win over the Belmont Bruins Saturday evening at the Curb Event Center.

The win was Samford's first victory at Belmont since Dec. 11, 1999. The Bulldogs improve to 2-1 with the win, while the Bruins fall to 3-1 with the loss. The loss for Belmont marked the Bruins' first non-conference home loss in 1,104 days.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Myron Gordon led Samford with 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Jacob Tryon had 16 points and seven rebounds.
A.J. Staton-McCray added 15 points and six rebounds, while Christian Guess contributed 13 points and nine rebounds.
Logan Dye added 11 points for the Bulldogs.
As a team, Samford shot 52.5 percent overall and 46.7 percent from three-point range.
The Samford defense held Belmont to just 34.4 percent overall and 24.4 percent from beyond the arc.
Luke Smith led Belmont with 24 points in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Samford jumped out to an early 11-3 lead with 16:03 to go in the first half after a three-pointer by Dye.
The Bulldogs extended their lead to 19-6 with 13:38 left in the first half following a three-pointer by Staton-McCray.
After Belmont cut the lead to six points at 23-17, Samford went on a 9-0 run to push its lead to 32-17 with 8:02 left in the half on a three-pointer by Triston Chambers.
Samford led by as many as 19 points in the first half, and the Bulldogs took a 52-39 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Samford extended its lead to 17 points at 58-41 with 18:13 left in the second half after a three-pointer by Tryon.
Belmont answered with a 13-2 run to cut the lead to six at 60-54 with 12:05 to play after a pair of free throws by Jacobi Wood.
The Bulldogs extended the lead back to 14 points at 70-56 with 9:20 left after another three-pointer by Tryon.
Belmont then cut the lead back to eight at 72-64 with 7:58 left after a three-pointer by Smith.
The Bruins closed to within three points at 76-73, but Samford answered with back-to-back three-pointers by Staton-McCray and Preston Parks to make the score 82-73 with 4:39 to play.
Samford extended its lead back to 13 points at 96-83 with 44 seconds to play after a pair of free throws by Gordon, and the Bulldogs finished with the 96-83 victory.