WBB Takes Over First Place In SoCon With 56-42 Win At UNCG

Saturday, February 1

Greensboro, N.C.

3:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

11-11,6-1SoCon

UNC Greensboro

16-6,5-2SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	12	9	12	23	56
UNC Greensboro	6	6	14	16	42

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Natalie Armstrong scored 24 points Saturday at UNCG.

WBB Takes Over First Place In SoCon With 56-42 Win At UNCG

2.1.20 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Samford women's basketball team took over sole possession of first place in the Southern Conference with a 56-42 win at UNC Greensboro Saturday afternoon at Fleming Gymnasium.

With the win, Samford improves to 11-11 overall and 6-1 in Southern Conference games. The Bulldogs won just 10 games overall and five contests in SoCon play during the entire 2018-19 season. The win was Samford's fifth-straight victory. UNCG falls to 16-6 overall and 5-2 in league play. The loss was just the second home loss for UNCG all season, and the team's first home setback in SoCon play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Natalie Armstrong led Samford with 24 points, while pulling down eight rebounds.
Sarah Myers had seven points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
Paige Serup, Shauntai Battle and Charity Brown also scored seven points each.
For UNCG, Te'ja Twitty and Nadine Soliman had 10 points each to share the team lead.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

The first quarter was low scoring, with the score tied at 4-4 with 4:26 left in the period.
Samford closed the quarter with an 8-2 run to take a 12-6 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Samford pushed its lead to 16-6 with 5:07 left in the second quarter after a layup by Armstrong.
Samford led by as many as 11 points in the second quarter, and the Bulldogs held a 21-12 lead heading into the locker room at halftime.
With Samford leading, 23-12 early in the third quarter, UNCG went on a 12-0 run to take a 24-23 lead with 5:38 left in the period after two free throws by Twitty.
With the score tied at 26-26, Samford closed the third quarter with a 7-0 run to take a 33-26 lead into the fourth quarter.
Samford stretched its lead to 20 points at 51-31 with 1:55 to play in the game after a jumper by Charity Brown.
The Bulldogs held on for the 56-42 win.

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