Men's Hoops Drops Road Game At Western Carolina

Wednesday, February 26

Cullowhee, N.C.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

9-22,3-14SoCon

109

Western Carolina

18-10,10-7SoCon

Team	1	2	F
Samford	33	45	78
Western Caro.	53	56	109

Men's Hoops Drops Road Game At Western Carolina

2.26.20 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The Samford men's basketball team dropped a road Southern Conference contest at Western Carolina, 109-78 Wednesday night in the Ramsey Center.

With the loss, Samford falls to 9-22 overall and 3-14 in Southern Conference play. Western Carolina improves to 18-10 overall and 10-7 in league games.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Josh Sharkey led Samford in scoring with 30 points.
Brandon Austin scored 16 points.
Deandre Thomas added 15 points for the Bulldogs.
Western Carolina was led by Onno Steger 31 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Western Carolina jumped out to an early 14-9 lead with 13:14 to go in the first half.
The Catamounts built their lead to 12 points at 26-14 with 7:59 to go in the opening half.
With Samford trailing, 33-23, Western Carolina outscored Samford, 20-10 over the final 5:30 of the half to take a 53-33 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the second half, Western Carolina pushed its lead out to 71-44 with 13:54 left in the game.
The Catamounts led by as many as 33 points in the second half and the Catamounts came away with the 109-78 win.

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