Women's Basketball Moves Into First-Place Tie With 69-57 Win Over UNCG

Thursday, February 27

Birmingham, Ala.

6:00 PM

Samford University

14-14,9-4SoCon

UNC Greensboro

20-8,9-4SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
UNC Greensboro	14	12	18	13	57
Samford	17	12	25	15	69

Box Score (PDF)

Shauntai Battle led Samford with 16 points Thursday night against UNCG.

Women's Basketball Moves Into First-Place Tie With 69-57 Win Over UNCG

2.27.20 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team moved into a first-place tie in the Southern Conference standings with a 69-57 win over UNC Greensboro Thursday night in the Pete Hanna Center.

Samford's SoCon record improves to 9-4, tying the Bulldogs with UNCG and Chattanooga for first place in the league standings with one regular-season game left. Samford has an overall record of 14-14, while UNCG falls to 20-8. If the Bulldogs can earn a win over the Western Carolina Catamounts Saturday, Samford would secure at least a share of the program's first regular-season Southern Conference title.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Shauntai Battle led Samford with 16 points.
Sarah Myers scored 15 points for the Bulldogs.
Natalie Armstrong scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds.
Charity Brown contributed nine points, six rebounds and six assists.
UNCG was led by Nadine Soliman with 14 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

UNCG took an 8-4 lead with 5:37 left in the first quarter.
With Samford trailing, 12-10, the Bulldogs closed the first quarter with a 7-2 run to take a 17-14 lead at the end of the period.
In the second quarter, Samford built a 23-19 lead with 4:58 left in the period after a three-pointer by Paige Serup.
UNCG fought back to take a 26-24 lead with 2:04 to go in the period.
Samford scored the final five points of the second quarter to take a 29-26 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the third quarter, Samford built a 13-point lead at 44-31 with 5:04 left in the quarter following a three-pointer by Ta'Naisha Hill.
UNCG fought back to cut the lead to six points at 46-40 with 2:44 to go in the period.
Samford took a 54-44 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs built their lead to 16 points at 62-46 with 5:35 left in the game after a layup by Myers.
UNCG fought back to cut the lead to 10 points at 65-55 with 1:25 left after a free throw by Soliman.
Samford, however, held on for the 12-point win, 69-57.

UP NEXT

Samford will host Western Carolina for the team's regular-season finale Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Pete Hanna Center. The game will also be Senior Day for Samford's eight seniors. Admission for the game is FREE.