Men's Basketball Earns Senior Day Win Over VMI, 84-78

Saturday, February 29

Birmingham, Ala.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

10-22,4-14SoCon

VMI

8-23,3-15SoCon

Team	1	2	F
VMI	34	44	78
Samford	35	49	84

Men's Basketball Earns Senior Day Win Over VMI, 84-78

2.29.20 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford men's basketball team closed out its regular season with an 84-78 win over VMI Saturday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

Samford ends the regular season with a record of 10-22 overall and 4-14 in Southern Conference play, while VMI falls to 8-23 overall and 3-15 in league play. The same two teams will meet again in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament Friday at 4 p.m. (CT) in Asheville, N.C.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Robert Allen led Samford with 23 points.
Josh Sharkey contributed 20 points.
Deandre Thomas scored 15 points for Samford.
J.P. Robinson added 11 points for the Bulldogs.
VMI was led by Kamdyn Curfman with 16 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford started the game off hot, racing out to a 10-4 lead with 16:03 to go in the first half after a three-point play by Sharkey.
VMI fought back to take a 22-18 lead with 10:45 left in the first half.
Samford came back to take a 35-32 lead with 2:00 left in the half after a layup by Deande Thomas.
Samford took a 35-34 lead into the locker room at halftime.
In the second half, Samford built a six-point lead 53-47 with 11:36 to go after a three-point play Robinson.
The Bulldogs led by as many as 10 points in the second half at 66-56 and 68-58.
VMI then went on a 15-3 run to take a 73-71 with 6:00 left in the game.
With the score tied at 76-76, Samford ended the game with an 8-2 run to close out the 84-78 win.

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