WBB Wins Share Of SoCon Regular-Season Title With 70-53 Win Over WCU

Saturday, February 29

Birmingham, Ala.

1:00 PM

Samford University

15-14,10-4SoCon

Western Carolina

5-24,2-12SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Western Caro.	19	14	16	4	53
Samford	24	11	19	16	70

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The Samford women's basketball team after winning a share of the SoCon regular season title.

WBB Wins Share Of SoCon Regular-Season Title With 70-53 Win Over WCU

2.29.20 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford women's basketball team earned a share of the program's first Southern Conference regular season title with a 70-53 win over Western Carolina Saturday afternoon in the Pete Hanna Center.

With the win, Samford shares the league regular season title with UNCG and Chattanooga. Through the conference tie-breaker, Samford earns the No. 1 seed in next week's SoCon Tournament, and the Bulldogs will take on Western Carolina Thursday at 10 a.m. (CT) in Asheville, N.C.

Samford ends the regular season with a mark of 15-14 overall and 10-4 in SoCon play. Western Carolina falls to 5-24 overall and 2-12 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Natalie Armstrong led Samford with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Paige Serup and Sarah Myers had 12 points each.
Charity Brown added 10 points for the Bulldogs.
Western Carolina was led by Jewel Smalls with 11 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Samford jumped out to a 16-9 lead with 4:07 left in the first quarter after a pair of free throws by Myers.
Samford held a 24-19 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Bulldogs built their lead to 10 points at 31-21 with 5:39 left in the second quarter following two free throws by Brown.
Western Carolina answered with a 10-0 run to tie the game at 31-31 with 2:17 left in the period after a jumper by Lauren LaPlant.
Samford took a 35-33 lead into the locker room at halftime.
After Western took a 40-39 lead, Samford went on a 10-0 run to take a 49-40 lead with 3:37 left in the third quarter after two more Myers free throws.
WCU fought back to cut the lead to two points at 50-48, but Samford held a 54-49 lead at the end of the third period.
In the fourth quarter, Samford pushed its lead out to 12 points at 61-49 after a three-pointer by Shauntai Battle with 6:24 to go in the game.
After a WCU three-pointer cut the lead to nine at 61-52, Samford used a 9-1 run to close the game with the 70-53 win.

UP NEXT

Samford will open play in the Southern Conference Tournament Thursday when the top-seeded Bulldogs take on the eighth-seeded Western Carolina Catamounts Thursday at 10 a.m. (CT) in Asheville, N.C.