Men's Basketball Falls To VMI In SoCon Tournament

Friday, March 6

Asheville, N.C.

4:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

9-23,3-15SoCon

VMI

10-23,4-14SoCon

Team	1	2	F
VMI	52	44	96
Samford	30	48	78

Brandon Austin vs VMI 2020 SoCon Tournament

Men's Basketball Falls To VMI In SoCon Tournament

3.6.20 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Samford men's basketball team was eliminated from the Southern Conference Tournament, 96-78, by VMI Friday night in the opening round at Harrah's Cherokee Center.

With the loss, Samford ends its season with a record of 10-23. VMI improves to 9-23, and the Keydets advance to play the No. 1 seed, ETSU in Saturday's quarterfinal round.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Brandon Austin led Samford in scoring with 20 points.
Josh Sharkey had 19 points and 10 assists.
Robert Allen scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Deandre Thomas added 10 points for the Bulldogs.
VMI was led by Jake Stephens with 24 points.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

VMI started the game off hot, racing out to a 13-4 lead with 16:09 to go in the first half.
The Keydets built a 28-14 lead with 9:04 to play in the opening half.
VMI led by as many as 24 points in the first half at 50-26.
The Keydets took a 52-30 lead into the locker room at halftime.
VMI built a 34-point lead at 69-35 with 15:04 to go in the game.
Samford answered with a 14-2 run to cut the lead to 71-49 with 10:55 to go after a three-pointer by Logan Padgett.
Samford cut the lead to 16 points at 91-75, but the Bulldogs could get no closer as VMI came away with the 96-78 win.

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