Men’s Basketball Falls At Chattanooga, 73-68

Wednesday, January 6

Chattanooga, Tenn.

6 PM (CT)

Samford University

5-5,1-2SoCon

Chattanooga

10-2,1-2SoCon

Team	1	2	F
Samford	31	37	68
Chattanooga	34	39	73

Myron Gordon led Samford with 18 points at Chattanooga.

1.6.21 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Samford men's basketball team dropped a 73-68 decision at Chattanooga Wednesday night at McKenzie Arena.

With the loss, Samford falls to 5-5 overall and 1-2 in Southern Conference play. Chattanooga improves to 10-2 overall and 1-2 in league play.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led in scoring by Myron Gordon with 18 points.
Christian Guess had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Bulldogs.
Triston Chambers scored 11 points, while Jalen Dupree added 10.
Chattanooga was led by David Jean-Baptiste with 22 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After Samford jumped out to a 4-0 lead, Chattanooga answered with an 11-0 run to take an 11-4 lead with 15:13 to go in the first half after a jumper by Jean-Baptiste.
Samford came back with a 7-0 run to knot the score at 11-11 with 13:35 left in the first half following a layup by Logan Dye.
The teams traded baskets over the next several minutes until Chattanooga was able to extend to a 27-21 lead 6:39 left in the opening half after a layup by Josh Ayeni.
Samford closed to within three points at 32-29 with 58 seconds left in the half after a layup by Guess.
Chattanooga took a 34-31 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Samford cut the lead to one at 41-40 early in the second half, but Chattanooga was able to push its lead back out to 46-40 with 15:49 to play in the second half after a three-pointer by Jean-Baptiste.
Samford then scored the next six points to knot the score at 46-46 with 14:42 left in the second half after a three-pointer by Chambers.
The Bulldogs took a 50-48 lead with 13:13 remaining in the half after a layup by Gordon.
Chattanooga answered with a 9-0 run to take a 57-50 lead with 9:14 to go in the second half after a three-pointer by A.J. Caldwell.
Samford cut the lead to three at 57-54, but Chattanooga then pushed the lead back out to seven at 64-57 with 6:19 to go in the second half after a jumper by Malachi Smith.
The Bulldogs scored the next four points to cut the lead to 64-61 with 4:43 remaining in regulation after a layup by Dupree.
Samford cut the lead to one at 67-66 with 2:01 remaining in the half after a three-pointer by Chambers.
With Samford trailing, 69-68, Chattanooga scored the final four points to close out the 73-68 win.