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Ques Glover
84
Kennesaw St. KennSt 4-7,0-0 ASUN
85
Winner Samford SU 9-2,0-0 SoCon
Kennesaw St. KennSt
4-7,0-0 ASUN
84
Final
85
Samford SU
9-2,0-0 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Kennesaw St. KennSt 41 43 84
Samford SU 46 39 85

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Glover's 22 Lifts Bulldogs Past Owls 85-84

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ques Glover's 15-foot game-winning jumper with 6.0 seconds left gave the Samford University men's basketball team an 85-84 victory over Kennesaw State on Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Pete Hanna Center. The Bulldogs, who won their third straight, moved to 9-2 on the year with the Owls falling to 4-7. Glover finished with a team-high 22 points while Jaden Campbell (12), Quinn Richey (12), and Logan Dye (12) joined him in double digits. Terrell Burden (23) paced the Owls offensively.  
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Samford 85 | Kennesaw State 84
Venue | Time: Pete Hanna Center | Birmingham, Ala. | 6 p.m.
Series: 6th meeting | Samford leads 4-2
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Kennesaw State, fueled by a pair of 3-pointers, jumped out to a 12-4 lead at the 15:52 media timeout. Spencer Rodgers led the Owls with five points while Ques Glover had all four points for the Bulldogs.
  • Logan Dye, playing in his first game of the season, drained a jump hook in the lane immediately out of the timeout to jumpstart an 8-4 run. Quinn Richey had a pair of 3-pointers in less than a minute, as the Owls led 16-12 with 14:40 to go in the first half.
  • KSU's Rodgers and Samford's Richey traded 3-pointers as the Owls maintained a 19-15 edge with 11:52 left in the period.
  • A quick 3-pointer by Wesley Cardet and a jump hook by Jacob Tryon gave the Bulldogs the 20-19 lead 10:31 left in the half. It was the first lead for the Bulldogs since 2-0.
  • Samford used a 13-4 run from 9:18 to 5:09 to extend the lead out to eight, 35-27. Jaden Campbell nailed a pair of threes and Cooper Kaifes added one from the wing during the run.
  • Rodgers slowed the Samford surge with a 3-pointer with 3:59 left in the half.
  • The pace picked up offensively for both teams over the final 3:30, as the Owls outscored the Bulldogs 14-11, but Samford maintained a 46-41 lead at the break.
  • With four from Cardet and a trio of layups by Jermaine Marshall, Glover, and A.J. Staton-McCray, Samford was able to keep the margin at six, 56-50, with 15:25 to play.
  • KSU cut the deficit to two, 58-56, on a breakaway Kasen Jennings dunk with 13:37 left in the half.
  • The Bulldogs answered with a 7-0 spurt off short jumpers by Glover and Dye, and Campbell's third 3-pointer of the game to go up nine, 65-56, at the 11:48 media timeout.
  • The two teams went bucket for bucket over the next 4:02, as Samford led 74-67, at the 7:38 media timeout.   
  • An 11-2 run by Owls put Kennesaw State up 79-78 with 3:31 to play in the game. Burden's seven points during the stretch gave the Owls their first lead since 23-22 in the first half.
  • After an Owl free throw, Glover dropped in back-to-back jumpers to give the Bulldogs an 82-80 edge with 2:12 left on the clock.
  • Burden sank a pair of free throws with 1:44 on the clock to tie the game at 82-82.  
  • After a lane violation gave Glover a second chance at the free throw line, the sophomore guard made 1-of-2 to put the Bulldogs up 83-82 with 33 seconds to play.
  • A foul by Marshall sent Demond Robinson to the line, where he made both to give the Owls an 84-83 lead.
  • Glover's 15-foot jumper put the Bulldogs back up 85-84 with 6.0 seconds to go.
  • Samford held the Owls off the board in their final attempts to grab the 85-84 victory.                                

STATS OF THE GAME:
  • Samford shot a blistering 60 percent from the floor in the first half, including 9-of-15 from 3-point range. Campbell, Glover and Richey had nine points apiece to lead the Bulldogs.
  • Kennesaw State connected on 56 percent of its shots and were led by Rodgers' 11 points.
  • Both teams closed the game shooting over 50 percent, as Samford shot 63 percent (36-of-57) and Kennesaw State (57 percent (30-of-53). The Bulldogs were also 61 percent from 3-point range after making 11-of-18 from beyond the arc.
  • Glover finished the game with 22 after hitting 10-of-13 from the floor. He also had three assists.
  • Dye, making his first appearance of the season, scored 12 points with three rebounds.
  • Campbell added 12 points and a career-high four assists.
  • Richey finished with a career-high 12 points on four made 3-pointers.
  • Burden's 23 led the Owls with Youngblood and Rodgers finishing with 14 apiece.   

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • The Bulldogs were at full strength for the first time all season, as A.J. Staton-McCray (6-5, Fr., G) and Logan Dye (6-9, Jr., F) made their debuts versus Kennesaw State. Dye finished with 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor while Staton-McCray added five. The tandem missed the first 10 games due to injury. In 2020-21, the duo accounted for a combined 19.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game.
  • Samford and Kennesaw State were meeting for the sixth time on Saturday with the Bulldogs owning a 4-2 edge in the series after Saturday's win. Samford's last win over the Owls at the Pete Hanna Center came on Nov. 12, 2018, in a 74-60 victory.

UP NEXT:
  • Samford will conclude its non-conference schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 21, as the Bulldogs travel to Oxford, Miss., to face the Ole Miss Rebels. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m. at The Pavilion and the game will be streamed on SEC Network+.    
 
FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS:
  • For the latest news and information on Samford Men's Basketball, visit the official website for Samford Athletics at SamfordSports.com. Fans can also follow the Bulldogs on social media at /SamfordSports (Facebook), @SamfordMBB (Twitter), and @SamfordMBB (Instagram).


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