Women’s Basketball Eliminated From SoCon Tournament By ETSU, 68-61

Thursday, March 4

Asheville, N.C.

11 AM (CT)

Samford University

14-9,11-2SoCon

ETSU

4-15,1-10SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Samford	10	17	16	18	61
ETSU	17	15	17	19	68

Box Score (PDF)

Andrea Cournoyer led Samford with 31 points Thursday against ETSU.

Women’s Basketball Eliminated From SoCon Tournament By ETSU, 68-61

3.4.21 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The top-seeded Samford women's basketball team was eliminated from the Southern Conference Tournament with a 68-61 loss to eighth-seeded ETSU in the quarterfinal round Thursday afternoon at Harrah's Cherokee Center.

Samford falls to 14-9 with the loss. ETSU improves to 4-15 and the Bucs advance to Friday's semifinal round.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford was led by Andrea Cournoyer with 31 points. Cournoyer's current 18.7 points-per-game average is the highest for a single-season in program history.
Natalie Armstrong scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
ETSU was led by Jakhiya Davis with 21 points and five rebounds.
As a team, Samford committed 21 turnovers in the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

ETSU jumped out to an early 9-6 lead with 6:01 left in the first quarter following a layup by Davis.
The Bucs pushed their lead to 15-8 with 1:33 left in the first quarter after a pair of free throws by Kaia Upton.
ETSU held a 17-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
With Samford trailing, 27-16, the Bulldogs went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 27-23 with 4:03 left in the second quarter after a pair of free throws by Cournoyer.
ETSU held a 32-27 lead heading into the locker room at halftime.
In the third quarter Samford cut the lead to three points at 36-33 with 5:31 to go in the period after a free throw by Makaila Woolard.
ETSU pushed the lead back out to nine points at 49-40 with 1:15 to go in the third after a layup by E'lease Stafford.
The Bucs led, 49-43 at the end of the third quarter.
Early in the fourth quarter, Samford cut the lead to two points at 49-47 with 8:40 to go after a layup by Armstrong.
ETSU answered with an 8-2 run to push its lead to eight points at 57-49 with 4:07 left following a layup by Davis.
The Bucs pushed their lead to 11 points at 64-53 with 1:23 to go after a pair of free throws by Amaya Adams.
Samford could get no closer than seven points the rest of the way as ETSU came away with the 68-61 win.