GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Samford women's basketball team overcame a double-digit deficit to take a 62-57 Southern Conference road win at UNC Greensboro Saturday afternoon at Fleming Gymnasium.
 
With the win, Samford improves to 7-10 overall and 2-1 in Southern Conference play. UNCG falls to 4-11 overall and 0-2 in league play.
 
"This is a tough place to play, they're a very physical team," Samford head coach Carley Kuhns said. "We knew we needed to be tough for 40 minutes. We just stayed the course. This team is notorious for just being able to get rebounds. And so really, I think our defensive effort was big, especially in that fourth quarter and honestly just never hanging heads, just being able to continue playing, continue playing through mistakes and we had some people just step up and play and have incredible games."
 
Samford was led in the win by Andrea Cournoyer, posting her first career double-double with 27 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Cournoyer also dished out five assists in the win. Mallory Hampton scored nine points, while Natalie Armstrong added eight points.
 
For UNCG, Pernilla Sorensen led the way with 17 points. Isys Grady added 14 points for the Spartans.
 
UNCG jumped out to an early 6-2 lead after a jumper by Jailah Clark-Jones with 4:29 to go in the first quarter. A three-pointer by Cournoyer cut the lead to 6-5 at the 3:39 mark in the first period. Hampton tied the game at 8-8 with a three-pointer with 2:17 to go in the first quarter. The score was knotted at 13-13 at the end of the first period.
 
The Spartans opened the second quarter on a 10-0 run to take a 23-13 lead with 6:58 left in the quarter following a layup by Aja Boyd. With Samford trailing, 30-21, the Bulldogs scored the final eight points of the quarter to cut the lead to 30-29 at halftime.
 
Samford took a 33-32 lead with 8:18 to go in the third quarter after a free throw by Sussy Ngulefac. UNCG answered with another 10-0 run to take a 42-33 lead with 5:48 to go in the quarter after a pair of free throws by Boyd. Samford fought back to cut the lead to two points at 44-42 with 1:33 remaining in the quarter after a layup by Ngulefac. UNCG scored the final five points of the quarter to take a 49-42 lead into the final period.
 
Samford opened the fourth quarter with an 11-0 run to take a 53-49 lead with 5:28 to go after a layup by Annie Ramil. UNCG tied the score at 55-55 with 2:21 to go on a jumper by Grady. With the score tied at 57-57, Samford scored the last five points of the game to take the 62-57 victory.
 
Samford will return home to host Wofford on Thursday, Jan. 20. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start from the Pete Hanna Center.


 
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