GAME NOTES -- SAMFORD at UNCG (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Samford men's basketball team wraps up its regular season tomorrow afternoon as they face UNCG on the road. The game is scheduled to tip at 3 p.m. as the two teams tied for second place in the Southern Conference battle for seeding in Ashville. The Bulldogs enter with a 22-8 record overall and 12-5 in SoCon play while UNCG sits at 19-11 and 12-5 in the league.

The Samford Bulldogs are coming off a 95-83 victory over VMI on Thursday. The Dogs have scored over 90 in back-to-back games for the first time since mid-November. Samford dominated play in the paint against the Keydets as they outscored them 46-22. Collin Holloway led the way with 24 points. He went 8-of-9 from the floor, 7-of-8 from the line, and pulled down seven rebounds. Riley Allenspach scored a career-high 22 points off the bench and finished with eight rebounds.

Samford and UNCG are meeting for the 38th time with the Spartans leading the series 20-17. The Bulldogs defeated the Spartans 76-69 when the two sides met in the Pete Hanna Center earlier this season.  Samford had four players reach double-figures in the game, led by Trey Fort who scored 21 points. Rylan Jones, Collin Holloway, and Riley Allenspach all scored 13 or more points in the previous game.

The Bulldogs remain the highest-ranked SoCon team in the net ranking at 105, 12 spots ahead of Chattanooga. The winner of the game locks up the two seed in the conference tournament after Chattanooga won the league on Thursday. Head coach Bucky McMillan is one win away from career victory number 100 at Samford.

UNCG enters the game with a 19-11 record and is 12-5 in SoCon play. The Spartans are coming off a 75-63 defeat against Chattanooga on Thursday which clinched the league for the Mocs. UNCG has dropped their last seven games against the Bulldogs. Head coach Mike Jones is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Spartans. The Spartans were picked to finish sixth in the SoCon Preseason Poll and Donovan Atwell was named a Preseason All-Conference player. UNCG is led offensively by Kenyon Giles who scores 15.3 points per game and the Spartans have three players who average double-figures.

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