CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Austin Peay's Will Triggs scored 16 points and the Governor's held off Samford for a 75-64 victory on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
The Governors built a 16-point first-half lead, but the Bulldogs battled back to cut the deficit to 51-46 with 11:24 to play. Samford would get no closer in Bennie Seltzer's coaching debut for the Bulldogs.
Austin Peay extended its lead back to double-digits and led 66-55 with 5:11 to play. The Governors then put the game away with a 9-1 run to tie their biggest lead of the contest, 75-57, with less than a minute to play.
Travis Betran and Anthony Campbell added 13 points each for Austin Peay. Chris Freeman finished with a double-double off the bench for the Governors with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Freshman Tim Williams had a game-high 23 points to lead Samford.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Samford (0-1) | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| Austin Peay (1-0) « | 38 | 37 | 75 |
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| Samford Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Hood, F | 37 | 4-14 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| T. Williams, C | 39 | 10-18 | 3-6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| C. Miller, G | 36 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| R. Kelly, G | 30 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| W. Cook, G | 16 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hayman | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Wilson | 15 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| C. Geffrard, Jr. | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Barnes | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-70 | 8-12 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 64 | |
| 38.6% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Austin Peay Governors | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Triggs, F | 34 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| A. Campbell, F | 30 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| C. Horton, C | 20 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Betran, G | 34 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| A. Lynch, G | 26 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Freeman | 18 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| H. Lawrence | 16 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| C. Arentsen | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| P. Herring | 8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Greer | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-52 | 10-17 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 75 | |
| 53.8% | 58.8% | ||||||
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