BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Freshman Tim Williams had his second-straight double-double and Samford gave Bennie Seltzer his first career coaching victory with a 59-40 win over Martin Methodist on Monday night
Williams had 13 points and 10 rebounds, plus four blocked shots and two steals for the Bulldogs (1-1).
Samford played tough defense, allowing the NAIA RedHawks to shoot just 27.1 percent from the field (16 of 59) and 7.7 percent (1 of 13) from 3-point range.
Raijon Kelly added 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting for the Bulldogs with four assists and two blocked shots.
Martin Methodist (2-2) was held to its lowest scoring total this season, with only Brandon Hunter, who had 15 points, in double figures.
Samford scored the first 11 points and led 25-5 with 8:33 remaining in the first half.
The Bulldogs led 35-13 at the break and the RedHawks could get no closer than 17 in the second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Martin Methodist (0-1) | 13 | 27 | 40 |
| Samford (1-1) « | 35 | 24 | 59 |
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| Martin Methodist | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Champagnie, F | 27 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| B. Hunter, G | 32 | 6-17 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| D. Williams, G | 29 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Hall, G | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Williams, G | 17 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Rodgers | 22 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| K. Townsend | 19 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Williams | 18 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Beach | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Crye | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-59 | 7-11 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 40 | |
| 27.1% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Samford Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Williams, F | 28 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| T. Hood, F | 24 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| R. Kelly, G | 34 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Miller, G | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| W. Cook, G | 22 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wilson | 18 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Geffrard, Jr. | 15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| G. Wooten | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Barnes | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| B. Hayman | 7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| H. Bailey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-49 | 8-16 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 59 | |
| 44.9% | 50% | ||||||
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