BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Kevin Butler scored 15 points as Texas-Arlington defeated Samford 65-58 Saturday night in a non-conference game.
Butler, the Mavericks' leading scorer, hit his first five shots, including two 3-pointers for 11 early points. Trailing 16-10, Texas-Arlington (2-1) went on a 16-0 run. Butler scored nine of those points. It was 36-26 at halftime.
Samford (1-6) was led by Raijon Kelly, one of three Bulldogs in double figures with 20 points. Tim Williams scored 14 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Connor Miller added 11 points. He hit his first three 3-point attempts, but then missed his next four.
Samford got within 61-56 with just under a minute left to play. But the Bulldogs would get no closer.
For Texas-Arlington, Jordan Reves had a double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Jamel Outler added 11 points, and Shaquille White-Miller chipped in with 10.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-Arlington (2-1) « | 36 | 29 | 65 |
| Samford (1-6) | 26 | 32 | 58 |
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| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Reves, F | 34 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| K. Butler, F | 33 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Edwards, F | 24 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Gruszecki, F | 20 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| S. White-Miller, G | 28 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Outler | 28 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| D. Charles | 17 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| G. Gainey | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Rodgers | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. McElvain | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-47 | 12-17 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 65 | |
| 51.1% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Samford Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Williams, F | 29 | 4-8 | 6-8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| T. Hood, F | 21 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Miller, G | 40 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| R. Kelly, G | 36 | 7-12 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| B. Hayman, G | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Geffrard, Jr. | 28 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| R. Wilson | 25 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| W. Cook | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| L. Barnes | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-51 | 11-18 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 58 | |
| 37.3% | 61.1% | ||||||
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