BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Tim Williams had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Samford held off Western Carolina for a 64-60 victory in a Southern Conference game on Thursday night.
Raijon Kelly scored 10 points, and Clide Geffrard Jr. had seven points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (6-12, 4-1), who have won three in a row. Samford also snapped a three-game losing streak to Western Carolina.
Tawaski King led the Catamounts (7-11, 3-2) with 14 points and six rebounds, Brandon Boggs had 13 points and seven rebounds, and Trey Sumler scored 13 points.
Samford shot 7 of 17 on 3-pointers to Western Carolina's 2 of 12, and the Bulldogs outrebounded the Caramounts 33-25.
The score was tied at 37 at the break, but Western Carolina led 49-42 on Sumler's layup 3:40 in. Samford took the lead at 51-49 on Geffrard's layup with 11:38 left and never relinquished it.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Carolina (7-11) | 37 | 23 | 60 |
| Samford (6-12) « | 37 | 27 | 64 |
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| Western Carolina Catamounts | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Tankelewicz, F | 31 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| T. King, F | 30 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| T. Sumler, G | 40 | 6-16 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| J. Sinclair, G | 33 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| B. Boggs, G | 27 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown | 13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Mendenhall | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Ross | 10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Harrelson | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 27-53 | 4-7 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 60 | |
| 50.9% | 57.1% | ||||||
| Samford Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Williams, F | 34 | 7-13 | 2-2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| C. Geffrard, Jr., F | 32 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Kelly, G | 39 | 3-13 | 2-2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Miller, G | 35 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Cook, G | 22 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wilson | 24 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| T. Hood | 14 | 3-6 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Totals | 26-60 | 5-9 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 64 | |
| 43.3% | 55.6% | ||||||
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