GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Trevis Simpson scored a season-high 30 points to propel UNC Greensboro past Samford 66-64 Thursday night in Southern Conference action.
Simpson scored 22 of the Spartans' 27 second-half points, including all 14 of their points in the final 8 minutes, to help UNC Greensboro (5-13, 3-4) hold off the Bulldogs.
Samford (7-13, 5-2), which came in on a four-game winning streak, got within a point twice before Simpson launched his personal spurt with the Spartans ahead 52-50. After the Bulldogs tied it at 55, Simpson answered with a jumper, a dunk and two free throws.
Samford closed to 66-64 on Clide Geffrard Jr.'s 3-pointer with 1:23 left, but was only able to get one shot off down the stretch, Geffrard's long, contested 3-point attempt. The Bulldogs had one more chance with 2.7 seconds left, but Nicholas Paulos stole the inbounds pass.
Tim Williams scored 19 points to lead Samford.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Samford (7-13) | 34 | 30 | 64 |
| NC-Greensboro (5-13) « | 39 | 27 | 66 |
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| Samford Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Williams, F | 37 | 7-13 | 5-7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| C. Geffrard, Jr., F | 21 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| W. Cook, G | 34 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| R. Kelly, G | 34 | 4-13 | 2-2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| C. Miller, G | 28 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Hood | 22 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| R. Wilson | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Hayman | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Beckham | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-55 | 13-18 | 35 | 11 | 21 | 64 | |
| 40% | 72.2% | ||||||
| NC-Greensboro Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Simpson, F | 32 | 9-21 | 10-12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| D. Williams, F | 30 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Locke, F | 19 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Armstrong, G | 27 | 2-9 | 4-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Parker, G | 26 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. McNeil | 26 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| N. Paulos | 24 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Potts | 14 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Cole | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-55 | 20-29 | 39 | 7 | 14 | 66 | |
| 38.2% | 69% | ||||||
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