BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Clide Geffrard Jr. scored 17 points and Samford held Wofford to a season-low in points, defeating the Terriers 40-33 Thursday night in Southern Conference action.
Lee Skinner paced Wofford with 10 points. Skinner and Geffrard were the only players to shoot 50 percent as both teams posted season-lows in field goal percentage and field goals made.
Wofford (10-17, 4-10) hit just 27 percent (13 of 48) while Samford converted 32 percent (14 of 43) but broke open a 26-24 game with seven straight points to pull away. Geffrard knocked down a 3-pointer during the spurt.
Samford (9-17, 7-6) held a 35-33 rebounding advantage and made more free throws (9) than Wofford attempted (6). The Bulldogs also posted six blocks, two short of their season-high, and nine steals.
Wofford's two leading scorers, Karl Cochran (15.5 points) and Spencer Collins (13.1 points) went a combined 5-for-29 shooting.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wofford (10-17) | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Samford (9-17) « | 17 | 23 | 40 |
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| Wofford Terriers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Skinner, F | 38 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Smith, F | 29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| I. Faithfull, G | 40 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| S. Collins, G | 37 | 2-15 | 1-1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| K. Cochran, G | 31 | 3-14 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Neumann | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Byrd | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wagener | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Gordon | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 13-48 | 5-6 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |
| 27.1% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Samford Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Williams, F | 35 | 2-10 | 2-4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Geffrard, Jr., F | 30 | 5-10 | 4-5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| T. Hood, F | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| R. Kelly, G | 39 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Miller, G | 31 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hayman | 22 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| R. Wilson | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Beckham | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14-43 | 9-15 | 35 | 10 | 11 | 40 | |
| 32.6% | 60% | ||||||
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