Samford Bulldogs @ Central Arkansas Bears

ASUN/SoCon Challenge

3-2, 2-2 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	OT	T
Samford SAM	30	38	16	84
C Arkansas CARK	41	27	9	77

Central Arkansas BearsC ArkansasCARK

1-3, 1-1 Home

Samford Bulldogs

starters
Jaxon PollardJ. Pollard#22
Dylan FaulknerD. Faulkner#15
Cade NorrisC. Norris#5
Keaton NorrisK. Norris#3
Jadin BoothJ. Booth#2
bench
Judson BjornstadJ. Bjornstad#4
Caleb HarrisonC. Harrison#23
Kam MartinK. Martin#10
Zion WilburnZ. Wilburn#8
Isaiah Campbell-FinchI. Campbell-Finch#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	4	0	1	1	0	0	4	0
29	16	7-12	0-0	2-5	8	1	0	1	4	4	4	2
36	12	3-8	1-5	5-5	6	2	1	0	0	1	5	3
41	18	7-16	4-11	0-0	5	7	1	1	0	0	5	4
42	21	6-18	5-15	4-4	5	3	2	1	0	0	5	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
18	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	3
33	11	3-5	3-5	2-4	3	3	0	3	0	1	2	2
	84	28-68	15-44	13-18	39	19	7	8	5	9	30	16
		41%	34%	72%

Central Arkansas Bears

starters
Malchiah MarableM. Marable#25
Cole McCormickC. McCormick#24
Luke MooreL. Moore#32
Ty RobinsonT. Robinson#12
Camren HunterC. Hunter#1
bench
Chris MasonC. Mason#23
Truman ByrneT. Byrne#0
Harry BeauchampH. Beauchamp#9
Parker ApplegateP. Applegate#13
Tyler LeeT. Lee#5
Javion Guy-KingJ. Guy-King#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
15	1	0-2	0-0	1-2	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	1
28	8	3-7	0-2	2-3	7	2	1	0	0	4	3	1
34	9	3-8	0-3	3-7	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	0
32	9	4-8	0-1	1-2	6	0	1	1	0	1	5	1
36	26	11-24	1-7	3-3	4	3	2	2	0	1	3	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
3	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	5	0	4	0	0	2	3	4
11	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	6	2-4	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
25	13	4-7	2-3	3-6	6	2	2	1	0	0	6	4
	77	29-67	6-22	13-23	46	9	11	6	1	13	33	16
		43%	27%	57%

Samford Bulldogs vs. Central Arkansas Bears: Game Highlights

1:17

Dylan Faulkner with the massive swat at the rim

0:16

Keaton Norris knocks down deep 3 vs. Central Arkansas Bears

0:18

Game Information

Conway, AR

Referee:Kelly Davis

Referee:Blake Thomas

Referee:Caleb Michau

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-4	-	21-9
Wofford	11-6	2	19-11
Furman	10-7	3	19-11
Mercer	10-7	3	18-12
Samford	10-7	3	17-13
Western Carolina	9-8	4	13-15
UNC Greensboro	9-8	4	13-17
Chattanooga	6-11	7	12-18
The Citadel	6-11	7	9-21
VMI	1-16	12	6-24

ASUN Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Austin Peay	15-2	-	21-7
Central Arkansas	14-3	1	19-11
Queens University	13-4	2	18-12
Lipscomb	11-6	4	18-12
Florida Gulf Coast	8-9	7	14-16
West Georgia	7-10	8	13-16
Eastern Kentucky	7-10	8	11-19
Bellarmine	6-11	9	11-18
Jacksonville	6-11	9	11-19
Stetson	6-11	9	10-20
North Florida	5-12	10	7-23
North Alabama	4-13	11	9-19

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