NCAAB

Samford Bulldogs at Chattanooga Mocs

· SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL
14-19, 5-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
54 - 59
27-5, 13-1 Home

Chattanooga beats Samford 59-54 to advance in SoCon

The Mocs (27-5) advance to Sunday's semifinal against No. 5 seed Western Carolina (16-1), who beat No. 4 Wofford (15-17) 88-83 in the second overtime on Saturday.

Dee Oldham added 12 for the Mocs, who trailed 36-31 at halftime.

Chattanooga rallied to a 50-48 lead on McLean's layup with 4:15 to play in the second half and pulled further ahead, 57-52, after Oldham made two free throws.

The Bulldogs closed to within 57-54 on Darius Jones-Gibson's layup with 47 seconds left, but Samford got no closer. McLean and Chuck Ester each made a free throw to ice it for the Mocs.

Christen Cunningham scored 18 points for the Bulldogs (14-19), who missed all 14 shots from long distance but made 20 of 23 free throws. Dakota Quinn added 10 points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 54 - 59
2nd 0:00 Samford Deadball Team Rebound. 54 - 59
2nd 0:01 Marcus Johnson missed Three Point Jumper. 54 - 59
2nd 0:03 Chuck Ester made Free Throw. 54 - 59
2nd 0:03 Chattanooga Deadball Team Rebound. 54 - 58

Statistics

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17-51 FG 21-51
33 Field Goal % 41
0-14 3PT 5-20
0 Three Point % 25
20-23 FT 12-18
87 Free Throw % 67
32 Rebounds 34
12 Offensive Rebounds 13
20 Defensive Rebounds 21
7 Assists 13
7 Steals 5
4 Blocks 9
13 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 1
13 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 10
6 Fast Break Points 5
26 Points in Paint 31
19 Fouls 20
9 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

Venue: Harrah's Cherokee Center

Location: Asheville, NC
Capacity:

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
East Tennessee State 13-5 - 23-11
Mercer 11-7 2 19-13
Wofford 11-7 2 19-13
Samford 11-7 2 18-14
Furman 10-8 3 22-13
Western Carolina 10-8 3 15-16
UNC Greensboro 9-9 4 15-19
Chattanooga 7-11 6 13-19
The Citadel 7-11 6 11-22
VMI 1-17 12 6-26
Full Standings