Samford Bulldogs at South Alabama Jaguars
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
82 - 79
82 - 79
Cunningham scores 20; Samford holds off South Alabama 82-79
Samford (7-3) led by as many as 15 points and never trailed in the second half. Shaq Calhoun made a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to pull South Alabama to 79-77. Josh Sharkey stretched Samford's lead to 81-77 on a pair of free throws, and the Jaguars' Nick Stover made two from the line to make it 81-79 with 3.6 seconds left. Cunningham added a free throw with two seconds left to seal it.
Cunningham was 5 of 7 from the field and made 10 of 11 free throws. Sharkey had 15 points.
Stover scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead South Alabama (6-5), which has lost four straight. Calhoun had 20 points and Georgi Boyanov added 16 points.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 82 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Terry Brutus Turnover. | 82 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Christen Cunningham made Free Throw. | 82 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Foul on Nick Stover. | 81 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Nick Stover made Free Throw. | 81 - 79 |
Statistics
 SAM |
 USA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-57 | FG | 29-63 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 6-19 | 3PT | 8-27 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 28-31 | FT | 13-18 |
| 90 | Free Throw % | 72 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 14 | Assists | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 21 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fouls | 26 |
| 15 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information
Mitchell Center
Location: Mobile, AL
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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 |
2025-26 Sun Belt Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 12-6 | - | 22-12 |
| South Alabama | 11-7 | 1 | 21-12 |
| Arkansas State | 11-7 | 1 | 20-12 |
| Texas State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Marshall | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| Coastal Carolina | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| App State | 11-7 | 1 | 19-13 |
| James Madison | 9-9 | 3 | 18-15 |
| Southern Miss | 9-9 | 3 | 19-16 |
| Georgia Southern | 8-10 | 4 | 21-16 |
| Old Dominion | 7-11 | 5 | 12-21 |
| Louisiana | 7-11 | 5 | 11-22 |
| Georgia State | 7-11 | 5 | 10-22 |
| UL Monroe | 1-17 | 11 | 4-28 |