NCAAB

Western Carolina Catamounts at Samford Bulldogs

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Western Carolina Catamounts
6-18, 3-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
81 - 92
Samford Bulldogs
14-10, 10-4 Home

Gordon scores 25 points, Samford defeats W. Carolina 92-81

Gordon was 9 of 11 from the field including three from distance for the Bulldogs (14-10, 4-2 Southern Conference). Kevion Nolan added 19 points, Brandon Austin had 18 points and five rebounds and Josh Sharkey had 11 points and 12 assists.

Samford shot 60 percent from the field compared to 45 percent for Western Carolina. The Bulldogs made 10 of 20 from 3-point range.

The Bulldogs capped a 16-2 start with a Nolan 3-pointer and Nolan, Gordon and Austin combined for four more 3s to help them build to a 49-34 advantage at the break.

Western Carolina trailed throughout the second half, closing to 88-78 with 1:21 to play before a Ruben Guerrero dunk with just under a minute remaining sealed the Bulldogs' win.

Onno Steger and Marcus Thomas scored 21 points apiece for the Catamounts (6-18, 3-8). Steger had 11 rebounds and Thomas had seven.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 81 - 92
2nd 0:23 Matt Halvorsen made Free Throw. 81 - 92
2nd 0:23 Matt Halvorsen made Free Throw. 80 - 92
2nd 0:23 Foul on Myron Gordon. 79 - 92
2nd 0:31 Myron Gordon made Free Throw. 79 - 92

Statistics

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29-64 FG 35-58
45 Field Goal % 60
11-24 3PT 10-20
46 Three Point % 50
12-16 FT 12-18
75 Free Throw % 67
35 Rebounds 29
14 Offensive Rebounds 6
21 Defensive Rebounds 23
13 Assists 20
4 Steals 8
3 Blocks 6
16 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 25
2 Fast Break Points 13
26 Points in Paint 40
19 Fouls 18
2 Largest Lead 25

Game Information

Venue: Pete Hanna Center

Location: Homewood, AL
Attendance: 974 | 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
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