Men's College Basketball
BOXSCORE
Samford 88, Western Carolina 69
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 4, 2025
Where: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, North Carolina
Officials: # Sidney Cohen, # Jordan Arnold, # Zelton Steed
Attendance: 2798
Where: Ramsey Center, Cullowhee, North Carolina
Officials: # Sidney Cohen, # Jordan Arnold, # Zelton Steed
Attendance: 2798
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Samford | 44 | 44 | 88 |
| Western Carolina | 34 | 35 | 69 |
Samford Bulldogs
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jaden Brownell | 18:00 | 8-11 | 3-5 | 4-5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Collin Holloway | 26:00 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Josh Holloway | 27:00 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Trey Fort | 25:00 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Rylan Jones | 28:00 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Hamed Olayinka | 13:00 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Riley Allenspach | 11:00 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Lukas Walls | 20:00 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Zion Wilburn | 7:00 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brody Boyer | 4:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulie Stramaglia | 4:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Brown | 17:00 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| TOTAL | 200 | 28-53 | 10-25 | 22-27 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 88 |
| 52.8% | 40.0% | 81.5% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 16 | |||||||||
Western Carolina Catamounts
| REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Vernon Collins | 15:00 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Bernard Pelote | 28:00 | 9-13 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Brandon Morgan | 30:00 | 1-10 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| CJ Hyland | 23:00 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Cord Stansberry | 26:00 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Marcus Kell | 23:00 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Cinque Lemon | 10:00 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase McKey | 12:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fischer Brown | 17:00 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ice Emery | 16:00 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 200 | 24-61 | 11-28 | 10-14 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 69 |
| 39.3% | 39.3% | 71.4% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 19 | |||||||||