BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Samford men's basketball team earned a tough, hard-fought overtime win over Wofford, 65-60, Wednesday night in the Pete Hanna Center.
 
With the win, Samford improves to 15-9 overall and 5-7 in Southern Conference play. The win ends Wofford's nine-game win streak in the series. Wofford falls to 14-11 overall and 6-7 in SoCon play.
 
"We held them to 30 percent shooting from the field and we win, going 4-for-24 from three," Samford head coach Bucky McMillan said. "Not playing our best offensive game, but because we bought in to playing defense for 40 minutes. I thought it was really good that we were playing defense when we were having offensive draughts. Because when that game got up to nine, you'd see a lot of teams press panic. I thought our guys really stayed the course and kept us within striking distance. I think we matured a lot tonight because of that."
 
Ques Glover led Samford in scoring with 18 points. Jermaine Marshall posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. The double-double was his eighth of the season, tying for the most in the SoCon. Jacob Tryon had 13 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots, including several key blocks and offensive rebounds down the stretch.
 
B.J. Mack led Wofford with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Max Klesmit scored 15 points for the Terriers, while Ryan Larson had nine points and 10 rebounds.
 
The game was a defensive struggle early in the first half, with Wofford lead, 9-6 at the under 12 media timeout with 11:48 to go in the first half. Wofford pushed its lead to six points at 14-8 with 10:24 to go in the first half after three free throws by Austin Patterson.
 
Samford fought back to tie the game at 16-16 with 7:12 to go in the first half after a dunk by Jaden Campbell. Wofford scored the next seven points to take a 23-16 lead at the 4:22 mark in the first half following a layup by Sam Godwin. The Terriers extended their lead to 31-20 with 1:02 left in the first half after a layup by Mack. Wofford took a 31-22 lead into the locker room at halftime.
 
With Wofford leading, 37-28, Samford went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to two points at 37-35 with 14:06 left after a jumper by Glover. Wofford pushed the lead back out to six points at 42-36 with 10:52 to go after a layup by Mack.
 
After Samford cut the lead to four points at 42-38, Wofford scored five-straight points to push the lead back out to nine points at 47-38 with 8:57 to go after a free throw by Klesmit. With Wofford leading, 49-40, Samford went on a 9-0 to tie the score at 49-49 with 3:28 to go after a three-pointer by Glover. Samford took a 54-52 lead late, but two free throws by Wofford's Klesmit tied the score at 54-54, sending the game to overtime.
 
In the overtime, Samford jumped out to a 60-56 lead with 2:38 left on a put-back layup by Tryon. With Samford leading, 62-57, Wofford's Klesmit hit a three-pointer with 51 seconds left to cut the lead to 62-60. Late free throws by Wesley Cardet and Jaron Rillie helped Samford pull out the 65-60 win.
 
The Bulldogs will go back on the road to play at ETSU Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT) from Johnson City, Tenn.




 
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