2015-16 SAMFORD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 26 Samford (16-9, 8-2 SoCon) at Chattanooga (18-7, 9-2 SoCon) 5:30 p.m. (CT), Feb. 17, 2016 Chattanooga, Tenn., McKenzie Arena (10,928) 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THE GAME DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT In a key Southern Conference contest, Sam- Nov. 13 at #11 Mississippi State L, 47-68 ford will play at Chattanooga Wednesday, Feb. 17, Nov. 15 AUM W, 82-32 Nov. 17 Troy W, 73-69 at 5:30 p.m. (CT) at McKenzie Arena. Nov. 21 Shorter W, 53-33 Samford enters the game with a record of Nov. 24 at Jacksonville State W, 50-39 16-9 overall and 8-2 in SoCon play. The Bulldogs Nov. 27 vs. Nicholls State% W, 45-43 are coming off a 63-61 loss at Mercer on Feb. 13. Nov. 28 at Southern Miss% L, 48-56 Dec. 1 at Alabama A&M W, 54-30 Chattanooga comes into the contest with a Dec. 5 at UT Martin L, 50-52 mark of 18-7 overall and 9-2 in league play. The Dec. 11 at Indiana L, 56-65 (OT) Mocs are coming off a 65-51 win at Western Caro- Dec. 13 at Georgia Tech L, 55-66 lina on Feb. 13. Dec. 17 at Alabama State W, 54-35 Dec. 21 at UAB L, 41-61 Dec. 28 at LSU W, 47-44 THE SERIES Jan. 2 Harvard L, 56-60 Samford and Chattanooga will be meeting Jan. 7 at Western Carolina* W, 59-42 for the 24th time, with Chattanooga holding a 16-7 Jan. 9 at UNCG* W, 57-52 Jan. 16 Mercer* L, 60-63 advantage in the series. Jan. 21 ETSU* W, 55-47 The teams met earlier this season, on Jan. 23, Jan. 23 Chattanooga* W, 48-43 with Samford earning a 48-43 win over the Mocs in Jan. 28 at Furman* W, 58-45 the Pete Hanna Center. Jan. 30 at Wofford* W, 58-39 Feb. 4 UNCG* W, 80-49 Samford has a record of 5-6 against the Feb. 6 Western Carolina* W, 57-52 Mocs in Birmingham, the team is 2-9 in games Feb. 13 at Mercer* L, 61-63 played in Chattanooga, and 0-1 against UTC at Feb. 17 at Chattanooga* 5:30 p.m. neural sites. Feb. 20 at ETSU* 1 p.m. Feb. 25 Furman* 6 p.m. Feb. 27 Wofford* 6 p.m. Mar. 4-7 SoCon Tournament# TBD SAMFORD’S PROBABLE STARTERS *-Southern Conference Game No. Name Pos. PPG RPG %-Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Tournament 3 Destiney Elliott F 9.3 7.5 #-Asheville, N.C. 10 Taylor Reece F 9.1 2.8 All Times are Central and subject to change 11 Amara Mayers G 7.9 3.8 12 Krista Stricklin G 6.1 3.6 13 Brittany Stevens G 6.0 3.0 *-Starters based on last game www.samfordsports.com 2015-16 Samford Women’s Basketball 2015-16 SAMFORD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SAMFORD’S RECORD WHEN . SAMFORD ON THE ROAD Samford controls the tip 6-4 Samford enters Wednesday’s game with a record Opponent controls the tip 10-5 of 9-7 in games played away from the Pete Hanna Cen- Played at home 7-2 Played on the road 8-7 ter, 8-7 in true road games and 1-0 in neutral-site games. Played at a neutral site 1-0 This season, Samford has 18 games scheduled Played a team with a .500+ record 6-5 for away from the Pete Hanna Center, including 17 true Played a team with a .500 record 2-1 road games. Played a team with a below .500 record 8-3 Samford leads at the half 13-4 Opponent leads at the half 3-5 REECE CLIMBING THE CHARTS Tied at the half 0-0 With her 12 points at UAB on Dec. 21, Samford Samford leads with fi ve minutes left 15-1 senior center Taylor Reece became just the seventh player Opponent leads with fi ve minutes left 1-8 in program history to score 1,000 career points. She cur- Tied with fi ve minutes left 0-0 rently sits in fi fth place in school history with 1,141 points Samford leads with one minute left 16-1 in her Samford career. Opponent leads with one minute left 0-7 Reece is 106 points away from tying Aimee Tied with one minute left 0-1 Samford outrebounds opponent 11-0 Cochran for fourth place in program history with 1,247 Opponent outrebounds Samford 5-8 points. Rebounds are equal 0-1 Samford shoots 50% or better from fi eld 3-0 THE LAST TIME OUT Samford shoots less than 50% from the fi eld 13-9 Samford saw its six-game win streak snapped in Samford takes more shots 11-2 a 63-61 Southern Conference loss at Mercer on Feb. 13. Opponent takes more shots 3-6 For Samford in the game, Taylor Reece had 18 Shots are equal 2-1 points and six rebounds. Lydia McGee followed with Samford blocks more shots 6-3 14 points and six assists, while Krista Stricklin added 11 Opponent blocks more shots 8-6 Blocks are equal 2-0 points and four assists. Samford has more turnovers 3-6 Opponent has more turnovers 11-1 SAMFORD AGAINST SOCON TEAMS Turnovers are equal 2-2 Now in its eighth season as a member of the Samford has more steals 11-1 Southern Conference, Samford has a record of 92-50 in Opponent has more steals 4-8 league games. Against the current members of the So- Steals are equal 1-0 Samford bench outscores opponent’s bench 9-7 Con, Samford has an all-time record of 70-43, including Opponent bench outscores Samford’s bench 6-2 a 7-16 record against Wednesday’s opponent, Chatta- Benches score the same 1-0 nooga. Samford shoots more free throws 9-0 Samford’s all-time record against each current Opponent shoots more free throws 7-8 SoCon school is: Chattanooga (7-16), East Tennessee Free throws are the same 0-1 November games 5-2 State (3-1), Furman (11-5), Mercer (5-11), UNCG (14-4), December games 3-4 Wofford (17-2) and Western Carolina (13-4). January games 6-2 So far this season, Samford is 8-2 in SoCon February games 2-1 games. March games 0-0 Monday games 1-1 Tuesday games 3-0 Wednesday games 0-0 Thursday games 5-0 Friday games 1-2 Saturday games 5-5 Sunday games 1-1 Overtime games 0-1 www.samfordsports.com 2015-16 Samford Women’s Basketball 2015-16 SAMFORD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL THE LAST TIME ... THE LAST TIME AGAINST CHATTANOOGA A Samford player scored 20-29 points: Dec. Samford and Chattanooga last met on Jan. 23, 11, 2015, 20 by Destiney Elliott at Indiana with Samford earning a 48-43 win in the Pete Hanna A Samford player scored 30 or more points: Center. Jan. 23, 2013, 31 by Jazmine Martin vs. Chattanooga In the win for Samford, Amara Mayers scored 18 A Samford player had 10 or more rebounds: points. Taylor Reece contributed 14 points, while Destiney Feb. 4, 2016, 10 by Brittany Stevens vs. UNCG Elliott added nine points and fi ve rebounds. A Samford player had 10 or more assists: Feb. 13, 2012, 10 by Jazmine Powers vs. Coll. of SAMFORD AGAINST TENNESSEE TEAMS Charleston Samford has an all-time record of 41-47 against A Samford player blocked 5 or more shots: teams from the state of Tennessee, including a 7-16 re- Jan. 10, 2015, 5 by Hannah Nichols at UNCG cord against Wednesday’s opponent, Chattanooga. A Samford player had 5 or more steals: Samford has played the following Tennessee Nov. 27, 2015, 7 by Kassidy Blevins vs. Nicholls State teams: Austin Peay (7-3), Belmont (0-6), Chattanooga (7- A Samford player recorded a double-double: 16), East Tennessee (3-1), Lipscomb (3-0), Memphis (2-1), Feb. 4, 2016, Brittany Stevens, 11 pts., 10 reb. vs. UT Martin (4-9), Tennessee State (9-2), Tennessee Tech UNCG (6-7), Vanderbilt (0-2). A Samford game went into overtime: Dec. 11, 2015, Indiana 65, Samford 56 in Bloomington, Ind. LEADING THE WAY A Samford player made 10 or more fi eld So far this season, Destiney Elliott leads Samford Jan. 17, 2015, 11 by Taylor Reece vs. Furman goals: in both scoring and rebounding at 9.3 points and 7.5 Feb. 4, 2016, 80- Samford scored 80-89 points: rebounds per game. Taylor Reece averages 9.1 points 49, vs. UNCG per game. Dec. Dec. 7, Samford scored 90-99 points: Amara Mayers is second on the team in rebound- 2010, 95-59, vs Berry College ing at 3.8 rebounds per game, while Krista Stricklin Dec. 19, Samford scored 100 or more points: averages 3.6 rebounds per game. 1999, 100-67 vs. Centenary Brittany Stevens leads the team in assists at 2.6 Jan. 23, Samford failed to hit a three-pointer: assists per game. Elliott averages 1.8 assists per game. 2016, 0-7 vs. Chattanooga (W, 48-43) Samford won a game by: 1: Jan. 18, 2014, 59-58, vs. Furman A LOOK AT CHATTANOOGA 2-4: Dec. 28, 2015, 47--44, at LSU Chattanooga comes into the contest with a mark 5-9: Feb. 6, 2016, 57-52, vs. Western Carolina of 18-7 overall and 9-2 in league play.