Samford 93-72 Western Carolina (Feb 22, 2025) Play-by-Play

Western Carolina Catamounts

8-19, 4-12 Conference

	1	2	T
WCU	36	36	72
SAM	44	49	93

TIME	WCU	SAM
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:46	Jump Ball won by Western Carolina	0	0
19:46	Jump Ball lost by Samford	0	0
19:43	Ice Emery Turnover.	0	0
19:43	Isaiah West Steal.	0	0
19:43	Jaden Brownell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rylan Jones.	0	3
19:43	Bernard Pelote Turnover.	0	3
19:43	Collin Holloway Steal.	0	3
19:43	Rylan Jones missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
19:22	Bernard Pelote Defensive Rebound.	0	3
19:01	Bernard Pelote missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
18:59	Collin Holloway Defensive Rebound.	0	3
18:51	Isaiah West made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Fort.	0	6
18:12	Ice Emery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Kell.	3	6
18:01	Collin Holloway missed Three Point Jumper.	3	6
17:54	Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.	3	6
17:46	Isaiah West subbing out for Samford	3	6
17:46	Collin Holloway subbing out for Samford	3	6
17:46	Jaden Brownell subbing out for Samford	3	6
17:46	Josh Holloway subbing in for Samford	3	6
17:46	Lukas Walls subbing in for Samford	3	6
17:46	Hamed Olayinka subbing in for Samford	3	6
17:41	Foul on Marcus Kell.	3	6
17:41	Marcus Kell Turnover.	3	6
17:41	Hamed Olayinka subbing out for Samford	3	6
17:41	Jaden Brownell subbing in for Samford	3	6
17:32	Trey Fort made Dunk. Assisted by Josh Holloway.	3	8
17:21	Brandon Morgan missed Layup.	3	8
17:19	Lukas Walls Defensive Rebound.	3	8
17:06	Trey Fort made Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Brownell.	3	10
16:38	Marcus Kell missed Three Point Jumper.	3	10
16:34	Bernard Pelote Offensive Rebound.	3	10
16:34	Bernard Pelote made Two Point Tip Shot.	5	10
16:22	Trey Fort missed Layup.	5	10
16:22	Marcus Kell Block.	5	10
16:18	Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.	5	10
16:01	Cord Stansberry missed Three Point Jumper.	5	10
15:57	Josh Holloway Defensive Rebound.	5	10
15:51	Lukas Walls missed Three Point Jumper.	5	10
15:48	Brandon Morgan Defensive Rebound.	5	10
15:42	Ice Emery missed Three Point Jumper.	5	10
15:38	Lukas Walls Defensive Rebound.	5	10
15:34	Josh Holloway missed Layup.	5	10
15:31	Marcus Kell Defensive Rebound.	5	10
15:21	Ice Emery missed Three Point Jumper.	5	10
15:16	Rylan Jones Defensive Rebound.	5	10
15:13	Trey Fort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rylan Jones.	5	13
14:49	Cord Stansberry missed Three Point Jumper.	5	13
14:45	Jaden Brownell Defensive Rebound.	5	13
14:31	Jaden Brownell made Layup.	5	15
14:08	Cord Stansberry missed Jumper.	5	15
14:05	Rylan Jones Defensive Rebound.	5	15
14:01	Josh Holloway missed Layup.	5	15
14:01	Marcus Kell Block.	5	15
13:58	Ice Emery Defensive Rebound.	5	15
13:55	Marcus Kell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ice Emery.	8	15
13:47	Rylan Jones Turnover.	8	15
13:47	Official TV Timeout	8	15
13:47	Josh Holloway subbing out for Samford	8	15
13:47	Lukas Walls subbing out for Samford	8	15
13:47	Trey Fort subbing out for Samford	8	15
13:47	Rylan Jones subbing out for Samford	8	15
13:47	Jaden Brownell subbing out for Samford	8	15
13:47	Isaiah West subbing in for Samford	8	15
13:47	Collin Holloway subbing in for Samford	8	15
13:47	Paulie Stramaglia subbing in for Samford	8	15
13:47	Hamed Olayinka subbing in for Samford	8	15
13:47	Julian Brown subbing in for Samford	8	15
13:47	Bernard Pelote subbing out for Western Carolina	8	15
13:47	Brandon Morgan subbing out for Western Carolina	8	15
13:47	Marcus Kell subbing out for Western Carolina	8	15
13:47	Chase McKey subbing in for Western Carolina	8	15
13:47	Fischer Brown subbing in for Western Carolina	8	15
13:47	Vernon Collins subbing in for Western Carolina	8	15
13:37	Vernon Collins Turnover.	8	15
13:37	Paulie Stramaglia Steal.	8	15
13:28	Collin Holloway Turnover.	8	15
13:28	Ice Emery Steal.	8	15
13:16	Hamed Olayinka subbing out for Samford	8	15
13:16	Riley Allenspach subbing in for Samford	8	15
13:07	Cord Stansberry missed Three Point Jumper.	8	15
13:00	Fischer Brown Offensive Rebound.	8	15
13:00	Fischer Brown made Two Point Tip Shot.	10	15
12:46	Julian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Riley Allenspach.	10	18
12:30	Ice Emery Turnover.	10	18
12:30	Paulie Stramaglia Steal.	10	18
12:25	Collin Holloway missed Three Point Jumper.	10	18
12:22	Chase McKey Defensive Rebound.	10	18
12:12	Vernon Collins Turnover.	10	18
12:12	Isaiah West Steal.	10	18
11:44	Collin Holloway missed Three Point Jumper.	10	18
11:36	Paulie Stramaglia Offensive Rebound.	10	18
11:34	Riley Allenspach missed Three Point Jumper.	10	18
11:34	Samford Offensive Rebound.	10	18
11:34	Official TV Timeout	10	18
11:34	Isaiah West subbing out for Samford	10	18
11:34	Paulie Stramaglia subbing out for Samford	10	18
11:34	Josh Holloway subbing in for Samford	10	18
11:34	Lukas Walls subbing in for Samford	10	18
11:34	Ice Emery subbing out for Western Carolina	10	18
11:34	Brandon Morgan subbing in for Western Carolina	10	18
11:24	Foul on Vernon Collins.	10	18
11:16	Lukas Walls made Layup.	10	20
11:16	Foul on Vernon Collins.	10	20
11:16	Riley Allenspach subbing out for Samford	10	20
11:16	Hamed Olayinka subbing in for Samford	10	20
11:16	Cord Stansberry subbing out for Western Carolina	10	20
11:16	Fischer Brown subbing out for Western Carolina	10	20
11:16	Vernon Collins subbing out for Western Carolina	10	20
11:16	Bernard Pelote subbing in for Western Carolina	10	20
11:16	Ice Emery subbing in for Western Carolina	10	20
11:16	Marcus Kell subbing in for Western Carolina	10	20
11:16	Lukas Walls made Free Throw.	10	21
11:04	Hamed Olayinka subbing out for Samford	10	21
11:04	Julian Brown subbing out for Samford	10	21
11:04	Trey Fort subbing in for Samford	10	21
11:04	Riley Allenspach subbing in for Samford	10	21
10:54	Ice Emery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Morgan.	13	21
10:43	Riley Allenspach missed Layup.	13	21
10:41	Chase McKey Defensive Rebound.	13	21
10:35	Foul on Josh Holloway.	13	21
10:35	Brandon Morgan subbing out for Western Carolina	13	21
10:35	Cord Stansberry subbing in for Western Carolina	13	21
10:20	Ice Emery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cord Stansberry.	16	21
10:10	Trey Fort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lukas Walls.	16	24
9:51	Ice Emery Turnover.	16	24
9:51	Collin Holloway subbing out for Samford	16	24
9:51	Rylan Jones subbing in for Samford	16	24
9:51	Chase McKey subbing out for Western Carolina	16	24
9:51	Brandon Morgan subbing in for Western Carolina	16	24
9:31	Riley Allenspach missed Jumper.	16	24
9:26	Ice Emery Defensive Rebound.	16	24
9:15	Marcus Kell made Jumper.	18	24
9:04	Trey Fort missed Three Point Jumper.	18	24
9:03	Western Carolina Defensive Rebound.	18	24
9:03	Riley Allenspach subbing out for Samford	18	24
9:03	Hamed Olayinka subbing in for Samford	18	24
9:03	Ice Emery subbing out for Western Carolina	18	24
9:03	Fischer Brown subbing in for Western Carolina	18	24
8:59	Bernard Pelote Turnover.	18	24
8:59	Hamed Olayinka Steal.	18	24
8:49	Trey Fort made Jumper.	18	26
8:36	Bernard Pelote Turnover.	18	26
8:36	Hamed Olayinka subbing out for Samford	18	26
8:36	Jaden Brownell subbing in for Samford	18	26
8:21	Rylan Jones missed Three Point Jumper.	18	26
8:19	Cord Stansberry Defensive Rebound.	18	26
8:01	Marcus Kell missed Jumper.	18	26
7:58	Jaden Brownell Defensive Rebound.	18	26
7:45	Rylan Jones made Layup.	18	28
7:31	Bernard Pelote made Layup.	20	28
7:20	Jaden Brownell missed Jumper.	20	28
7:16	Fischer Brown Defensive Rebound.	20	28
7:13	Foul on Jaden Brownell.	20	28
7:13	Official TV Timeout	20	28
7:13	Lukas Walls subbing out for Samford	20	28
7:13	Trey Fort subbing out for Samford	20	28
7:13	Isaiah West subbing in for Samford	20	28
7:13	Hamed Olayinka subbing in for Samford	20	28
7:13	Cord Stansberry made Free Throw.	21	28
7:13	Cord Stansberry made Free Throw.	22	28
7:03	Jaden Brownell missed Three Point Jumper.	22	28
7:00	Hamed Olayinka Offensive Rebound.	22	28
6:44	Jaden Brownell made Jumper. Assisted by Rylan Jones.	22	30
6:08	Cord Stansberry Turnover.	22	30
6:08	Isaiah West Steal.	22	30
6:05	Foul on Fischer Brown.	22	30
6:05	Isaiah West missed Free Throw.	22	30
6:05	Samford Deadball Team Rebound.	22	30
6:05	Josh Holloway subbing out for Samford	22	30
6:05	Julian Brown subbing in for Samford	22	30
6:05	Bernard Pelote subbing out for Western Carolina	22	30
6:05	Chase McKey subbing in for Western Carolina	22	30
6:05	Isaiah West made Free Throw.	22	31
6:00	Brandon Morgan Turnover.	22	31
5:52	Hamed Olayinka made Dunk. Assisted by Rylan Jones.	22	33
5:52	Foul on Marcus Kell.	22	33
5:52	Fischer Brown subbing out for Western Carolina	22	33
5:52	Marcus Kell subbing out for Western Carolina	22	33
5:52	Ice Emery subbing in for Western Carolina	22	33
5:52	Vernon Collins subbing in for Western Carolina	22	33
5:52	Hamed Olayinka missed Free Throw.	22	33
5:50	Hamed Olayinka Offensive Rebound.	22	33
5:44	Julian Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	22	33
5:38	Julian Brown Offensive Rebound.	22	33
5:28	Rylan Jones made Three Point Jumper.	22	36
5:26	Western Carolina Timeout	22	36
5:26	Isaiah West subbing out for Samford	22	36
5:26	Trey Fort subbing in for Samford	22	36
5:26	Brandon Morgan subbing out for Western Carolina	22	36
5:26	Bernard Pelote subbing in for Western Carolina	22	36
5:20	Ice Emery Turnover.	22	36
5:20	Julian Brown Steal.	22	36
5:10	Hamed Olayinka missed Layup.	22	36
5:10	Chase McKey Defensive Rebound.	22	36
5:09	Foul on Hamed Olayinka.	22	36
5:08	Bernard Pelote Turnover.	22	36
5:03	Rylan Jones missed Three Point Jumper.	22	36
4:58	Bernard Pelote Defensive Rebound.	22	36
4:39	Chase McKey made Layup.	24	36
4:34	Hamed Olayinka Turnover.	24	36
4:34	Hamed Olayinka subbing out for Samford	24	36
4:34	Julian Brown subbing out for Samford	24	36
4:34	Rylan Jones subbing out for Samford	24	36
4:34	Josh Holloway subbing in for Samford	24	36
4:34	Lukas Walls subbing in for Samford	24	36
4:34	Collin Holloway subbing in for Samford	24	36
4:33	Foul on Jaden Brownell.	24	36
4:33	Jaden Brownell subbing out for Samford	24	36
4:33	Riley Allenspach subbing in for Samford	24	36
4:29	Cord Stansberry Turnover.	24	36
4:29	Josh Holloway Steal.	24	36
4:18	Collin Holloway missed Three Point Jumper.	24	36
4:14	Chase McKey Defensive Rebound.	24	36
4:02	Vernon Collins subbing out for Western Carolina	24	36
4:02	Marcus Kell subbing in for Western Carolina	24	36
3:46	Bernard Pelote made Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Kell.	26	36
3:32	Trey Fort made Jumper.	26	38
3:19	Ice Emery made Layup.	28	38
3:07	Riley Allenspach made Dunk.	28	40
2:55	Bernard Pelote Turnover.	28	40
2:55	Josh Holloway Steal.	28	40
2:52	Lukas Walls missed Layup.	28	40
2:52	Marcus Kell Block.	28	40
2:52	Samford Offensive Rebound.	28	40
2:52	Official TV Timeout	28	40
2:52	Ice Emery subbing out for Western Carolina	28	40
2:52	Brandon Morgan subbing in for Western Carolina	28	40
2:42	Lukas Walls missed Layup.	28	40
2:38	Riley Allenspach Offensive Rebound.	28	40
2:38	Riley Allenspach missed Two Point Tip Shot.	28	40
2:35	Bernard Pelote Defensive Rebound.	28	40
2:21	Brandon Morgan made Jumper.	30	40
2:05	Riley Allenspach made Layup.	30	42
1:49	Cord Stansberry Turnover.	30	42
1:49	Trey Fort Steal.	30	42
1:44	Trey Fort made Dunk.	30	44
1:26	Marcus Kell made Jumper. Assisted by Bernard Pelote.	32	44
1:15	Josh Holloway Turnover.	32	44
1:15	Brandon Morgan Steal.	32	44
1:05	Bernard Pelote made Three Point Jumper.	35	44
0:52	Foul on Bernard Pelote.	35	44
0:52	Collin Holloway missed Free Throw.	35	44
0:52	Samford Deadball Team Rebound.	35	44
0:52	Josh Holloway subbing out for Samford	35	44
0:52	Lukas Walls subbing out for Samford	35	44
0:52	Trey Fort subbing out for Samford	35	44
0:52	Riley Allenspach subbing out for Samford	35	44
0:52	Isaiah West subbing in for Samford	35	44
0:52	Hamed Olayinka subbing in for Samford	35	44
0:52	Julian Brown subbing in for Samford	35	44
0:52	Rylan Jones subbing in for Samford	35	44
0:52	Chase McKey subbing out for Western Carolina	35	44
0:52	Ice Emery subbing in for Western Carolina	35	44
0:52	Collin Holloway missed Free Throw.	35	44
0:50	Brandon Morgan Defensive Rebound.	35	44
0:49	Foul on Julian Brown.	35	44
0:49	Collin Holloway subbing out for Samford	35	44
0:49	Zion Wilburn subbing in for Samford	35	44
0:23	Foul on Rylan Jones.	35	44
0:23	Ice Emery missed Free Throw.	35	44
0:23	Western Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.	35	44
0:23	Isaiah West subbing out for Samford	35	44
0:23	Brody Boyer subbing in for Samford	35	44
0:23	Marcus Kell subbing out for Western Carolina	35	44
0:23	Vernon Collins subbing in for Western Carolina	35	44
0:23	Cord Stansberry subbing out for Western Carolina	35	44
0:23	Fischer Brown subbing in for Western Carolina	35	44
0:23	Ice Emery made Free Throw.	36	44
0:00	Brody Boyer missed Three Point Jumper.	36	44
0:00	Western Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.	36	44
0:00	Samford Timeout	36	44
0:00	End of 1st half	36	44

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Pete Hanna Center

3:00 PM, February 22, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Homewood, AL

Line: SAM -16.5

Over/Under: 159.5

Attendance: 2,306

Referees:
Billy Dunlap
Owen Farist
Chuck McCoy

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