GAME NOTES – SAMFORD in ARIZONA (PDF)

TUSCON, Arizona – The Samford men’s basketball team heads west to prepare for tomorrow’s matchup against Perineal Power Arizona. The Bulldogs enter the game with a five-game winning streak and an overall record of 9-2, while the Wildcats start the season at 4-5.

The Samford Bulldogs have won five straight games after a 72-47 home win over Austin Peay on Dec. 8. The victory extended the Bulldogs’ home winning streak to 25 in a row as Samford faces Arizona for the second time after an 86-57 loss in the last meeting in 2006.

The Bulldogs are the second-highest scoring team in the country at 90.5 ppg Trey Fort has scored in double figures in four of his last five games. The Bulldogs are a top-10 three-point team, scoring 11.5 points per game. Jaden Brownell He leads the team with 14.7 ppg and is one of the most efficient scorers in the country.

Defensively, Samford ranks third in the country with 18.2 per game. Rylan Jones is among the top 15 in the country with 68 assists in 11 games this season. Samford continues to perform well off the bench, with ten players averaging double-digit minutes Riley Allenspach, Luke WallsAnd Josh Holloway All are averaging over 6.5 points per game this season. Collin Holloway 49 points away from reaching 1,000 career points.

Arizona enters the game with a 4-5 record on the season, 0-5 against non-power conference teams, but 0-5 against Power Four teams. Arizona is coming off a 57-54 loss to UCLA on a neutral site in Phoenix. The Wildcats have three players averaging double figures, led by Caleb Love with 13.3 ppg. Tommy Lloyd is in his fourth season as head coach and led the Wildcats to the top two seeds in the NCAA Tournament the last three seasons. Arizona finished fifth in the Big 12 Preseason poll and Caleb Love was selected as a Preseason All-Big 12 First Team member.

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