Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, December 31
Birmingham, Ala.
2 p.m.
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Photo by: EMU Athletics/Randy Mascharka
EMU Drops Road Decision to Samford
12/31/2010 4:55:13 PM | Men's Basketball
Eagles close out 2010 portion of the schedule with non-conference setback
Box score.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team suffered a late-game scoring drought to drop a 55-51 decision to host Samford University here Friday, Dec. 31, in an non-conference afternoon contest in the Pete Hanna Center.
The Eagles built a six-point lead, 49-43, with 3:23 left, but the Green and White would score just two points the rest of the way in the setback.
EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) led the Eagles, now 2-10, with 19 points and six rebounds with guard Darrell Lampley (Linden,N.J.-Linden-Lakeland J.C.) adding 12.
Gregg Wooten paced Samford, now 9-5, with 13 while teammates Josh Davis and Jeffrey Merritt added 11 each.
Eastern shot 50 percent from the field, hitting 21-of-42 shots and 6-of-20 three pointers for 30 percent, but the Eagles had 21 turnovers in the game.
Samford made 16-of-39 field goals for 41 percent and hit 9-of-24 triples fore 37.5 percent. EMU was 3-for-3 from the free throw line while the Bulldogs were making 14-of-16.
EMU won the battle of the boards, 26-19.
The Eagles opened the game with a bang, jumping out to an 11-5 lead on two three pointers by Thompson with a three and a two from Lampley.
Samford would come back to knot the score at 11-11 at the 14:02 mark on a three by Bermudez, but the Eagles would continue their offensive surge, going up by nine, 27-18, with 4:23 left on a lefty hook shot by Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid).
The Eagles would close out the half on a dunk by Bowdry for a 29-21 advantage.
Bowdry and Thompson led all first-half scorers with nine point each while Lampley added seven. Bermudez paced the Bulldogs with six.
Bowdry opened the second half with two free throws to boost the lead to 10, 31-21, but the Bulldogs would go long distance, hitting three threes during a 14-4 stretch to tie the game at 35-35, with 14:04 left.
Bowdry would then hit two driving layups to put the Eagles up by four, 39-35, with 12:02 showing on the clock.
Samford would pull within one, 39-38, with 11:47 left, but once again the Eagles would fend off the challenge, raising its lead to six, 49-43, with 3:57 remaining.
A series of missed shot and turnovers then allowed the home team to fight its way back into the game, forcing a 49-49 tie with 1:37 left.
Eastern's Bowdry was then called for an offensive foul and Jeff Merritt put the Bulldogs on top, 51-49, with two free throws with 40.2 ticks left.
Samford would make it a four-point led with 10.6 seconds left when Josh Bedwell connected on two charity tosses with 10.6 left and the home team would close out the game with the 55-51 win.
Eastern will be back in action at home Jan. 4 against Ferris State.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team suffered a late-game scoring drought to drop a 55-51 decision to host Samford University here Friday, Dec. 31, in an non-conference afternoon contest in the Pete Hanna Center.
The Eagles built a six-point lead, 49-43, with 3:23 left, but the Green and White would score just two points the rest of the way in the setback.
EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) led the Eagles, now 2-10, with 19 points and six rebounds with guard Darrell Lampley (Linden,N.J.-Linden-Lakeland J.C.) adding 12.
Gregg Wooten paced Samford, now 9-5, with 13 while teammates Josh Davis and Jeffrey Merritt added 11 each.
Eastern shot 50 percent from the field, hitting 21-of-42 shots and 6-of-20 three pointers for 30 percent, but the Eagles had 21 turnovers in the game.
Samford made 16-of-39 field goals for 41 percent and hit 9-of-24 triples fore 37.5 percent. EMU was 3-for-3 from the free throw line while the Bulldogs were making 14-of-16.
EMU won the battle of the boards, 26-19.
The Eagles opened the game with a bang, jumping out to an 11-5 lead on two three pointers by Thompson with a three and a two from Lampley.
Samford would come back to knot the score at 11-11 at the 14:02 mark on a three by Bermudez, but the Eagles would continue their offensive surge, going up by nine, 27-18, with 4:23 left on a lefty hook shot by Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid).
The Eagles would close out the half on a dunk by Bowdry for a 29-21 advantage.
Bowdry and Thompson led all first-half scorers with nine point each while Lampley added seven. Bermudez paced the Bulldogs with six.
Bowdry opened the second half with two free throws to boost the lead to 10, 31-21, but the Bulldogs would go long distance, hitting three threes during a 14-4 stretch to tie the game at 35-35, with 14:04 left.
Bowdry would then hit two driving layups to put the Eagles up by four, 39-35, with 12:02 showing on the clock.
Samford would pull within one, 39-38, with 11:47 left, but once again the Eagles would fend off the challenge, raising its lead to six, 49-43, with 3:57 remaining.
A series of missed shot and turnovers then allowed the home team to fight its way back into the game, forcing a 49-49 tie with 1:37 left.
Eastern's Bowdry was then called for an offensive foul and Jeff Merritt put the Bulldogs on top, 51-49, with two free throws with 40.2 ticks left.
Samford would make it a four-point led with 10.6 seconds left when Josh Bedwell connected on two charity tosses with 10.6 left and the home team would close out the game with the 55-51 win.
Eastern will be back in action at home Jan. 4 against Ferris State.
Team Stats
EMU
SAM
FG%
.500
.410
3FG%
.300
.375
FT%
1.000
.875
RB
26
19
TO
21
16
STL
10
10
Game Leaders
Pts
19
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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