The Mocs had Omar Wattad struggling to go 1 of 9 from three point range. He scored a mere 9 points.
DeAntre Jefferson and Chris Early were in foul trouble and combined for just 16 points.
Jeremy Saffore, Dontay Hampton, and Troy Cage scored a total of 13 points.
Ricky Taylor scored his usual- 14 points. It just seems like he always scores right in that range.
But tonight was the night that Keegan Bell reasserted himself. Not only did he have five assists and no turnovers, but he scored 25 points, made six three pointers, and was the offensive key to the game.
And Early wasn't exactly useless. He came up with three gigantic steals and came up with nine mammoth rebounds. Saffore and Jefferson both came up with six rebounds, as the Mocs outrebounded Samford by 14.
The Mocs did not stop Samford's offense particularly. The Bulldogs shot 45.5% from the floor, and 41.7% from three point range. They shut them down on the offensive glass (an area Samford does not excel at anyway), and held them to three offensive rebounds.
The Mocs also only turned the ball over thirteen times. That's a positive sign moving forward.
The Mocs did not win the North Division in the end. Western Carolina beat College of Charleston and won the division. The Mocs will play the winner of Furman-Samford on Saturday night in the quarters, with a possible date with College of Charleston looming in the semifinals. It is going to be a tough road to get to the SoCon Championship Game, much less win it.
But they got to 12-6 in SoCon play.
More analysis of the regular season will be coming up this week.
GO MOCS!
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