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Staton-McCray's 19 lead Samford past Belmont 99-93

AP
Dec 17, 2023

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A.J. Staton-McCray had 19 points in Samford's 99-93 victory against Belmont on Saturday night.

Staton-McCray added five rebounds for the Bulldogs (9-2). Riley Allenspach was 6 of 7 shooting and 3 of 3 from the free throw line to add 15 points. Achor Achor was 6 of 8 shooting (2 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 14 points, while adding six rebounds and three steals. The Bulldogs extended their winning streak to nine games.

Cade Tyson led the Bruins (8-4) in scoring, finishing with 31 points and nine rebounds. Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 18 points, five assists and two steals for Belmont. Keishawn Davidson also recorded 13 points, six assists and two steals. The loss ended a six-game winning streak for the Bruins.

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1st Half
BELM
Bruins
36
SAM
Bulldogs
44

Time		Play	Score
19:30		Cade Tyson misses two point jump shot
19:28		Brigham Rogers offensive rebound
19:26		Brigham Rogers vs. Achor Achor (Bulldogs gains possession)
19:56	+2	Rylan Jones makes two point layup	0-2
19:30		Cade Tyson misses two point jump shot
19:28		Brigham Rogers offensive rebound
19:26	+2	Brigham Rogers makes two point layup	2-2
19:15	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup	2-4
18:54		Cade Tyson turnover (lost ball)
18:30		Rylan Jones turnover (lost ball) (Isaiah Walker steals)
18:30		Isaiah Walker turnover (bad pass)
18:19		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point layup
18:17		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
17:58	+2	Brigham Rogers makes two point layup	4-4
17:58		Achor Achor shooting foul (Brigham Rogers draws the foul)
17:58		Brigham Rogers misses regular free throw 1 of 1
17:58		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
17:48		Achor Achor misses three point jump shot
17:46		Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound
17:40		Dallas Graziani misses three point jump shot
17:38		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
17:11	+3	Cade Tyson makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Walker assists)	7-4
16:47		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (Brigham Rogers steals)
16:31		Rylan Jones personal foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
16:31	+1	Cade Tyson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-4
16:31	+1	Cade Tyson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-4
16:21		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (bad pass) (Ja'Kobi Gillespie steals)
16:12		Isaiah Walker turnover (Achor Achor steals)
16:02	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	9-6
15:46		Malik Dia misses two point layup
15:44		Isaiah Walker offensive rebound
15:42		Isaiah Walker turnover (out of bounds)
15:42		TV timeout
15:24		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point layup
15:22		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
15:03		Malik Dia misses two point layup
15:01		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
14:56		Ja'Kobi Gillespie shooting foul (Garrett Hicks draws the foul)
14:56		Garrett Hicks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:56	+1	Garrett Hicks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-7
14:45		Malik Dia turnover (traveling)
14:29		Cade Tyson personal foul (A.J. Staton-McCray draws the foul)
14:18	+3	Nathan Johnson makes three point jump shot (Josh Holloway assists)	9-10
14:00		Jayce Willingham misses three point jump shot
13:58		Josh Holloway defensive rebound
13:48	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point layup (Nathan Johnson assists)	9-12
13:48		Isaiah Walker shooting foul (Riley Allenspach draws the foul)
13:48	+1	Riley Allenspach makes regular free throw 1 of 1	9-13
13:38		Riley Allenspach blocks Cade Tyson's two point layup
13:36		Bulldogs defensive rebound
13:36		Cade Tyson personal foul
13:19	+2	Garrett Hicks makes two point running jump shot	9-15
13:05		Keishawn Davidson misses three point jump shot
13:03		Jaden Campbell defensive rebound
12:45		Josh Holloway misses two point layup
12:43		Win Miller defensive rebound
12:40		Bruins 30 second timeout
12:24		Win Miller misses three point jump shot
12:22		Jaden Campbell defensive rebound
12:12		Jaden Campbell turnover (lost ball) (Keishawn Davidson steals)
12:08		Jaden Campbell blocks Keishawn Davidson's two point layup
12:06		Bruins offensive rebound
12:00	+3	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes three point jump shot (Keishawn Davidson assists)	12-15
11:42	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point layup	12-17
11:38		TV timeout
11:13		Win Miller turnover (bad pass) (Lukas Walls steals)
11:02		Garrett Hicks misses three point jump shot
11:00		Achor Achor offensive rebound
10:58		Rylan Jones misses three point jump shot
10:56		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
10:52		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (bad pass)
10:42	+2	Jermaine Marshall makes two point jump shot (Lukas Walls assists)	12-19
10:30		Malik Dia misses three point jump shot
10:28		Achor Achor defensive rebound
10:19		Jermaine Marshall turnover (out of bounds) (Malik Dia steals)
9:58	+2	Keishawn Davidson makes two point jump shot	14-19
9:41	+3	Achor Achor makes three point jump shot (Rylan Jones assists)	14-22
9:30		Keishawn Davidson turnover (Achor Achor steals)
9:26		Jermaine Marshall misses three point jump shot
9:24		Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound
9:24		Keishawn Davidson personal foul
9:07	+2	Achor Achor makes two point cutting dunk (Rylan Jones assists)	14-24
8:44		Achor Achor shooting foul (Jayce Willingham draws the foul)
8:44	+1	Jayce Willingham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-24
8:44	+1	Jayce Willingham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-24
8:33		A.J. Staton-McCray misses three point jump shot
8:31		Malik Dia defensive rebound
8:26		A.J. Staton-McCray blocks Isaiah Walker's two point layup
8:24		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
8:17		Rylan Jones turnover (out of bounds)
8:05		Keishawn Davidson misses three point jump shot
8:03		A.J. Staton-McCray defensive rebound
7:39	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point layup (A.J. Staton-McCray assists)	16-26
7:26	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup	18-26
7:11	+3	A.J. Staton-McCray makes three point jump shot (Riley Allenspach assists)	18-29
6:57	+2	Malik Dia makes two point dunk (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	20-29
6:49	+3	Nathan Johnson makes three point jump shot (Rylan Jones assists)	20-32
6:37		Malik Dia misses three point jump shot
6:35		Nathan Johnson defensive rebound
6:18		Nathan Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Kobi Gillespie steals)
6:12	+2	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes two point layup	22-32
6:03		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
6:03		TV timeout
5:40		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point dunk
5:38		Keishawn Davidson defensive rebound
5:17	+2	Brigham Rogers makes two point layup (Keishawn Davidson assists)	24-32
5:03	+2	Dallas Graziani makes two point layup	24-34
4:33		Isaiah Walker misses three point jump shot
4:31		A.J. Staton-McCray defensive rebound
4:24		A.J. Staton-McCray misses three point jump shot
4:22		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
4:11		A.J. Staton-McCray shooting foul (Brigham Rogers draws the foul)
4:11	+1	Brigham Rogers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-34
4:11		Brigham Rogers misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:11		A.J. Staton-McCray defensive rebound
3:52	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup (Jaden Campbell assists)	25-36
3:32	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point layup (Keishawn Davidson assists)	27-36
3:25		Cade Tyson personal foul (Jaden Campbell draws the foul)
3:25		TV timeout
3:25	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-37
3:25	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-38
3:14		Bruins turnover (10-second violation)
2:58		Jermaine Marshall misses three point jump shot
2:56		Win Miller defensive rebound
2:50		Jermaine Marshall shooting foul (Jayce Willingham draws the foul)
2:50	+1	Jayce Willingham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-38
2:50		Jayce Willingham misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:50		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
2:38	+2	Rylan Jones makes two point driving layup	28-40
2:31		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (lost ball)
2:18		Jayce Willingham personal foul (Jermaine Marshall draws the foul)
2:18		Jermaine Marshall misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:18		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
2:16		Dallas Graziani personal foul
1:54		Riley Allenspach shooting foul (Malik Dia draws the foul)
1:54	+1	Malik Dia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-40
1:54	+1	Malik Dia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-40
1:46		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point layup
1:44		Rylan Jones offensive rebound
1:31		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (lost ball) (Jayce Willingham steals)
1:25	+2	Keishawn Davidson makes two point layup (Jayce Willingham assists)	32-40
1:14	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point turnaround jump shot (Rylan Jones assists)	32-42
1:04		Riley Allenspach personal foul (Isaiah Walker draws the foul)
1:04	+1	Isaiah Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-42
1:04	+1	Isaiah Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-42
0:48		Ja'Kobi Gillespie shooting foul (Riley Allenspach draws the foul)
0:48	+1	Riley Allenspach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-43
0:48	+1	Riley Allenspach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-44
0:25		Nathan Johnson shooting foul (Ja'Kobi Gillespie draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-44
0:25	+1	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-44
0:06		Jayce Willingham personal foul (Jermaine Marshall draws the foul)
0:06		Jermaine Marshall misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:06		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
0:05		Jayce Willingham turnover (bad pass)
0:01		Jermaine Marshall misses two point layup
0:00		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
BELM
Bruins
57
SAM
Bulldogs
55

Time		Play	Score
19:36		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (lost ball) (Achor Achor steals)
19:26		Rylan Jones misses two point layup
19:24		Bulldogs offensive rebound
19:22	+2	Dallas Graziani makes two point jump shot (Achor Achor assists)	36-46
19:22		Jayce Willingham shooting foul (Dallas Graziani draws the foul)
19:22	+1	Dallas Graziani makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-47
19:06		Achor Achor personal foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
19:04		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
19:02		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
18:47	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point jump shot	36-49
18:16		Cade Tyson turnover (lost ball) (Jermaine Marshall steals)
18:10	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point layup (Jermaine Marshall assists)	36-51
17:56		Riley Allenspach shooting foul (Jayce Willingham draws the foul)
17:55	+1	Jayce Willingham makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-51
17:55	+1	Jayce Willingham makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-51
17:25		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point jump shot
17:23		Bulldogs offensive rebound
17:23		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
17:04	+3	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes three point jump shot	41-51
16:42	+2	Dallas Graziani makes two point stepback jump shot	41-53
16:27		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (lost ball)
16:14		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point jump shot
16:12		A.J. Staton-McCray offensive rebound
16:08	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point jump shot	41-55
15:58		Cade Tyson misses two point jump shot
15:58		Bruins offensive rebound
15:58		Jermaine Marshall personal foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
15:58		TV timeout
15:54		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
15:52		Jaden Campbell defensive rebound
15:43	+3	Rylan Jones makes three point jump shot (Dallas Graziani assists)	41-58
15:27		Keishawn Davidson misses three point jump shot
15:25		Malik Dia offensive rebound
15:13	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point jump shot (Isaiah Walker assists)	43-58
14:54	+2	Nathan Johnson makes two point cutting layup (Riley Allenspach assists)	43-60
14:45	+2	Malik Dia makes two point driving layup (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	45-60
14:31	+3	Nathan Johnson makes three point jump shot (Dallas Graziani assists)	45-63
14:16		Rylan Jones personal foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
14:08	+2	Malik Dia makes two point jump shot (Keishawn Davidson assists)	47-63
13:52		Achor Achor turnover (lost ball)
13:45	+3	Cade Tyson makes three point jump shot (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	50-63
13:24		Garrett Hicks turnover (bad pass)
13:18	+3	Cade Tyson makes three point jump shot (Keishawn Davidson assists)	53-63
13:14		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
13:14		TV timeout
13:02	+2	Rylan Jones makes two point layup	53-65
12:54		Rylan Jones shooting foul (Malik Dia draws the foul)
12:54	+1	Malik Dia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-65
12:54		Malik Dia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:54		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
12:45		Jaden Campbell misses two point layup
12:43		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
12:24		Achor Achor blocks Ja'Kobi Gillespie's two point layup
12:22		Achor Achor defensive rebound
12:14		Rylan Jones misses three point jump shot
12:12		Isaiah Walker defensive rebound
11:58		Malik Dia misses two point jump shot
11:56		Achor Achor defensive rebound
11:35	+2	Garrett Hicks makes two point layup (Jermaine Marshall assists)	54-67
11:23		Garrett Hicks personal foul
11:23		TV timeout
11:01	+3	Cade Tyson makes three point jump shot (Malik Dia assists)	57-67
10:50	+3	Achor Achor makes three point jump shot (A.J. Staton-McCray assists)	57-70
10:37	+3	Jayce Willingham makes three point jump shot (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	60-70
10:27	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup	60-72
10:17		Keishawn Davidson turnover (bad pass) (Rylan Jones steals)
10:02		Malik Dia personal foul (Achor Achor draws the foul)
9:52		Rylan Jones misses two point jump shot
9:50		A.J. Staton-McCray offensive rebound
9:42	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup (A.J. Staton-McCray assists)	60-74
9:34		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
9:32		Rylan Jones defensive rebound
9:19		Nathan Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:17		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
9:05	+3	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes three point jump shot (Brigham Rogers assists)	63-74
9:01		Bruins 30 second timeout
8:48		Brigham Rogers personal foul (Achor Achor draws the foul)
8:40		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (Keishawn Davidson steals)
8:32		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (bad pass) (Rylan Jones steals)
8:28	+2	Rylan Jones makes two point layup	63-76
8:00	+2	Isaiah Walker makes two point layup (Keishawn Davidson assists)	65-76
7:38	+3	Garrett Hicks makes three point jump shot (A.J. Staton-McCray assists)	65-79
7:30		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
7:28		Brigham Rogers offensive rebound
7:24		A.J. Staton-McCray personal foul (Brigham Rogers draws the foul)
7:24		TV timeout
7:24		Brigham Rogers misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:24	+1	Brigham Rogers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-79
7:08		Jermaine Marshall misses three point jump shot
7:06		Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound
6:45	+2	Garrett Hicks makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	66-81
6:26	+2	Malik Dia makes two point layup	68-81
6:14		Garrett Hicks misses three point jump shot
6:12		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
5:55		Achor Achor personal foul (Keishawn Davidson draws the foul)
5:55	+1	Keishawn Davidson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-81
5:55	+1	Keishawn Davidson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-81
5:31	+3	A.J. Staton-McCray makes three point jump shot (Garrett Hicks assists)	70-84
5:19		Jermaine Marshall shooting foul (Keishawn Davidson draws the foul)
5:19		Keishawn Davidson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:19	+1	Keishawn Davidson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-84
5:07		Jayce Willingham blocks Riley Allenspach's two point layup
5:05		Jayce Willingham defensive rebound
4:55	+3	Cade Tyson makes three point jump shot (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists)	74-84
4:43		Jermaine Marshall misses three point jump shot
4:41		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
4:34		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
4:33		Cade Tyson offensive rebound
4:33		Garrett Hicks personal foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
4:33	+1	Cade Tyson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-84
4:33	+1	Cade Tyson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-84
4:20	+2	Achor Achor makes two point jump shot (Dallas Graziani assists)	76-86
4:00		Keishawn Davidson misses three point jump shot
3:58		Cade Tyson offensive rebound
3:55	+2	Cade Tyson makes two point tip layup	78-86
3:42	+3	A.J. Staton-McCray makes three point jump shot (Dallas Graziani assists)	78-89
3:40		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
3:40		TV timeout
3:30		Achor Achor blocks Isaiah Walker's two point layup
3:28		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
3:10		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (bad pass)
2:55	+3	Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes three point jump shot	81-89
2:46		Isaiah Walker personal foul
2:43		Cade Tyson blocks A.J. Staton-McCray's two point layup
2:41		Jermaine Marshall offensive rebound
2:40	+2	Jermaine Marshall makes two point layup	81-91
2:23		Keishawn Davidson misses two point layup
2:21		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
2:13	+2	A.J. Staton-McCray makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	81-93
1:58		Jermaine Marshall flagrant 1 (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
1:58	+1	Cade Tyson makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	82-93
1:58	+1	Cade Tyson makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	83-93
1:57	+3	Cade Tyson makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Walker assists)	86-93
1:55		Dallas Graziani shooting foul (Cade Tyson draws the foul)
1:55	+1	Cade Tyson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	87-93
1:48		Jake Dykstra personal foul (Jermaine Marshall draws the foul)
1:44		Ja'Kobi Gillespie personal foul (Dallas Graziani draws the foul)
1:24	+2	Jermaine Marshall makes two point jump shot (Rylan Jones assists)	87-95
1:24		Jayce Willingham shooting foul (Jermaine Marshall draws the foul)
1:24		Jermaine Marshall misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:24		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
1:02		Ja'Kobi Gillespie turnover (lost ball) (Jermaine Marshall steals)
0:57		A.J. Staton-McCray misses two point dunk
0:55		Achor Achor offensive rebound
0:53		Achor Achor misses two point layup
0:51		Cade Tyson defensive rebound
0:46		A.J. Staton-McCray blocks Cade Tyson's three point jump shot
0:44		Isaiah Walker offensive rebound
0:39	+3	Keishawn Davidson makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Walker assists)	90-95
0:39		Bruins 60 second timeout
0:36		Keishawn Davidson personal foul (Rylan Jones draws the foul)
0:36		Rylan Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:36		Ja'Kobi Gillespie defensive rebound
0:24		Cade Tyson misses three point jump shot
0:22		Rylan Jones defensive rebound
0:18		Cade Tyson personal foul (Rylan Jones draws the foul)
0:18	+1	Rylan Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	90-96
0:18	+1	Rylan Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	90-97
0:11	+3	Keishawn Davidson makes three point jump shot (Cade Tyson assists)	93-97
0:10		Isaiah Walker personal foul (Garrett Hicks draws the foul)
0:10	+1	Garrett Hicks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	93-98
0:10	+1	Garrett Hicks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	93-99
0:06		Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses three point jump shot
0:04		Achor Achor defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Achor Achor defensive rebound