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Achor leads Samford past Furman 84-77 and into SoCon title game

AP
Mar 10, 2024

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) Achor Achor finished with 28 points and 14 rebounds on Sunday to propel Samford past Furman 84-77 and into the championship game of the Southern Conference Tournament.

The top-seeded Bulldogs (28-5) will face either East Tennessee State or Chattanooga in Monday's title game.

Achor sank 12 of 15 shots with a 3-pointer and blocked three shots on the way to his third double-double this season for Samford. Jaden Campbell hit all seven of his free throws and scored 14. Rylan Jones pitched in with 11 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals.

JP Pegues totaled 22 points and five assists to pace the fifth-seeded Paladins (17-16). Carter Whitt came off the bench to hit 4 of 5 from 3-point range and score 20. Marcus Foster added 12 points.

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1st Half
FURM
Paladins
28
SAM
Bulldogs
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bulldogs gains possession)
19:49		Achor Achor turnover (lost ball) (Pjay Smith Jr. steals)
19:42	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	3-0
19:15		Jermaine Marshall misses three point jump shot
19:13		Ben VanderWal defensive rebound
19:11		JP Pegues turnover (bad pass) (Achor Achor steals)
19:05		Jaden Campbell turnover (out of bounds)
18:53	+3	Marcus Foster makes three point jump shot (Garrett Hien assists)	6-0
18:38		Garrett Hien blocks Achor Achor's two point layup
18:36		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
18:24	+2	Marcus Foster makes two point layup	8-0
18:13		Pjay Smith Jr. blocks Rylan Jones's two point jump shot
18:11		Rylan Jones offensive rebound
18:03		Jermaine Marshall turnover (bad pass)
17:50		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
17:48		Rylan Jones defensive rebound
17:38	+3	Achor Achor makes three point jump shot (Rylan Jones assists)	8-3
17:30		Pjay Smith Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Rylan Jones steals)
17:17		Rylan Jones misses three point jump shot
17:15		Jaden Campbell offensive rebound
17:12	+2	Jaden Campbell makes two point layup	8-5
17:06		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
17:04		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
16:49		JP Pegues blocks Rylan Jones's two point layup
16:47		Achor Achor offensive rebound
16:38	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup	8-7
16:33		Achor Achor personal foul
16:27		Rylan Jones personal foul
16:23		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:21		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
16:18		Ben VanderWal personal foul
16:02		Jermaine Marshall turnover (lost ball) (Pjay Smith Jr. steals)
15:44	+2	Alex Williams makes two point layup (Cooper Bowser assists)	10-7
15:20		Tyrese Hughey shooting foul (Nathan Johnson draws the foul)
15:20		TV timeout
15:20	+1	Nathan Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 3	10-8
15:20		Nathan Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 3
15:20	+1	Nathan Johnson makes regular free throw 3 of 3	10-9
15:08		Tyrese Hughey misses three point jump shot
15:06		Achor Achor defensive rebound
14:53		Carter Whitt personal foul
14:37		Garrett Hicks misses three point jump shot
14:35		Alex Williams defensive rebound
14:14	+3	JP Pegues makes three point jump shot (Carter Whitt assists)	13-9
14:05		A.J. Staton-McCray turnover (lost ball) (Tyrese Hughey steals)
14:05		A.J. Staton-McCray personal foul
14:03		JP Pegues turnover (lost ball) (Josh Holloway steals)
13:56	+2	Josh Holloway makes two point layup	13-11
13:43	+3	JP Pegues makes three point jump shot (Alex Williams assists)	16-11
13:23		A.J. Staton-McCray misses three point jump shot
13:21		Paladins defensive rebound
13:07	+2	Alex Williams makes two point layup	18-11
12:54	+2	Garrett Hicks makes two point layup (Jermaine Marshall assists)	18-13
12:35		Alex Williams misses two point layup
12:33		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
12:18		Alex Williams shooting foul (Achor Achor draws the foul)
12:18	+1	Achor Achor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-14
12:18		Achor Achor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:18		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
11:57		Carter Whitt misses two point layup
11:55		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
11:46		Achor Achor turnover (traveling)
11:46		TV timeout
11:19	+3	Carter Whitt makes three point jump shot (Ben VanderWal assists)	21-14
11:01		Rylan Jones misses two point layup
10:59		Pjay Smith Jr. defensive rebound
10:52		Jermaine Marshall personal foul
10:50		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
10:48		Ben VanderWal offensive rebound
10:42	+2	Ben VanderWal makes two point layup	23-14
10:35	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point hook shot (Dallas Graziani assists)	23-16
10:20		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
10:18		Nathan Johnson defensive rebound
10:11	+2	Riley Allenspach makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	23-18
9:44		Paladins 30 second timeout
9:42		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
9:40		Ben VanderWal offensive rebound
9:34		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:32		Nathan Johnson defensive rebound
9:22		Nathan Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:20		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
8:58		Rylan Jones shooting foul (Marcus Foster draws the foul)
8:58	+1	Marcus Foster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-18
8:58	+1	Marcus Foster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-18
8:41		Dallas Graziani misses three point jump shot
8:39		Achor Achor offensive rebound
8:35	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup	25-20
8:28		Dallas Graziani shooting foul (Marcus Foster draws the foul)
8:28	+1	Marcus Foster makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-20
8:28	+1	Marcus Foster makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-20
8:15		Jaden Campbell misses three point jump shot
8:13		Alex Williams defensive rebound
7:51		JP Pegues misses two point layup
7:49		Achor Achor defensive rebound
7:45		TV timeout
7:41		Cooper Bowser personal foul
7:23	+3	Garrett Hicks makes three point jump shot (Jermaine Marshall assists)	27-23
7:12		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:10		Garrett Hicks defensive rebound
6:59		Alex Williams shooting foul (Jermaine Marshall draws the foul)
6:59	+1	Jermaine Marshall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-24
6:59		Jermaine Marshall misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:59		Tyrese Hughey defensive rebound
6:35		Carter Whitt misses two point jump shot
6:33		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
6:28		Pjay Smith Jr. shooting foul (Josh Holloway draws the foul)
6:28	+1	Josh Holloway makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-25
6:28		Josh Holloway misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:28		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
6:06		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:04		Achor Achor defensive rebound
5:32		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
5:05		Jermaine Marshall shooting foul (Marcus Foster draws the foul)
5:05		JP Pegues misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:05	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-25
4:47	+2	Achor Achor makes two point jump shot	28-27
4:17		Achor Achor blocks Marcus Foster's two point layup
4:15		Achor Achor defensive rebound
4:05		A.J. Staton-McCray misses three point jump shot
4:03		Paladins defensive rebound
3:37		Garrett Hien misses three point jump shot
3:35		Josh Holloway defensive rebound
3:28	+3	Josh Holloway makes three point jump shot	28-30
3:23		Paladins 30 second timeout
3:23		TV timeout
2:50		Alex Williams misses three point jump shot
2:48		Josh Holloway defensive rebound
2:37		Riley Allenspach misses three point jump shot
2:35		JP Pegues defensive rebound
2:30		Riley Allenspach personal foul (Pjay Smith Jr. draws the foul)
2:30		Pjay Smith Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:30		Achor Achor defensive rebound
2:05		Achor Achor misses two point layup
2:03		Garrett Hien defensive rebound
1:54		Marcus Foster turnover (bad pass) (Rylan Jones steals)
1:43		Nathan Johnson misses three point jump shot
1:41		Garrett Hien personal foul (Achor Achor draws the foul)
1:41		Achor Achor misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:41		Alex Williams defensive rebound
1:26		Alex Williams misses three point jump shot
1:24		Nathan Johnson defensive rebound
1:01	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup	28-32
0:37		Marcus Foster turnover (lost ball) (Jaden Campbell steals)
0:35		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:13	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup (Nathan Johnson assists)	28-34
0:03		Garrett Hien misses three point jump shot
0:01		Lukas Walls defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
FURM
Paladins
49
SAM
Bulldogs
50

Time		Play	Score
19:49		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
19:47		Garrett Hien offensive rebound
19:42	+2	Garrett Hien makes two point layup	30-34
19:21	+2	Jermaine Marshall makes two point layup (Achor Achor assists)	30-36
18:47		Ben VanderWal misses three point jump shot
18:45		Jermaine Marshall defensive rebound
18:33		Rylan Jones turnover (lost ball) (Ben VanderWal steals)
18:25		Achor Achor shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
18:25	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-36
18:25	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-36
18:13		Marcus Foster personal foul
18:07	+2	Dallas Graziani makes two point jump shot	32-38
17:46		Alex Williams misses three point jump shot
17:44		Rylan Jones defensive rebound
17:36		Garrett Hien shooting foul (Achor Achor draws the foul)
17:36	+1	Achor Achor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-39
17:36	+1	Achor Achor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-40
17:27		Pjay Smith Jr. misses two point jump shot
17:25		Pjay Smith Jr. offensive rebound
17:21		Marcus Foster misses three point jump shot
17:19		Rylan Jones defensive rebound
17:09	+3	Jaden Campbell makes three point jump shot (Dallas Graziani assists)	32-43
16:44	+3	Pjay Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (Marcus Foster assists)	35-43
16:37		Jaden Campbell misses two point dunk
16:35		Marcus Foster defensive rebound
16:33		Marcus Foster turnover (bad pass) (Dallas Graziani steals)
16:33		Marcus Foster personal foul
16:23	+2	Rylan Jones makes two point jump shot	35-45
15:58		Ben VanderWal misses three point jump shot
15:56		Alex Williams offensive rebound
15:54		Jermaine Marshall personal foul
15:54		TV timeout
15:43		Alex Williams turnover (out of bounds)
15:19		Alex Williams shooting foul (Jaden Campbell draws the foul)
15:19	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 3	35-46
15:19	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 3	35-47
15:19	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 3 of 3	35-48
14:59		Ben VanderWal misses two point layup
14:57		Achor Achor defensive rebound
14:51		Nathan Johnson misses three point jump shot
14:49		Alex Williams defensive rebound
14:41	+2	JP Pegues makes two point jump shot	37-48
14:20	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	37-50
14:06		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:04		Achor Achor defensive rebound
13:47		JP Pegues blocks Josh Holloway's three point jump shot
13:45		Carter Whitt defensive rebound
13:33	+2	Cooper Bowser makes two point dunk (Carter Whitt assists)	39-50
13:03		Jaden Campbell misses three point jump shot
13:01		Paladins defensive rebound
12:32		Jaden Campbell blocks Marcus Foster's three point jump shot
12:30		Carter Whitt offensive rebound
12:28		Paladins turnover (shot clock violation)
12:28		TV timeout
12:11	+3	Rylan Jones makes three point jump shot (A.J. Staton-McCray assists)	39-53
11:56	+3	Carter Whitt makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	42-53
11:27		Garrett Hicks misses three point jump shot
11:25		Achor Achor offensive rebound
11:23		Ben VanderWal personal foul
11:13		Jermaine Marshall turnover (bad pass) (JP Pegues steals)
11:09		Rylan Jones shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
11:09	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-53
11:09	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-53
11:07		Rylan Jones turnover (bad pass)
10:56		Alex Williams misses two point layup
10:54		Carter Whitt offensive rebound
10:46		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
10:44		Bulldogs defensive rebound
10:36		Jermaine Marshall turnover (back court violation)
10:21		Jermaine Marshall shooting foul (Ben VanderWal draws the foul)
10:21		Ben VanderWal misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:21	+1	Ben VanderWal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-53
10:12		Garrett Hicks misses three point jump shot
10:10		Achor Achor offensive rebound
10:06		Ben VanderWal personal foul
9:56		Rylan Jones turnover (bad pass) (Alex Williams steals)
9:48		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
9:46		Achor Achor defensive rebound
9:38		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
9:38		TV timeout
9:19	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	45-55
8:53		JP Pegues misses two point jump shot
8:51		Jaden Campbell defensive rebound
8:51		Jump ball. (Bulldogs gains possession)
8:29	+2	Garrett Hicks makes two point layup	45-57
8:10		Achor Achor shooting foul (Cooper Bowser draws the foul)
8:10		Cooper Bowser misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:10	+1	Cooper Bowser makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-57
8:05	+2	Achor Achor makes two point dunk (Jaden Campbell assists)	46-59
7:56	+3	Pjay Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	49-59
7:53		Paladins 30 second timeout
7:53		TV timeout
7:44		Rylan Jones misses two point jump shot
7:42		Ben VanderWal defensive rebound
7:28		Pjay Smith Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:26		JP Pegues offensive rebound
7:08		Pjay Smith Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Rylan Jones steals)
6:41	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup	49-61
6:34		Rylan Jones shooting foul (Alex Williams draws the foul)
6:34		Alex Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:34	+1	Alex Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-61
6:09	+3	Rylan Jones makes three point jump shot	50-64
6:06		Bulldogs 60 second timeout
5:53		Cooper Bowser turnover (bad pass) (Dallas Graziani steals)
5:41	+2	Achor Achor makes two point dunk (Dallas Graziani assists)	50-66
5:30		Nathan Johnson shooting foul (Cooper Bowser draws the foul)
5:30	+1	Cooper Bowser makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-66
5:30	+1	Cooper Bowser makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-66
5:06		Jaden Campbell turnover (bad pass) (Alex Williams steals)
4:59	+3	Carter Whitt makes three point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	55-66
4:36	+2	Dallas Graziani makes two point layup	55-68
4:25		Achor Achor blocks JP Pegues's two point layup
4:23		Nathan Johnson defensive rebound
4:15		Alex Williams personal foul (Garrett Hicks draws the foul)
4:15	+1	Garrett Hicks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-69
4:15		Garrett Hicks misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:15		Alex Williams defensive rebound
4:04		Dallas Graziani shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
4:04		JP Pegues misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:04	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-69
3:41	+2	Achor Achor makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	56-71
3:28	+2	Carter Whitt makes two point jump shot	58-71
3:19		Carter Whitt personal foul (Nathan Johnson draws the foul)
3:19		TV timeout
3:19		Nathan Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:19		Ben VanderWal defensive rebound
3:04		Jaden Campbell blocks JP Pegues's two point jump shot
3:02		Achor Achor defensive rebound
2:40		Cooper Bowser blocks Achor Achor's two point jump shot
2:38		Cooper Bowser defensive rebound
2:38		Jump ball. (Paladins gains possession)
2:32		Jaden Campbell shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
2:32	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-71
2:32	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-71
2:24		Alex Williams personal foul (Nathan Johnson draws the foul)
2:24	+1	Nathan Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-72
2:24	+1	Nathan Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-73
2:17		Achor Achor blocks Carter Whitt's two point layup
2:15		Cooper Bowser offensive rebound
2:15		Dallas Graziani shooting foul (Cooper Bowser draws the foul)
2:15	+1	Cooper Bowser makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-73
2:15	+1	Cooper Bowser makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-73
2:12	+2	Jaden Campbell makes two point layup (Rylan Jones assists)	62-75
2:02		Carter Whitt misses three point jump shot
2:00		JP Pegues offensive rebound
1:58		Dallas Graziani personal foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
1:58		JP Pegues misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:58	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-75
1:57		Rylan Jones turnover (bad pass)
1:46	+3	Carter Whitt makes three point jump shot	66-75
1:35		JP Pegues personal foul (Rylan Jones draws the foul)
1:35		Rylan Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:35	+1	Rylan Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-76
1:29	+2	Carter Whitt makes two point jump shot (JP Pegues assists)	68-76
1:15		Carter Whitt personal foul (Rylan Jones draws the foul)
1:15	+1	Rylan Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-77
1:15	+1	Rylan Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-78
1:08		Nathan Johnson shooting foul (JP Pegues draws the foul)
1:08	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-78
1:08	+1	JP Pegues makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-78
1:02		Carter Whitt personal foul (Jaden Campbell draws the foul)
1:02	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-79
1:02	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-80
0:57	+2	Carter Whitt makes two point layup	72-80
0:54		Rylan Jones turnover (bad pass) (Pjay Smith Jr. steals)
0:52		Rylan Jones personal foul (Carter Whitt draws the foul)
0:52	+1	Carter Whitt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-80
0:52	+1	Carter Whitt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-80
0:45		Carter Whitt personal foul (Jaden Campbell draws the foul)
0:45	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-81
0:45	+1	Jaden Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-82
0:39	+3	JP Pegues makes three point jump shot	77-82
0:37		Ben VanderWal personal foul (Garrett Hicks draws the foul)
0:37	+1	Garrett Hicks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-83
0:37		Garrett Hicks misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:37		Ben VanderWal defensive rebound
0:27		JP Pegues misses three point jump shot
0:25		Ben VanderWal offensive rebound
0:18		Ben VanderWal misses two point layup
0:18		Achor Achor defensive rebound
0:18		JP Pegues personal foul (Nathan Johnson draws the foul)
0:18		Nathan Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:18	+1	Nathan Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-84
0:09		Tyrese Hughey misses three point jump shot
0:07		Garrett Hicks defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Garrett Hicks defensive rebound