SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: Samford (11-7, 1-5)
Where: Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Saturday, January 22, 2022 | 5 p.m. 
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Game Notes: UNCG | Samford

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team hosts Samford in a Southern Conference contest Saturday. It's a late afternoon start at the Greensboro Coliseum.

This contest will also mark the end of SoCon's Unity Week. This will be the first "SoCon United" Game. The purpose of the contest is to raise awareness and increase brand visibility by having SoCon Basketball teams wear SoConUnited T-Shirts during warmups. 
 
Last Time Out

• Keyshaun Langley scored 21 points to lead UNCG during a 72-64 loss to Chattanooga on Thursday night.
• Logan Dye's 19 points and eight rebounds paced Samford during its 99-80 loss to VMI, also on Thursday. 

 
A Look At UNCG

• UNCG leads the SoCon in scoring defense (63.4 points per game) and rebounding margin (+7.6).
• The Spartans are 6-2 at home.
• UNCG has collected double digit steals in three of its six SoCon games.
• Keyshaun Langley has scored in double figures in two of UNCG's last three games.
• Kobe Langley is fourth in the SoCon in steals per game (1.6) and 11th in assists per game (3.3).
• De'Monte Buckingham is sixth in the conference in 3-point field percentage (44.0) and rebounding (7.4). He is also fourth in defensive rebounds per game (5.8).
• Buckingham has started the scoring in UNCG's last two games with a 3-pointer.
• Over UNCG's last five games, the Spartans have 47 steals with Kobe Langley leading the way with 15.
• UNCG has won the battle of the benches in all six SoCon contests.

 
A Look At Samford

• The Bulldogs have played their last two games without the SoCon's leading rebounder Jermaine Marshall (8.6).
• Samford is led in scoring by Ques Glover's 18.1 points per game average.
• Also scoring in double digits for the Bulldogs are Logan Dye (13.5 points per game), Marshall (11.9), and Jaden Campbell (10.9).
• Campbell (38 3-pointers) and Cooper Kaifes have combined to make 68 3-pointers.
• Samford has lost five of its last six games.
• The Bulldogs are 0-4 in SoCon road games.
• Samford has scored and allowed 1,363 points this season.
• Samford is last in the SoCon in field goal percentage defense (45.9) and 3-point field goal percentage defense (36.2).
• The Bulldogs are second in the SoCon in steals per game (8.2).

 
Series History

• UNCG leads the series, 19-10.
• The Spartans swept the Bulldogs last season, winning both games in Birmingham over a three-day period.
• UNCG beat Samford, 87-63, on Jan. 14, 2021 and 82-70 on Jan. 16, 2021.
• This is Samford's first trip to Greensboro since 2020.
• UNCG has won nine straight games against Samford.
• The Bulldogs last win over UNCG was 73-62 on Dec. 31, 2016.

 
Up Next

• UNCG begins a stretch of where it plays four of its next five games on the road beginning with a trip to ETSU on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.