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By Embracing 'Bucky Ball,' Samford Off to Fast Start Under Its First-Time Coach College

Myron Gordon can understand why you’re perplexed, and, to some degree, he’ll concede that this all sounds a bit contrived. But he still stands firm in his assertion that “shock” wasn’t the emotion he felt when he and the Samford Bulldogs hung 174 points on Division III Greenville (Ill.) in an exhibition win on Nov. 25.

“It was exciting and it was fun, but, no, I wouldn’t say I was shocked,” says Gordon, who led the Bulldogs with 28 points in the 174–99 rout. “I guess it’s because I see us put that many points all the time in practice.