The WKU women's basketball team (8-2) muscled its way to a hard-fought victory on Sunday evening, as the Lady Toppers scored 40 points in the paint in an 88-84 road win against Samford (3-9) in the Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Both the Lady Toppers and Bulldogs lit it up from the field in the first-ever meeting between the two schools, as eight of the game’s 10 starters notched double-digit scoring outputs.
WKU shot 56% from the field, 41% from deep and 75% from the free-throw line. Defensively, the Lady Toppers were able to snatch nine steals and turned 15 Bulldog turnovers into 24 points on the offensive end.