The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga fell 60-54 at Samford in a game that was tied at 49-all with five minutes to play.
Point guard Trey Montgomery led the Bulldogs (11-16, 5-10 SoCon) with 19 points. Jeffrey Merritt had 18 and Josh Davis had 16 for the Bulldogs.
Ricky Taylor led the Mocs (13-15, 5-10) with 11 points. Nine different Mocs had at least two points in their fifth straight loss.
UTC led 51-49 before Merritt and Montgomery hit back-to-back 3-pointers. Taylor hit a trey with 46 seconds left to pull UTC with 56-54.
But Montgomery scored on a difficult layup with 15 seconds left and Keegan Bell missed one for UTC before Bryan Friday finished the game with a layup.
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