WBB: at Samford

After an 11-day hiatus from basketball, the Catamounts travel to Homewood, Alabama to meet the Samford Lady Bulldogs in a continuation of conference play. Samford holds a 6-2 record over the Cats, with the Lady Bulldogs winning the last five meetings between the two teams, Western's last win came in 2009, when the Cats beat Samford twice that seaon. The Lady Bulldogs were picked to finish 4th overall in the SoCon preseason basketball poll and currently are 4-4 overall on the season and 0-2 in the SoCon. The Lady Bulldogs have wins over Montana (59-45), Alabama St. (62-51), Jacksonville St. (73-40), and SEMO (63-58). Their losses have been to DePaul (9 points), WKU (1 point), Greensboro (8 points), and Elon (25 points).  Paige Anderson is the leading scorer this season, with 11 points per game average.