It was difficult to watch, and even more of a struggle to write about, but here it goes. Some of the things we were worried about going into the Championship game against Samford came true in a 54-43 loss. Appalachian shot the basketball horridly for the entire game, only 29%, after shooting 51% the day [...]

 Samford pulled the minor upset on Sunday afternoon with a win over Davidson, which sets up a rematch of the 2011 Southern Conference Championship Game. Appalachian defeated Samford twice this season, both times by four points, with games played in the fifties. Samford was a combined 10/48 from three point range in the two games. Maryah Sydnor [...]