TIGERVILLE, S.C. -- Claire Johnson poured in 25 points and Samford used solid first half shooting to take command on the way to a 73-62 win over Furman in Southern Conference women's basketball action Saturday evening at Hayes Gymnasium on the campus of North Greenville University.

The win was the fifth straight for Samford (12-16, 7-5 SoCon) and gave the Bulldogs the season sweep of Furman (14-14, 4-8 SoCon) in the Paladins' final home game of the campaign. 

Johnson, a freshman guard from Paducah, Kentucky, drained 8-of-15 shots, including 4-of-9 attempts from 3-point range, and went 5-of-6 at the free throw line.

Sierra Godbolt was the only other Bulldog in double figures with 12 points.

Johnson scored 19 of her 25 points in the first half as Samford used effective dribble penetration to get to the glass and find open 3-point shots on the wing. 

The Bulldogs grabbed an 18-15 after one quarter and tallied 24 points in the second period, hitting on 8-of-15 field goal attempts (53.3%) to take a 42-31 lead into halftime.

Samford opened the second half with three straight baskets, part of an 8-2 run that stretched their advantage to 50-32 following a basket by Annie Ramil a little over a minute into the third quarter.

Samford's lead would grow to a much as 21 points in the frame after Goldbolt bottomed out a pair of free throws with 4:11 to give the Bulldogs a 59-38 advantage.

Furman never managed to cut Samford's lead to single digits the rest of the way.

Jada Session paced three Paladins in double figures with 18 points and 11 rebounds.  She was followed by Clare Coyle with 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Sydney Ryan finished with 11 points.

The Paladins were outscored 21-9 from 3-point range and shot just 31.9 percent from the field (22x69), while Samford finished the contest hitting 42.2 percent from the field (21x50) while converting 24-of-32 free throws.

Furman's cold shooting undercut the Paladins' 52-32 rebounding advantage.

The Paladins were whistled 29 fouls, a season high.