Birmingham, Alabama; Friday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Samford faces West Georgia after Jaden Brownell scored 22 points in Samford's 84-76 win against the Utah Valley Wolverines. The Bulldogs are 5-0 in home games.

Jaden Brownell had 22 points in Samford's 84-76 win over Utah Valley on Wednesday night. Brownell also had four steals for the Bulldogs (6-2). Rylan Jones scored 18 points and added three steals. Lukas Walls went 4 of 9 from the field (2 for 5 from 3-point range) to finish with 10 points.

Brownell 10-15 0-1 22, C.Holloway 4-10 1-3 9, J.Brown 2-5 0-0 5, Fort 3-9 0-0 7, Jones 5-7 4-4 18, Walls 4-9 0-0 10, J.Holloway 3-8 0-0 6, Olayinka 2-2 1-2 5, West 1-3 0-0 2, Allenspach 0-1 0-0 0, Wilburn 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 34-71 6-10 84.

Samford heads into a matchup with North Dakota State after winning three consecutive home games. Tuesday's matchup is the first of the season for the teams.