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2020-21 FURMAN PALADINS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2017 / Converse FURMAN PALADINS FOOTBALL Furman Paladins (1-4) vs. Converse Valkyries (1-0) December 16, 2020 / Greenville, S.C. / Timmons Arena / 7:00 p.m. ET TV/Video — ESPN+ / Live Stats — FurmanPaladins.com Series — Furman leads 8-0 (Last Meeting: Converse 41, Furman 80 — Jan. 22, 2018 in Greenville) FURMAN PROBABLE STARTERS/RESERVES No Name Ht Yr Hometown/Last School ‘20 PPG RPG Notes G 13 .. Paraskevi Koilia .......... 5-8 ....Fr. ..... Athens, Greece / Moraitis ............................1.2 ....2.6 Career-high 8 assists at Tenn. G 2 .. Jarya Outten ............... 5-5 ....Sr. ..... Fort Myers, Fla./Fort Myers .........................4.0 ....2.2 93g, 14 starts; younger sister Janay signed w/Furman in Nov. ‘20 G 4 .. Tate Walters ................ 5-9 ....Fr. ..... Buford, Ga./Buford .....................................12.4 ....2.8 11 pts. at Tenn.; 4 5A state title teams (118-8 record) @ Buford HS F 15 .. Tierra Hodges ............. 5-9 ....R-Sr. Covington, Ga. / Alcovy .............................16.8 ..10.8 19 pts. at Elon; 1T All-SoCon ‘20; led SoCon rebounds ‘20 (10.4) F 55 .. Celena Taborn ............ 6-3 ....Sr. ..... Sidney, Ohio / Sidney...................................4.4 ....3.6 99g, 56 starts, 1,037 career pts. (24th/FU); .632 career FG% (1st/FU) G 0 .. Maddie Griffon ............ 5-5 ....So. .... Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove.......0.3 ....0.3 12g as a reserve ‘20 G 1 .. Evie DePetro ............... 5-9 ....Fr. ..... Knoxville, Tenn./Carter .................................1.0 ....0.0 3x All-Region, All-District; 14.3 ppg, 5.0 apg as a senior F 5 .. Jaeyden Hill-Mims ...... 5-7 ....Fr. ..... Greenville, S.C. / Greenville Senior .............0.0 ....0.0 Member of three region championship teams G 10 .. Kennedy Grier ............. 5-4 ....Fr. ..... Charlotte, N.C. / Charlotte Country Day ......0.0 ....0.0 NCISAA All-State as a senior; 2x All-CISAA All-Region G 12 .. Tyah Hunter ................ 6-0 ....Sr. ..... Hopewell, Va. / Hopewell .............................0.0 ....1.0 23g as a reserve ‘20 F 14 .. Grace van Rij .............. 6-2 ....Jr. ..... Knoxville, Tenn. / Bearden ...........................1.8 ....2.4 6 pts./2 rebs. vs. Ga. So.; 25g/10 starts ‘19-20 G 23 .. Beatriz Mateo .............. 5-4 ....Jr. ..... Madrid, Spain / SEK El Castillo .................................. Remained in native Spain for fall semester; appeared in 6g as a reserve ‘20 G 24 .. Greyson Boone ........... 5-9 ....Jr. ..... Greenville, S.C. / Wade Hampton ................1.0 ....1.2 17g as a reserve, 10x23 3PFG (.435) in ‘20 F 25 .. Aaliyah Irizarry-Perez . 6-0 ....Fr. ..... Oviedo, Fla. / The Masters Academy ...........2.8 ....1.5 State POY (soph.) at Orlando Christian before transferring to Masters Acad. F 30 .. Natalie Wilson ............. 5-9 ....Jr. ..... Evans, Ga. / Greenbrier ...............................0.4 ....0.8 Appeared in 9g as a reserve ‘20 F 35 .. Sydney James ............ 6-0 ....Fr. ..... Ocala, Fla. / West Port ...............................13.0 ....3.8 Career-high 20 pts. at Elon; 2x 5A District POY at West Port F 45 .. Cyan Dyke .................. 5-11 ..Fr. ..... Los Angeles, Calif. / Bishop Montgomery ....0.0 ....0.0 2T All-Area selection as a senior (10.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg) 2020-21 FURMAN RESULTS/SCHEDULE 2020-21 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS/SCHEDULE (1-4, 0-0 SoCon) School Conference Overall Wednesday, December 16 Date Opponent Result/Time WOF (6) .................... 0 - 0 .000 3 - 2 .600 Samford at Jacksonville St., 5:30 Nov. 25 @ Clemson (ESPN+) ...................... L .... 43-83 MER (1) .................... 0 - 0 .000 3 - 3 .500 Converse at Furman, 7:00 Western Caro. at Tennessee Tech, 7:00 Dec. 3 @ Georgia Southern (ESPN+) ........W ... 73-58 UTC (2) ..................... 0 - 0 .000 1 - 3 .250 Dec. 6 @ Georgia State (ESPN+) ................. L, 59-78 ETSU (7) ................... 0 - 0 .000 1 - 3 .250 FUR (4) .................... 0 - 0 .000 1 - 4 .200 Friday, December 18 Dec. 10 @ Tennessee (SECN+) ...................... L, 53-90 WCU (8) .................... 0 - 0 .000 1 - 4 .200 Eastern Ky. at Chattanooga, 4:00 Dec. 13 @ Elon (FLOHOOPS) ........................... L, 62-74 SAM (3) .................... 0 - 0 .000 1 - 5 .167 ETSU at Davidson, 4:00 Dec. 16 CONVERSE (ESPN+) .............................. 7:00 UNCG (5) .................. 0 - 0 .000 1 - 5 .167 UNC Greensboro at Elon, 7:00 Dec. 20 @ Georgia ........................................... 2:00 (#) SoCon Coaches Preseason Poll Mercer at Western Ky., 8:00 Jan. 3 NEWBERRY ........................................ 2:00 Jan. 10 @ Wofford* ...........................................TBA PALADIN POINTERS TIPOFF TIDBITS....After spending the past five games on the road to open the season, Furman plays its first home Jan. 15 CHATTANOOGA ..................................TBA game on Wednesday hosting Converse at 7 p.m. The Paladins and Valkyries are meeting for the ninth time in program Jan. 17 CHATTANOOGA ..................................TBA history and first since 2017-18. Furman defeated Converse in its last meeting, 80-41, on Jan. 22, 2018 at Timmons Jan. 21 @ Mercer ..............................................TBA Arena. The Paladins closed out their season-opening road trip on Sunday with a 74-62 loss at Elon. Freshman Jan. 23 @ Mercer ..............................................TBA Sydney James led Furman with a career-high 20 points at Elon while redshirt senior Tierra Hodges followed with 19 points, giving her five straight games of 10 or more points to start the season. Jan. 28 @ Samford ...........................................TBA Jan. 30 @ Samford ...........................................TBA WALTERS TABBED SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK...Freshman Tate Walters became the first freshman SoCon Feb. 4 EAST TENNESSEE STATE .................TBA women’s basketball player since Wofford’s Jackie Carman on Nov. 27, 2018 to earn SoCon Player of the Week honors, Feb. 6 EAST TENNESSEE STATE .................TBA receiving the accolade on Tuesday. It is her first career SoCon Player of the Week honor. She led Furman offensively Feb. 11 @ UNCG ..............................................TBA against Sun Belt opponents Georgia Southern and Georgia State, averaging 20.0 points per game. Walters set new career-highs during the win at Georgia Southern in points (25), rebounds (6), field goals made (9),3-pointers made Feb. 13 @ UNCG ..............................................TBA (4) and free throws made (3). Feb. 19 WESTERN CAROLINA ........................TBA Feb. 21 WESTERN CAROLINA ........................TBA RECAPPING THE WIN OVER GEORGIA SOUTHERN...Freshman Tate Walters’ 25-point, six-rebound performance Feb. 25 WOFFORD ...........................................TBA highlighted Furman’s 73-58 triumph over Georgia Southern in Statesboro on Thursday, extending the Paladins’ series winning streak over the Eagles to 10 games. Fellow freshman Sydney James added 16 points and seven rebounds, and redshirt senior Tierra Hodges registered her 15th career double-double (12 points, 17 rebounds) for the Paladins, who *SoCon Games broke open a 47-46 game after three periods by outscoring the Eagles 26-14 in the fourth quarter en route to the win. FURMAN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COVID ISSUES CANCELS TWO GAMES, PALADINS ADD ONE...Furman had its first two scheduled home games Evie DePetro ........................... Eee-Vee De-Pea-tro (vs. Presbyterian, Dec. 1; vs. Stetson, Dec. 10) scratched due to COVID-19 issues with the Blue Hose and Hatters’ Cyan Dyke ...................................................Cy-Ann programs. On Friday Furman announced the addition of a Dec. 10 contest at Tennessee, with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. Tierra Hodges ......................................................TEE-era at Thompson-Boling Arena. It will mark the first meeting between the Paladins and Vols since NCAA Tournament Tyah Hunter ........................................................... TIE-uh first round action in 2000, when current Furman head coachJackie Carson, was a Paladin senior and SoCon MVP. Aaliyah Irizarry-Perez .........Ah-LEE-yuh Iri-ZAR-ee CONSENSUS NO. 4 PICK...Furman was a consensus preseason No. 4 selection in separate polls by league head Paraskevi Koilia ............. Para-skah-VEE Kill-EE-ah coaches and media. A year ago the Paladins went 19-12 overall and 8-6 in league play to finish fifth in league play. Beatriz Mateo .....................................BAY-ah, Ma-TAY-O Furman returns nine letterwinners and two starters, including redshirt senior small forward Tierra Hodges and senior Jarya Outten .........................................Jar-E-uh, OUT-en forward Celena Taborn. Grace van Rij ......................................................van RYE Celena Taborn ................................................... TAY-born MORE ON HODGES, TABORN...Tierra Hodges, named to the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Watch List, averaged 11.9 ppg and a SoCon leading 10.4 rpg a year ago en route to earning first team All-SoCon honors by vote of league media and second team accolades from the coaches. Her 10.4 rpg clip was the first double figure mark by a Paladin sinceJackie (Smith) Carson averaged 10.9 rpg for the Paladins as a senior in @FurmanWBB Furman University FurmanWBB 2000. It is the 10th highest season rebounding average in program history. Celena Taborn, who averaged 8.7 ppg @FurmanPaladins Women’s Basketball FurmanPaladins and 3.8 rpg last year, paced the SoCon in field goal