GAME 30 at UNCG FEBRUARY 26, 2020 FURMAN PALADINS BASKETBALL ‘19-20 SPORTS INFORMATION: 3300 Poinsett Highway Timmons Arena Greenville, S.C. MBB Contact: Jordan Caskey ([email protected]) FURMAN PALADINS (23-6, 13-3 SoCon) Date ............Wednesday, February 26 Site ..Greensboro, N.C./Greensboro Coliseum Date Opponent Tip Time ............................ 7:00 p.m. Nov. 5 at Gardner-Webb W 70-63 Radio .................FoxSports 1440AM Nov. 8 LOYOLA CHICAGO W 87-63 .....TuneIn Radio, Paladin All-Access Nov. 12 at Charleston Southern W 91-47 Talent .. Bryant Lambert & Tom Van Hoy Nov. 15 SOUTHERN WESLEYAN^ W 83-61 Live Stats ...........FurmanPaladins.com Nov. 19 at Alabama^ L 73-81 TV/Stream.............................ESPN+ Nov. 22 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL W 90-45 Talent ...........................................................TBA Furman (23-6, 13-3 SoCon) UNCG (23-6, 13-3 SoCon) Nov. 26 at Elon^ W 97-61 Series ..................UNCG leads 20-17 Nov. 27 vs. UT Arlington^ W 58-57 PALADINS SPARTANS Dec. 2 at South Florida L 55-65 Dec. 5 at Auburn L (OT) 78-81 @FurmanPaladins @FurmanHoops @CoachRichey #ALLDIN Dec. 8 USC UPSTATE W 84-72 Dec. 11 NORTH GREENVILLE W 90-65 FURMAN PALADIN POINTS Dec. 14 WINTHROP (BSW) W 80-73 Furman caps its regular season road schedule and a fourth straight 20-win season for the fi rst time in Dec. 20 at Mercer* W 64-62 looks to take sole possession of second place in the school history, reached 20 wins fast than any team Jan. 1 at VMI* W 89-73 Southern Conference standings when the Paladins in school history and Lyons became the school’s Jan. 4 ETSU* W 65-56 visit UNCG for a 7 p.m. tip-off on Wednesday all-time wins leader with his 91st victory in the Jan. 8 at Chattanooga* W 73-66 evening. The Spartans, tied with Furman for purple and white. He past 2019 seniors Andrew Jan. 11 UNCG* (BSW) L 73-86 second place in the SoCon at 13-3, hold a 20-17 Brown and Matt Rafferty as the winningest player Jan. 15 WESTERN CAROLINA* W 83-79 series edge and have won six of the last seven in school history. Furman’s junior class is tied for Jan. 17 at Woff ord* L 52-66 meetings between the schools. In the fi rst meeting seventh in school history with 71 victories. Jan. 22 SAMFORD* W 101-78 this season, Isaiah Miller scored 18 points to pace SENIOR CLASS WINS Jan. 25 at The Citadel* W 78-54 fi ve Spartans in double fi gures as UNCG topped Year Four-Year Record Jan. 29 VMI* W (OT) 74-72 2020 94-36 Feb. 5 MERCER* W 79-57 Furman, 86-73, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena Feb. 8 at Western Carolina* W 82-73 on January 11, to hand the Paladins their only loss 2019 90-46 Feb. 12 at Samford* W 86-71 in 14 home games this season. Sophomore Noah 1980 80-37 Feb. 15 CHATTANOOGA* W 58-53 Gurley led the Paladins in the loss with a season- 2018 76-60 Feb. 19 at ETSU* L 66-75 high 27 points. 1981 73-43 Feb. 22 WOFFORD* (BSW) W 67-66 The Paladins are ranked No. 11 in this week’s 1976 73-43 Feb. 26 at UNCG* ESPN+ 7:00 College Insider Mid-Major Top 25. As of Tuesday, 2021 71-24 Feb. 29 THE CITADEL* ESPN+ 4:30 Furman ranked 82nd in the latest Pomeroy Rat- 1977 71-44 Mar. 6-9 vs. SoCon Tournament TBA ings (KenPom.com) and 78th in the latest NCAA 1991 70-47 ^ - Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings. 1992 69-48 BSW - at Bon Secours Wellness Arena Last time out, Furman earned its eight win in its 1978 68-46 * - Southern Conference Game last nine outings with a thrilling 67-66 victory over 1979 66-48 Home Games In Bold rival Wofford on Saturday afternoon at the Well. * - Four-year classes started when freshman be- All Times Eastern After trailing by 11 points early in the second half, came eligible to play in 1972-73 Furman rallied to gain a 65-61 lead before fi ve Furman’s victory over Wofford this past Satur- straight points from Storm Murphy put Wofford in day upped its record to 23-6 on the season. The front 66-65 with under a minute remaining. Mike Paladins joined Gonzaga, Kansas, Duke, Florida Bothwell banked in a shot from the left box with State, ETSU and UNCG as the only teams in the 12.1 seconds left and Nathan Hoover’s long three nation to win 23 or more games in each of the last clanged off the back iron at the buzzer as Furman four seasons. A win on Wednesday night versus the earned a season split with the Terriers in front of a Spartans would tie the school record of 24 regular crowd of 6,096. Noah Gurley paced the Paladins season wins, set last season when the Paladins with 22 points and seven rebounds, while Bothwell fi nished 25-8. added 18 points. FURMAN’S 20-WIN SEASONS With its win on Saturday at the Well versus Wof- Year Overall Record SoCon Record 2019-20 SOCON STANDINGS ford, Furman improved to 64-12 overall and 38-6 2018-19 25-8 13-5 ETSU 14 - 2 .875 25 - 4 .862 versus SoCon opposition at home since the begin- 1979-80 23-7 14-1 2016-17 23-12 14-4 Furman 13 - 3 .813 23 - 6 .793 ning of the 2015-16 season. The Paladins are 62-11 2017-18 23-10 13-5 UNCG 13 - 3 .813 23 - 6 .793 overall and 37-5 in Southern Conference action 2019-20 23-6 13-3 Western Carolina 9 - 7 .563 17 - 10 .630 at Timmons Arena since the start of the 2015-16 2010-11 22-11 12-6 Mercer 9 - 7 .563 15 - 14 .517 campaign, and have won 27 of their last 29 regular season games in the facility. Furman has won 11 1974-75 22-7 12-0 Chattanooga 8 - 8 .500 17 - 11 .586 straight games at Timmons, 15 straight regular 1973-74 22-9 11-1 Woff ord 8 - 8 .500 16 - 13 .552 season non-conference home games and 17 of its 1952-53 21-6 10-3 Samford 3 - 13 .188 9 - 21 .300 last 18 non-conference clashes on campus. 1990-91 20-9 11-3 VMI 3 - 13 .188 8 - 21 .276 Furman’s February 8th victory at Western 1978-79 20-9 9-3 The Citadel 0 - 16 .000 6 - 21 .222 Carolina marked a milestone victory for both the 1972-73 20-9 11-2 * - thru 2/22 Paladins and senior Jordan Lyons. Furman clinch 1953-54 20-9 6-1 6 NCAA Tournaments 6 SoCon Tournament Championships 5 SoCon Regular Season Championships The Paladins are just one SoCon victory short of tying the school record of 14 game (7.6). Jordan Lyons is third in scoring at 17.9 points per game and guard league wins, which was set with a 14-1 mark in 1980 and tied with a 14-4 mark Alex Hunter ranks second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3) and seventh in assists by the 2016-17 team. Furman has posted a 53-17 league record in the last four per game (3.4). seasons. Furman has posted an 94-36 record over the past three-plus seasons and a FURMAN’S MOST SOCON WINS 53-17 mark in SoCon play since the start of the 2016-17 campaign. Following a Year SoCon Wins SoCon Finish run to the 2015 SoCon Tournament fi nals, Furman went 19-16 during the 2016 1979-80 14-1 1st season. In 2016-17, the Paladins fi nished 23-12 overall, claimed a share of the 2016-17 14-4 t1st league’s regular season title with a 14-4 SoCon worksheet and advanced to the 2018-19 13-5 t3rd semifi nal round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). The following 2017-18 13-5 3rd season, head coach Bob Richey’s fi rst year, Furman fashioned a 23-10 overall 2019-20 13-3 -- mark, a then school-record 22 regular season victories and fi nished third in 1974-75 12-0 1st the league at 13-5. This past season, Richey led Furman to a 25-8 record, 13-5 2010-11 12-6 3rd South SoCon mark and its fi rst trip to the NIT since 1991. He has compiled a 71-25 1972-73 11-2 2nd mark since taking over the reigns of the Paladin program and his .740 winning 1973-74 11-1 1st percentage ranks in the top 10 among active NCAA D1 coaches. 1987-88 11-5 2nd WINNINGEST ACTIVE D1 COACHES (thru 2/19) 1990-91 11-3 1st by WIN PERCENTAGE (min. 50 games) 2015-16 11-7 3rd Rank Coach School Record Win % Sophomore Mike Bothwell has helped key the Paladins success in league play 1) Mark Few Gonzaga 595-124 .828 as he has scored in double fi gures in 11 of the Paladins' last 13 games while 2) John Calipari Kentucky 772-216 .781 averaging 12.3 points, 2.7 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game during the same 3) Roy Williams North Carolina 881-251 .778 stretch. In his fi rst career start last Saturday, Bothwell netted 18 points, includ- 4) Chris Jans New Mexico State 101-29 .777 ing the game-winning basket with 12.1 seconds to go to hand Furman a 67-66 5) Mike Krzyzewski Duke 1155-348 .768 win over Wofford.