GAME 25 vs. VMI (SoCon Quarterfi nals) MARCH 6, 2021 FURMAN PALADINS BASKETBALL ‘20-21 SPORTS INFORMATION: 3300 Poinsett Highway Timmons Arena Greenville, S.C. MBB Contact: Jordan Caskey ([email protected]) FURMAN PALADINS (16-8, 10-5 SoCon) Date ......................Saturday, March 6 Site Asheville, N.C./Harrah’s Cherokee Center Date Opponent Tip Time ............................ 8:00 p.m. Nov. 25 TUSCULUM W 95-62 Radio .ESPNUpstate 97.7 FM/1330 AM Nov. 28 USC UPSTATE W 91-63 ... FurmanPaladins.com/Radio.com app Dec. 2 SOUTHERN WESLEYAN W 89-49 Talent .....Dan Scott & Tom Van Hoy Dec. 5 at College of Charleston W 81-57 Live Stats ...........FurmanPaladins.com Dec. 9 at Cincinnati L 73-78 TV/Stream.. Nexstar/WYCW62/ESPN+ Talent .............Pete Yanity & Dean Keener Dec. 12 FLAGLER W 86-61 Furman (16-8, 10-5 SoCon) VMI (12-11, 7-7 SoCon) Series .................Furman leads 66-35 Dec. 15 at Alabama L 80-83 PALADINS KEYDETS Dec. 19 at Winthrop L 71-87 Dec. 21 S.C. STATE W 118-52 @FurmanPaladins @FurmanHoops @CoachRichey #ALLDIN Dec. 30 at Chattanooga* W 77-73 Jan. 2 MERCER* W 83-80 FURMAN PALADIN POINTS Jan. 6 at Western Carolina* PPD Furman looks to end 40 years of postseason eventually canceled. Jan. 9 VMI* PPD disappointment by claiming its fi rst tournament Furman vs. VMI Series (Since 2014-15) title and NCAA Tournament bid since 1980 when 2014-15 L 73-83 Greenville Jan. 13 at The Citadel* W 94-88 L 59-93 Lexington Jan. 16 ETSU* W 78-66 the Paladins take part in the 2021 Ingles South- 2015-16 W 85-57 Greenville Jan. 20 at VMI* L 73-74 ern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship W 68-56 Lexington presented by General Shale Brick this weekend 2016-17 W 89-72 Greenville Jan. 23 at ETSU* L 62-71 W 80-52 Lexington Jan. 25 UNCG* PPD in Asheville, N.C. The Paladins are making their 2017-18 W 87-57 Lexington Jan. 30 CHATTANOOGA* Canceled 68th appearance in the Southern Conference Men’s W 76-54 Greenville Basketball Championship and hold a 52-61 (.460) 2018-19 W 89-57 Lexington Jan. 30 at Western Carolina* W 75-69 W 96-62 Greenville Feb. 3 at Samford* Canceled all-time record in the tournament. Furman has 2019-20 W 89-73 Lexington Feb. 6 WOFFORD* L 67-75 claimed a total of six SoCon Tournament titles W 74-72 Greenville Feb. 8 UNCG* W 68-49 (1971, 73, 74, 75, 78 and 1980), while appearing in 2020-21 L 73-74 Lexington Feb. 10 at UNCG* L 58-64 the championship game 10 times, including a 67- * Southern Conference Tournament Feb. 13 WESTERN CAROLINA* W 88-70 64 loss to Wofford in the 2015 fi nal at the Harrah’s The Paladins are 7-6 in 13 previous meetings Feb. 17 SAMFORD* W 78-64 Cherokee Center. versus VMI at the SoCon Tournament, including Feb. 20 at Mercer* W 70-60 The third-seeded Paladins (16-8, 10-5 SoCon) a 2-1 record in games played in Asheville. VMI, Feb. 22 VMI* Canceled received a fi rst round bye and open tournament however, has won three of the last four postseason meetings between the schools and claimed a 62-56 Feb. 24 THE CITADEL* W 72-63 play with a quarterfi nal round matchup against in the last postseason encounter, which came in the Feb. 27 at Woff ord* L 73-74 sixth-seeded VMI. Saturday night's winner will advance to face the winner of No. 2 seed Wofford opening round of the 2003 SoCon Tournament at March 6 vs. VMI% ESPN+ 8:00 and No.7 Mercer/No.10 Samford in Sunday's the North Charleston Coliseum. Furman captured * - Southern Conference Game semifi nal round at 7:30 p.m. The championship an 87-75 victory over the Keydets in the quarter- % - Southern Conference Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) game is slated for Monday at 7 p.m. First round fi nal round of the 1980 tournament en route to the Home Games In Bold and quarterfi nal round games will be streamed on program's last league title. All Times Eastern ESPN+ and will be available on Nexstar affi liates It was announced on Wednesday that guard throughout the southeast, including WYCW-62 Mike Bothwell and forward Noah Gurley earned in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market. second team All-Southern Conference honors, Sunday’s semifi nals will air on ESPNU with Mon- while forward Clay Mounce was a consensus third day’s championship game slated to air on ESPN at team All-SoCon choice by the league’s coaches 7 p.m. ET. and media. Bothwell averaged 15.8 points, 5.0 The 2021 SoCon Men’s Basketball Champion- rebounds and 3.0 assists per gameduring the regu- ship marks the 10th consecutive to be held at the lar season and poured in a career-high 32 points Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. The in a 78-66 win over ETSU in January. Gurley, a Paladins have posted an 14-20 record in league redshirt junior from Fayetteville, Ga., posted 14.8 tournament games in the facility. points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He 2020-21 SOCON STANDINGS Saturday’s game marks the 102nd all-time meet- averaged 21.2 points per game over Furman’s fi nal UNCG 13 - 5 .722 18 - 8 .692 ing between Furman and VMI with the Paladins fi ve regular season contests, including matching Woff ord 12 - 5 .706 15 - 8 .652 holding a 66-35 series lead. Furman had won 10 his career-high with 29 points in the regular season Furman 10 - 5 .667 16 - 8 .667 straight meetings versus VMI before the Keydets’ fi nale at Wofford. A native of Elkin, N.C., Mounce Chattanooga 9 - 7 .563 18 - 7 .720 Trey Bonham connected on a free throw with 3.2 contributed 13.7 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game this season to earn third team ETSU 8 - 7 .533 12 - 11 .522 seconds left to give his team a 74-73 victory over Furman on January 20, in Lexington, Va., in the All-SoCon honors for the second straight year. VMI 7 - 7 .500 12 - 11 .522 only regular season meeting between the schools. Mounce tallied 20 or more points eight times and Mercer 8 - 9 .471 15 - 10 .600 Greg Parham led the Keydets with 24 points, while posted a team-high four double-doubles in 2020- The Citadel 5 - 11 .313 12 - 11 .522 forward Jalen Slawson totaled 18 points and 14 21. He tallied a career-best 29 points in a 94-88 Western Carolina 4 - 13 .235 11 - 15 .423 rebounds for Furman in the loss. Furman’s home Paladin victory at The Citadel in January. Samford 2 - 9 .182 6 - 12 .333 game versus VMI was postponed twice due to Senior Alex Hunter connected on 3-of-8 * - thru 2/28 COVID-19 issues within the Keydet program and three-point attempts in Furman’s 74-73 loss at 6 NCAA Tournaments 6 SoCon Tournament Championships 5 SoCon Regular Season Championships 2021 Ingles Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship presented by General Shale MARCH 5-8 • HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CENTER ASHEVILLE ASHEVILLE, N.C. FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY MARCH 5 MARCH 6 MARCH 7 MARCH 8 No. 8 The Citadel Session 1, Game 1 March 5, 5:30 p.m. Session 2, Game 3 No. 9 Western Carolina March 6, 12 p.m. No. 1 UNCG Session 4, Game 7 No. 4 Chattanooga March 7, 5 p.m. Session 2, Game 4 March 6, 2:30 p.m. No. 5 ETSU CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Session 5, Game 9 March 8, 7 p.m. No. 7 Mercer Session 1, Game 2 March 5, 8 p.m. Session 3, Game 5 No. 10 Samford March 6, 5:30 p.m. No. 2 Woff ord Session 4, Game 8 No. 3 Furman March 7, 7:30 p.m. Session 3, Game 6 March 6, 8 p.m. No. 6 VMI Wofford in last Saturday’s regular season fi nale to become just the fi fth player Last season, Furman totaled a school-record 25 wins for the second straight in school history to top 200 career three-point baskets as a Paladin. A starter year and fi nished second in the SoCon with a 15-3 mark. at point guard in 88 of the last 89 games for the Paladins, Hunter is averaging The Paladins are 89-33 under the direction of fourth-year head coach Bob 10.9 points, 3.5 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game while leading the SoCon in Richey. assist-to-turnover ratio for the third consecutive season. He has shot 40.5% from Furman has posted a 112-45 overall record and 65-22 mark in Southern behind the arc, cincluding 42.6% in 15 SoCon games this season. Conference play since the start of the 2016-17 campaign. MOST 3-POINTERS MADE - CAREER During the 2018-19 season, Furman (25-8) downed 2018 Final Four partici- Rank Player Seasons G 3PM (Att.) pants Loyola Chicago and defending national champion Villanova en route to a 1) Jordan Lyons 2017-20 132 288 (846) school-record 25 wins and its fi rst NIT berth since 1991. 2) Eric Webb 2004-07 117 273 (683) The 2018-19 Paladins, who opened the season with 12 straight wins, made 3) Justin Dehm 2008-11 122 214 (573) their fi rst appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 and climbed as high as No.