Greenville, S.C. – The Furman women's basketball team wraps up its regular season on Saturday afternoon when it hosts the Wofford Terriers on Senior Day at 2 p.m. inside Timmons Arena.
Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. The game is being streamed on ESPN3. Updates will also be posted on the Furman women's basketball Twitter page (@FurmanWBB).
Tickets for Saturday's game are on sale now at the Timmons Arena Box Office and online at www.furmanpaladins.com. The first 100 Furman seniors in attendance will receive a free t-shirt.
Prior to tip-off, the Paladins will honor team manager Sammy Clough and seniors
Le'Jzae Davidson and
Taylor Petty, who will be playing their final regular season contest at Timmons Arena.
Furman (17-11, 7-6 SoCon) closed out its road schedule last Saturday with a 61-53 loss at UNC Greensboro. The Paladins concluded the game shooting 31.4 percent from the field and 81.0 percent at the free throw line. Furman held a 32-29 advantage in rebounding while also leading in second chance points (9-2) and bench points (28-12).
Davidson paced the Paladins offensively with a game-high 17 points to go with three steals.
Tierra Hodges added nine points, 10 rebounds and three steals.
Milica Manojlovic contributed nine points and two assists.
Davidson connected on three 3-pointers in the contest, moving her past Brooke Hand of Chattanooga (2004-08) for second place all-time in 3-pointers made by a SoCon player.
Furman is led offensively this season by Davidson with 14.4 points per game. Hodges contributes a double-double of 11.8 points and a team-high 10.1 rebounds per game. Manojlovic dishes out a team-leading 5.0 assists per game.
Wofford currently sits at 15-13 overall and 8-5 in the SoCon following a 65-58 victory at Western Carolina last Saturday. Chloe Wanink leads the Terriers on offense with 16.0 points per game while Da'Ja Green contributes 12.7 points. Defensively, Jamari McDavid and Lilly Hatton are both averaging a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game. Wofford is under the direction of fourth-year head coach Jimmy Garrity.
The Paladins and Terriers are meeting for the 55
th time in program history with Furman leading the all-time series 44-10. Wofford defeated the Paladins in the first meeting this season, 66-62, on February 1 in Spartanburg.
The 2020 Ingles Southern Conference Women's Basketball Championship presented by General Shale will be held March 5-8 at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. Furman opens tournament play on Thursday, March 5 at a to-be-determined time.