Asheville, N.C. – Le'Jzae Davidson scored a game-high 18 points to lead three Paladins in double figures on Thursday afternoon as the No. 4 seed Furman women's basketball team knocked off the fifth-seeded Wofford Terriers for the second consecutive game, 68-54, in the quarterfinals of the Ingles Southern Conference Women's Basketball Championship presented by General Shale at the Harrah's Cherokee Center.

Furman (19-11) advances to the semifinals of the Ingles Southern Conference Women's Basketball Championship presented by General Shale and will face top-seeded Samford on Friday morning at 11 a.m.

Davidson connected on a game-high four 3-pointers and led all players with 18 points. Celena Taborn collected 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Tierra Hodges recorded her team-leading 15^th double-double of the season after finishing with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Milica Manojlovic dished out six assists while Taylor Petty had nine points, five assists and a career-high three blocks.

With her 16 points on Thursday, Taborn became the 25^th player in program history to record 1,000 career points. She becomes the second Paladin to reach the career milestone this season, joining Petty who picked up her 1,000^th point on January 11 against Samford.

Niyah Lutz posted a team-high 15 points for Wofford and was joined in double figures by Cairo Booker (13) and Jamari McDavid (11). McDavid led the Terriers (15-15) with eight rebounds and Da'Ja Green dished out four assists.

Furman limited Wofford to just 8-of-28 shooting (29.6 percent) in the second half and outscored the Terriers 38-22, including a 17-7 mark in the fourth quarter. Davidson, Taborn and Hodges all had 10 points during the second half.

The Paladins trailed 32-30 at halftime after Lutz's field goal just before intermission. Furman came out of the halftime break and opened the third quarter on a 13-5 run, covering the first 5:12, and took a 43-37 lead with 4:48 remaining on a jumper by Hodges. Wofford closed the lead down to two points three times in the final three minutes but Taborn's offensive rebound and layup just before time expired gave the Paladins a 51-47 advantage.

Furman scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter and built its lead out to 58-47 at the 7:51 mark after Hodges made a pair of free throws. The Terriers got as close as seven points less than a minute later when McDavid's jumper with 6:56 left put the score at 58-51. The Paladins would limit Wofford to just three points the remainder of the game as they closed on a 10-3 run. Furman scored six of its final 10 points at the free throw line.

The Paladins concluded the game shooting 44.2 percent (23-of-52) from the field and made 16-of 21 free throw attempts. Furman held a 38-33 advantage in rebounding.

The Paladins also led 26-22 in points in the paint and 4-3 in fast break points.

Postgame Quotes
Head coach Jackie Carson
Opening Statement
"Obviously the first game is the most difficult by far in a tournament. I can say I even got a little bit worried with the way we start. We start the tournament like that every single year. I can't say if its butterflies or just nervousness or whatever the case, but I'm just glad and super happy with how the team responded in the second half. I believe we had two turnovers in the whole second half of play between the third and fourth quarters. This kid (Celena Taborn) has been battling through all types of injuries and pain and she battled through and did what an upperclassman does. I'm just super proud of all of them for the way they responded, especially the way they responded in the second half."
 
Junior forward Celena Taborn
On how her injured knee is holding up
"It's coming along, I just have to fight through adversity. I'm not going to let anything stop me from doing what I have to do for my teammates."
 
On reaching 1,000 career points
"I just have to thank my teammates. Coach (Jackie Carson) is always pushing, 'look inside, look inside' and we have to fight to hold contact. If I do my job, the guards will do theirs and give me the ball and I will score."
 
On her late rebound and basket to help put the game away
"Coach always preaches to get to your rebounding spots and all three of us were there and I happened to get it. We pulled it out, we executed and then I got the offensive rebound and scored."