Greenville, S.C. – The Furman women's basketball team has accepted a bid to participate in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) and will play Bowling Green at 12 p.m. on Friday in the opening game from the Clive M. Beck Center in Lexington, Ky.
The eight-team tournament will feature four games each day at the Clive M. Beck Center on the campus of Transylvania University. The Paladins are joined at the tournament by Bowling Green, Saint Mary's, Austin Peay, Davidson, Nevada, Cleveland State and Northeastern.
Furman is making its third appearance in program history at the WBI after earning bids in 2014-15 and 2017-18.
"I am so excited for our team to continue playing in the postseason," said Paladin head coach
Jackie Carson. "With such young talent, it is important that our players know what it is like to play deep into March. This WBI field is the strongest it has ever been and will be another great opportunity to win a championship."
The Paladins (19-12) finished the regular season third in the Southern Conference standings and advanced to their ninth SoCon Women's Basketball Championship game in program history, falling 73-54 to top-seeded Mercer. Furman had three players selected to the SoCon All-Tournament Team in
Tierra Hodges (first team),
Tate Walters (first team) and
Grace van Rij (second team).
Hodges was the consensus SoCon Player of the Year this season and earned first team all-conference accolades from the coaches and media. Joining Hodges in garnering league recognition were Walters and van Rij, who were second team All-SoCon picks, and
Niveya Henley, who collected SoCon All-Freshman Team honors.
The Paladins are facing Bowling Green for the first time in program history. The Falcons are currently 15-15 overall and finished 10-10 in the MAC. Bowling Green was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament after falling 81-67 to Akron.
Updates throughout the WBI will be posted on the Furman women's basketball Twitter page (@FurmanWBB).
All WBI games will be live streamed at www.watchwbi.com. Tickets will be available at the door and can be purchased for $20 per day. For more information and further updates, visit the official website at www.womensbasketballinvitational.com and on Twitter (@PostseasonWBI).
