Greenville, S.C. – The Furman women's basketball team begins play at the Women's Basketball Invitational on Friday afternoon when it takes on the Bowling Green Falcons in the opening game at 12 p.m. from the Clive M. Beck Center in Lexington, Ky.

Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats. The game is being streamed via paid subscription on Prepspin.

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).

The eight-team tournament will feature four games each day 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.

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.