Greenville, S.C. – The Furman men's basketball team opens a two-game homestand on Wednesday night when it hosts the Chattanooga Mocs at Timmons Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. with Hale's Jewelers serving as the game sponsor.
 
Tickets are available for purchase online at FurmanPaladins.com. Fans can watch the game live on ESPN+ and the radio broadcast of Wednesday's game can be found on The Fan Upstate at 97.7 FM, 1330 AM, and via the Audacy app.
 
Furman (17-6, 8-2 SoCon) claimed its fourth straight victory and moved into a three-way tie for first place in the Southern Conference standings with a 69-57 triumph over UNC Greensboro on Sunday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. Sophomore JP Pegues led the Paladins with 17 points and Furman's defense shut down the Spartans in the second half. The Paladins allowed just 24 points after intermission and limited UNCG to only a pair of field goals over the final 6:31.
 
Sunday's win marked the Paladins fifth consecutive road victory and matched its five-game SoCon road winning streak at the end of the 2018-19 regular season. The school record for consecutive SoCon road victories was set when the Paladins reeled off 12 straight on the opposition's home floor between the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons. The victory at UNCG also helped Furman conclude January with a 7-1 mark, its best January since going 9-1 en route to a share of the SoCon regular season title in 1991.
 
Furman ranks as the top scoring offense in the league and 16^th highest scoring in the country at 82.2 points per game. Fifth-year senior Mike Bothwell leads the team at 19.1 per contest. Fellow fifth-year senior Jalen Slawson has contributed 15.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per outing while redshirt-junior Marcus Foster and Pegues have averaged 11.2 and 10.4 point per game, respectively.
 
The Paladins are looking to complete a regular season sweep of Chattanooga after claiming a 77-69 decision at McKenzie Arena on January 18. The Mocs, who swept three meetings from the Paladins last season, including a 64-58 verdict at Timmons Arena, hold a 57-38 series lead. Furman, however, has won 10 of the last 13 versus the Mocs.
 
Chattanooga enters Wednesday night at 12-11 overall and 4-6 in the league after claiming a 73-64 victory at ETSU on Saturday. The Mocs have been without the SoCon's leading scorer and rebounder Jake Stephens (21.8 ppg, 10.2 rpg) since their home loss to the Paladins. Guard Dalvin White led UTC with 15 points in Saturday's win.
 
Following Wednesday's game, Furman continues its homestand in downtown Greenville on Saturday when it hosts the Wofford Terriers for Weekends at the Well. Tip-off at Bon Secours Wellness Arena is slated for 6 p.m. and tickets are available by clicking here. Saturday's doubleheader begins with the Furman women's basketball team hosting the Terriers at 3 p.m.