Greenville, S.C. – Furman will welcome men's basketball alumni back to campus for Legends Weekend as the Paladins play host to the East Tennessee State Buccaneers in Southern Conference action on Saturday afternoon at Timmons Arena.
Saturday's game, sponsored by Bon Secours, is set to tip-off at 2 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can listen to the action on The Fan Upstate at 97.7 FM and 1330 AM in Greenville, on 97.1 FM and 1490 AM in Spartanburg, or via the Audacy app. Links for the video stream, audio feed, and live statistics are available at FurmanPaladins.com.
Tickets are available and can be purchased online at
FurmanPaladins.com. Fans can also purchase a
SoCon Super Weekend Pack. The package, available for just $60, includes a ticket to each of the Paladins' six Southern Conference weekend home games, beginning with a clash versus ETSU.
Furman will honor the 1974 Paladins at halftime. Head coach Joe Williams' 1974 team captured the school's first SoCon regular season title, Furman's third league tournament title in a four-year stretch, and claimed the school's first NCAA Tournament win with a 75-67 victory over South Carolina at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. Basketball alumni arrived on campus on Friday to watch practice and enjoy dinner at Larkin's before taking in Furman's Saturday morning walk-thru and an alumni tailgate prior to the SoCon matchup.
Saturday's game marks the 78
th meeting between Furman and ETSU with the Bucs holding a 34-33 series edge. Furman swept last season's regular season home-and-home series with the Bucs and have won five straight versus ETSU inside Timmons Arena, including an 83-79 decision in the most recent meeting last February.
The Paladins enter this weekend's matchup at 7-9 overall and 1-2 in league play following an 82-68 win over The Citadel on Wednesday night. Junior
Alex Williams drilled a career-best seven triples and Furman shot a season-high 55% from the field to win its 14
th game in the last 16 meetings versus the Bulldogs.
With leading scorer
Marcus Foster (19.8 ppg) having missed the last eight games due to a knee injury, Williams (15.6 ppg) and fellow junior
JP Pegues (17.5 ppg) have shouldered the scoring load for head coach
Bob Richey's squad. Injuries have forced the Paladins to play a nation-leading 13 different starting lineups in their first 16 games. After the entire team missed just five combined games due to injury a year ago, Furman's 10 available scholarship players have sat for 22 games already this season, including a combined 16 games missed by leader scorers Foster, Pegues, and Williams.
ETSU comes to Greenville with a 9-7 overall record and 1-2 league worksheet. The Bucs downed Mercer in the SoCon opener before dropping games versus UNCG and Western Carolina. Senior Ebby Asamoah leads ETSU averaging 15.3 points per game.
Following Saturday's game, Furman returns to the road to take on VMI on Wednesday night in Lexington, Va.
