Greenville, S.C. – Guard Nick Anderson scored a season-high 21 points to lead five Paladins in double figures as Furman topped NAIA Montreat, 100-75, in the non-conference home finale Wednesday night at David Field House on the Bob Jones University campus.
 
Furman ended the first half on a 24-6 run to erase a 30-21 deficit and carry a 44-36 lead into the break before draining 11 three-pointers over the final 20 minutes to pull away for its 11^th win in the first 12 games. The 11-1 start is just the fifth start of 11-1 or better for a Paladin team in the program's history.
 
Anderson connected on 5-of-12 three-point attempts to net his team-high 21 points and added a game-high five assists. Junior Tom House went 5-for-11 behind the arc to finish with 19 points while Ben VanderWal made 6-of-9 field goal attempts to post a career-high 16 points and team-high eight rebounds. Redshirt-freshman Eddrin Bronson added a career-best 15 points and Cooper Bowser contributed 10.
 
Jarden Maze scored 20 of his game-high 22 points in the opening 12 minutes to push the Cavaliers to a 30-21 lead, but Anderson and VanderWal keyed an 18-2 spurt that turned the nine-point deficit into a 39-32 Paladin lead on House's triple with 2:05 left in the first half.
 
Furman shot 50% on the night and connected on 16-of-44 three-point attempts. The Paladins fashioned a 46-37 edge on the glass, including 13 offensive boards, to finished with 20 second-chance points. Head coach Bob Richey's team totaled 18 points off 12 Montreat turnovers while committing just seven miscues on the night.
 
Jack Keller and AJ Baskerville netted 13 points apiece to join Maze in double figures for Montreat. 
 
The Paladins (11-1) close out 2024 and their non-conference schedule with a 3 p.m. tip-off versus Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday.