GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Winners of three of its last four games, Furman's women's basketball squad will look to extend its momentum on Friday in a 6:00 p.m. road contest at Charleston Southern in the Paladins' final pre-Christmas outing.

Furman (5-6) routed Mars Hill, 110-36, in its last outing on Sunday to improve to 5-2 at home this season.  Friday's clash with Charleston Southern (2-8) will offer the Paladins their latest chance to break thru with their first road victory of the campaign.

The Buccaneers fell to Clemson, 78-52, on Wednesday in North Charleston.

The Paladins claimed a 58-42 win over Charleston Southern last year in Greenville and currently own a four-game series winning streak versus Buccaneers.  Overall Furman sports a 26-6 lead in the series and a 12-4 slate in all games played in North Charleston.

Heading up Furman's 110-point scoring outburst against Mars Hill was sophomore forward Clare Coyle with a career high 31 points.  She also tacked on 10 rebounds in just 21 minutes of court time to post her third consecutive double-double.  The Jacksonville, Fla., preseason All-SoCon selection leads the Paladins in scoring (14.0 ppg) and rebounding (7.8 rpg), and has seen her free throw shooting improve dramatically over the last three games, converting 14-of-17 chances (.823) during that span.

Alyssa Ervin made her first start of the season against Mars Hill and responded with a career high 22 points on the strength of 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range.  The sophomore Elon transfer ranks second behind Coyle in scoring (12.4 ppg).

Another sophomore, guard Raina McGowens (10.5 ppg) rounds out Furman's double digit scoring trio.

Sophomore guard Chantelle Stuart, who missed three games due to injury, returned to action against Mars Hill and tallied a career high 12 assists, which represented a tie for the fifth most in program history.

Hampered by turnovers (22.7/game) over its first seven games, Furman has trimmed the miscue tally to 16.5/game over its last five outings. Mirroring that has been improved 3-point shooting that has seen the Paladins hit on 31-of-82 attempts from beyond the arc (.378) over the last five games after connecing on just 34-of-131 treys (.259) in the first seven contests.

Friday's game against Charleston Southern will be streamed via ESPN+, and fans can also follow the action via Sidearm live stats and receive timely updates and highlight clip thru @FurmanWBB's "X" account.  Links to the livestream and stats are available on Furman's women's basketball schedule page at FurmanPaladins.com.