Greenville, S.C. – Furman men's basketball begins a three-game trip on Wednesday night when it visits Worcester, Mass., to take on the Holy Cross Crusaders at Hart Center Arena.
Wednesday's game, which will be streamed live on ESPN+, is set to tip-off at 7 p.m. Fans can listen to
Dan Scott and Tom Van Hoy call the action on The Fan Upstate at 97.7 FM and 1330 AM in Greenville, 97.1 FM and 1490 AM in Spartanburg, and via the Audacy app. Links for the live stream, live audio, and live statistics are available at FurmanPaladins.com.
Furman enters Wednesday's road trip at 3-0 on the season following a 98-83 victory over defending Missouri Valley Conference Tournament champion Northern Iowa on Saturday at Timmons Arena. Guard
Tom House, who earned Southern Conference Player of the Week honors on Monday, poured in a career-high 30 points in the Paladins' victory over the Panthers and averaged 23 points per game over Furman's three victories during the opening week of the season. Sophomore
Abijah Franklin added a career-high 21 points and seven boards as the Paladins built a double-digit lead midway through the first half and led by no fewer than 11 points the rest of the way against UNI.
The Paladins excelled offensively during week one by averaging 99.3 points per game while shooting 41.2% from three-point range and posting a +11.6 rebounding margin. Furman converted on 70-of-95 free throw attempts and allowed the opposition just 46 attempts at the charity stripe. Point guards
Luka Toews and
Cameron Elwer combined to dish out 28 assists and commit just two turnovers to help the Paladins enter the week ranked fifth nationally with a 2.74 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Wednesday's game marks just the second between the Paladins and Crusaders on the hardwood. The only previous meeting, a 104-88 Holy Cross victory, came in the consolation round of the Poinsettia Classic at Greenville Memorial Auditorium on December 30, 1971. Holy Cross, picked sixth in the Patriot League Preseason Poll, is 0-2 after opening the season with road losses versus Rhode Island and Villanova.
Furman continues its road trip on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn., versus the Belmont Bruins before visiting Radford on Wednesday, November 18.
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