Furman vs. ETSU Game Notes
 
Greenville, S.C. – The Furman Paladins are back home on Wednesday night when they welcome Southern Conference leader East Tennessee State to Timmons Arena.
 
Wednesday's game, sponsored by Ingles, is set for a 6:30 p.m. tip-off. In addition to being streamed on ESPN+, the contest will also be televised live throughout the state of South Carolina on Palmetto Sports and Entertainment Network, which is available locally on WHNS 21.2 and Spectrum 703. Fans can also 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 audio and live statistics are available at FurmanPaladins.com. 
 
The Paladins enter Wednesday night in fourth place in the SoCon after claiming a 90-72 victory at VMI on Saturday afternoon to improve to 17-10 overall and 8-6 in the conference. Redshirt-sophomore Asa Thomas matched a career-high with 25 points while Cooper Bowser and Charles Johnston contributed 14 and 11 points, respectively. The 6-foot-11 tandem helped the Paladins outscore the Keydets 32-12 in the paint and manage a 42-30 rebounding margin.
 
Furman and ETSU enter the midweek matchup having split the previous 72 meetings between the schools 36-36. The Paladins won five straight meetings before downing ETSU captured a 72-69 decision last season and edged Furman 75-71 in overtime in the first meeting this season on February 4 in Johnson City, Tenn.
 
ETSU is looking to bounce back from an 82-72 overtime loss versus Samford on Saturday. The Buccaneers are 19-8 overall and 11-3 in league play with four regular season games remaining.
 
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