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2026-27 Furman Women's Basketball Roster

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3 Sophia Pearl

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School RIver Ridge
  • Hometown Woodstock, Ga.

Biography

Honors & Awards
2025-26 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2025-26: Turned in a solid freshman season, appearing in 31 games and making 11 starts...averaged 19.7 minutes and 5.5 points per game...credited with 69 assists to rank second on the squad... helped lead Furman to an 18-13 campaign and 9-5, fourth place SoCon finish...the nine SoCon wins were the most since Furman won 10 in 2021-22...a big part of the Paladins’ success was a 6-1 road conference record — the best SoCon road mark in program history (1984-present)...scored 14 points to go along with six steals and five assists in a 74-67 win over UNC Asheville...took on a more prominent role over the final six games of the season following a season ending injury to Lauren Bailey, averaging 31.1 minutes per game...scored 13 points and tallied a season high seven rebounds and four assists in a season high 36 minutes of action against Wofford in Greenville (64-42 win)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School: 2025 graduate of River Ridge (5A) High School...basketball coach was Jason Taylor...averaged 11.7 points, 6.5 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game in helping lead River Ridge to a 31-1 record and state championship in 2025, her senior year...scored nine points and helped fuel a 19-2 fourth quarter run in the 52-47 win over Langston Hughes in the championship contest...2025 state title was the second of her career — the first coming her sophomore year in a 27-5 campaign...junior season saw River Ridge go 26-5 and advance to state final four...served as team captain as a junior and senior...member of three region championship teams...four-time all-region and all-county selection, three-time all-state north region, and two-time first team all-state pick..set multiple school records, including most 3-pointers in a game (8), highest career free throw percentage (.850), and highest career 3-point percentage (.350).

Personal: Born April 6, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia...daughter of Briam and Cindy Pearl..has a brother, Colin...mother was a three-year starter and two-year captain at Marist College, where she was named Sportsperson of the Year in 1995..father was a four-year starter at Delaware, where he garnered 1991-92 NAC Rookie of the Year honors and was a two-time All-NCA selection while scoring over 1,500 points.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2025-26Freshman

    G
    5'7"
    3
  • 3

    2026-27Sophomore

    G
    5'7"
    3