Furman vs. Western Carolina men’s basketball tickets still available for Wednesday, February 5
Wednesday’s SoCon schedule includes the Furman Paladins (17-5, 5-4 SoCon) meeting the Western Carolina Catamounts (6-14, 2-7 SoCon) at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN+.
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- Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Time: 7:00 PM ET
- How to watch on TV: ESPN+
- Location: Greenville, South Carolina
- Venue: Davis Field House
- Tickets: Buy tickets here
Furman leaders
- So far this season, Pjay Smith Jr. puts up 16.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Defensively, he posts 1.4 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Offensively, Nick Anderson posts 13.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, shooting 45.4% from the floor and 38.9% from downtown with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game.
- Cooper Bowser has put up 8.9 points and 1.6 blocks per contest.
- On a per-game basis, Garrett Hien is posting 7.3 points.
- Ben Vanderwal is putting up 6.0 points, 1.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds per contest this season.
Western Carolina leaders
- On the hardwood, Bernard Pelote is putting up 13.5 points, 1.0 assists and 7.3 rebounds per contest.
- Cord Stansberry puts up 11.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. On the defense, he averages 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- Marcus Kell is putting up 8.5 points, 0.5 assists and 3.8 rebounds per contest this season.
- From an offensive standpoint, Chevalier Emery puts up 8.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest, shooting 30.9% from the field and 25.0% from beyond the arc with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game.
- So far this season, Vernon Collins is posting 4.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest.
Furman vs. Western Carolina stats breakdown
- The Paladins are making 45.8% of their shots from the field, 2.1% higher than the Catamounts concede to opponents (43.7%).
- Furman is 9-2 against the spread and 14-0 straight up when shooting higher than 43.7% from the field.
- The Catamounts’ 38.6% shooting percentage is 3.2% lower than the Paladins have conceded.
- This year Western Carolina is 3-1 against the spread and 4-2 overall when shooting above 41.8% from the field.
- The Paladins and Catamounts rebound at about the same rate, with the Paladins averaging 0.5 fewer rebounds per game.
- The Catamounts are 69th in rebounding in the country, and the Paladins are 94th.
- The Paladins are averaging 76.8 points, only 1.8 fewer than the 78.6 the Catamounts concede.
- The Catamounts put up just 0.2 fewer points per game (67.9) than the Paladins concede (68.1).