Game #25: Furman

The Furman Paladins travel to Cullowhee for a rare Monday night game for the Catamounts, in the only meeting between the Paladins and Catamounts in the regular season.   Monday's game will be carried on both ESPN3 and CSS. Game time is 7 pm in the Ramsey Center where the Cats are 9-1 this season.

The 2013-14 Furman men's basketball team was picked to finish ninth in the Southern Conference in polling of the league's media and 10th in voting by the league's head coaches. The Paladins will enter the game in 10th place in the conference, with a 1-9 SoCon record just ahead of the winless Bulldogs from The Citadel.  The Paladins are 7-16 overall, and are 3-10 in away games.

On a four game losing streak, the Paladins find themselves in 10th place in scoring offense with only 66.5 points per game and the Paladins are in 8th place in the conference in scoring defense, giving up 74.2 points per game. Furman has three players scoring in double figures, sophomore guard Stephen Croone leads the Paladins with 19.3 points, followed by sophomore Kendrec Ferrara and sophomore Larry Wideman scoring just over 10 points per game each.

Furman Probable Starters
guard Charlie Reddick, senior 6-5, 200 lbs - 6.9 ppg  5.1 reb
guard Stephen Croone, sophomore 6-1 170 lbs, 19.4 ppg  4.5 reb
guard Larry Wideman,  sophomore 6-4, 190 lbs, 10.6 ppg  3.0 reb
forward Adonis Rwabigwi, freshman 6-8, 220 lbs, 2.1 ppg  2.9 reb
forward Kendrec Ferrara, sophomore 6-9, 235 lbs,  10.8 ppg  5.8 reb

Chart Courtesy Daily Catamount

RealTime RPI projects a 20 point win for the Catamounts, 84-64

RPI-                          Sagarin-                     Pomeroy-                   Massey-
WCU  239                  WCU  233                 WCU  239                  WCU  233
FU  333                      FU     339                 FU     334                   FU      337

Chart Courtesy Daily Catamount

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