VMI Invades Timmons to Face Furman Men’s Basketball
Furman Paladins Basketball is now in the home stretch heading towards the SoCon tourney in Asheville as they face VMI who also is jockeying for better seeding.
Furman with 7:56 left to go till halftime is up 26-21 with the stats showing 2 points off turnovers, 12 points in the paint, 10 points off the bench and 9 points off fast break. Marcus Foster leads the way with 9 points at this time.
We now are at a media timeout and Furman has the lead 37-25 with 4 minutes left in the first half of the game. Furman at this point has 18 points in the paint, 17 points off the bench, 10 fast break points, and 2 off turnovers. Scorers are 10 points for Marcus Foster, 7 points Ben VanderWal, 6 points a piece for JP Pegues and Carter Whitt.
Furman halftime stats are 20 points in the paint, 17 points off the bench, 12 points off fast breaks, and 4 points off turnovers, 0 second chance points. So far Furman is 46% from the field, 33% from 3-point land, and 77% from the free throw line. Our score is 39-34 with the Paladins leading the way and pressing hard to get the win tonight in a great Timmons arena crowd supporting them.
Furman at the first media timeout has a 46-40 lead with the stats showing 21 points off the bench, 20 points in the paint, 12 points off fast breaks, and 4 points on both second chance and turnovers for the Paladins. Marcus Foster leads the way with 13 points and 3 rebounds. VMI after the timeout and is trying to get back in this game as it is 46-46 with just over 14 minutes left in the game.
we are at the next media timeout and Furman has a 56-47 lead over VMI with 12:10 left in the game.
Furman with 10:40, and VMI calls a timeout as its 60-47 Paladins starting to pull away from the Cadets, as the fans are getting into the game here in the final minutes of the game. Furman now has a 20-point lead with 8 minutes left in the game 67-47. Furman has 30 points in the paint, 26 points off the bench, 12 points both in second chance and fast break, and 6 points off turnovers. Ben VanderWal has 15 points, Marcus Foster 13 points, and JP Pegues has 12 points, Ben Vanderwal also leads rebounds with 12 having his first double-double of the year.
Furman will hold on to win this game with a score of 73-62.
