Wofford Terriers Comes Calling to Furman Women’s Basketball at Timmons
The Paladins are walking into tonight’s game with several injuries to the forward position as Hannah and Kate out with injuries. They will play with Jada Session, Sydney James and Sydney Ryan at those positions. Also notable is Tate Walters not starting as she also has some nagging injuries.
We come to our first media timeout and the Paladins are ahead by one 7-6 with 4:34 left in the first quarter. The Paladins are led by Evie DePetro 3 points, and Jada Session with 2 points. Paladins have 2 points in several including the paint, fastbreak and off turnovers. Team is shooting 25% from the field, and 25% from 3-point land. We come to the end of the first quarter and Wofford has taken the lead 10-8 and your Furman stats are as follows: @points off fast break, Turnovers, and in the paint, plus 1 point off the bench. Furman is shooting 18% from the field, 20% from the point range, and 60% from the free throw line.
Coach Curtis will get his Lady Paladins back on track and get back to the lead. Timeout Wofford as Furman has come back on a 5-point run and now has the lead 18-14 with 4:19 left in the half of play. Furman has 9 points off the bench, 6 points in the paint, and 5 points off fast breaks so far in the game. Leading scorer is Jaelyn Acker with 5 points, and two with 4 points Niveya Henley and Tate Walters.
We are at the half and Furman has a 21-17 lead going into halftime as a great crowd has turned out to cheer on the fans tonight. The halftime stats brought to you by Arden’s Burger and Grill in Central SC is the Paladins have 12 points, 6 points in the paint, 5 points off fast break, and 2 points off turnovers. Jaelyn Acker has 8 points, Tate Walters and Niveya Henley both with 4 points leads Furman.
We come to the first timeout of the 3rd quarter and the Paladins have extended the lead to 33-24 with 7:05 left in the period. Furman has 12 points in both the paint and off the bench now. they have increased their field goal percentage to 41%, 3-point range 38.5%, and FT Line 66% at this point in the game.
We come to the next media timeout and Furman has a 36-24 lead with just under 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. We are heading to the 4th quarter and the Lady Paladins are ahead 46-30. Niveya henley is leading with 15 points and 3 rebounds, and 4 turnovers. Jaelyn Acker with 8 points and Tate Walters with 7 points.
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Paladins need to hold on to this lead, as the fans are really into the game now. We cannot take away anything from Wofford who has battled tough this whole game. Rachael Rose is having a great game with 16 points for Wofford. Media timeout and we have a 59-34 ballgame with Furman in the lead and we have 4:29 left in the final period. Tate Walters and Niveya henley lead the way with 15 points apiece, and Sydney James has 9 points also to help the cause.
Furman comes out a timeout with a 61-36 lead with 3 minutes left in the game. We have 1 minute to go and Wofford has cut the lead to 15 points 61-46 and Furman takes a timeout to regroup as three turnovers and then made shots by Wofford has made this more interesting here at the end. Furman is going to win this game tonight over the Wofford Terriers by the score of 64-51.
