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Western Carolina Catamounts at Furman Paladins

· SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL
Western Carolina Catamounts
13-19, 4-12 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 97
Furman Paladins
23-9, 13-3 Home

Furman routs Western Carolina 97-73 in SoCon quarterfinal

Furman (23-9) will play second-seeded East Tennessee State in a Sunday semifinal.

Jordan Lyons added 15 points for the Paladins, who shot 56 percent from the floor. Matt Rafferty chipped in 14 points and team highs of nine rebounds, five assists and five steals.

Marcus Thomas scored 17 points and Mike Amius had 16 for Western Carolina (13-19).

Furman used a 14-3 run, capped by back-to-back dunks from Clay Mounce, to build a double-digit lead midway through the first half. The Paladins stretched the lead to 21 points four minutes later. Lyons and Alex Hunter made consecutive 3-pointers to end the spurt. Western Carolina cut the deficit to 64-51 but didn't get closer.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 71 - 97
2nd 0:01 Haboubacar Mutombo made Layup. 73 - 97
2nd 0:02 Haboubacar Mutombo Offensive Rebound. 71 - 97
2nd 0:02 Ashley Williams missed Layup. 71 - 97
2nd 0:10 Ashley Williams Defensive Rebound. 71 - 97

Statistics

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26-59 FG 33-59
44 Field Goal % 56
6-18 3PT 8-21
33 Three Point % 38
15-21 FT 23-28
71 Free Throw % 82
31 Rebounds 32
11 Offensive Rebounds 7
20 Defensive Rebounds 25
12 Assists 16
3 Steals 9
4 Blocks 1
14 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 8
2 Technical Fouls 0
2 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Off Turnovers 16
5 Fast Break Points 8
34 Points in Paint 46
22 Fouls 18
1 Largest Lead 29

Game Information

Venue: Harrah's Cherokee Center

Location: Asheville, NC
Attendance: 5,431 | Capacity:

2025-26 Southern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
East Tennessee State 13-5 - 23-11
Mercer 11-7 2 19-13
Wofford 11-7 2 19-13
Samford 11-7 2 18-14
Furman 10-8 3 22-13
Western Carolina 10-8 3 15-16
UNC Greensboro 9-9 4 15-19
Chattanooga 7-11 6 13-19
The Citadel 7-11 6 11-22
VMI 1-17 12 6-26
Full Standings