GREENVILLE, S.C. (Jan. 14, 2025) – Winning back-to-back Southern Conference games, the ETSU men's basketball team gears up for a tough two-game road swing as the Buccaneers face Furman on Wednesday night. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
 
GAME INFO
DATE: Wednesday, Jan. 14
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, S.C.)
TEAMS: ETSU (10-7, 3-1) at Furman (14-3, 2-2)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+ (Bryant Lambert/JD Powell)
LIVE STATS: ETSUBucs.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is 10-7 overall and 3-1 in SoCon play
• The Bucs have won back-to-back games with wins over Mercer and The Citadel
• This marks ETSU's longest win streak since the Bucs ended November with four straight victories
• In Saturday's win over The Citadel, ETSU outscored the Bulldogs 15-0 in fastbreak scoring, while also being plus-15 on the boards, 41-26 … The Bucs grabbed 21 offensive rebounds and cashed those into 21 second-chance points
• Eight Bucs played at least 20 minutes in the win over The Citadel, including Gabe Sisk notching a team-high 27 minutes
• In his last two games, Sisk is averaging nine points and seven rebounds
• In the four SoCon games, Jaden Seymour and Quimari Peterson are both averaging 16.5 points per game, while John Buggs III is posting 15.5 points and shooting 58 percent (15-26) from beyond the arc
• As a team, ETSU is averaging 10.3 made threes per game in conference play
• Overall, Quimari Peterson is averaging 18.2 points and Jaden Seymour is at 16.6 points per game … ETSU is one of 14 teams in Division I to have multiple players averaging over 16.5 points per game
• Peterson leads the SoCon in scoring and Seymour is third
• Quimari Peterson is just one of six Division I players with at least 300 points, 70 rebounds and 70 assists this season … In 17 games this season, Peterson has totaled 309 points, 73 rebounds and 74 assists … The only other players to hit those numbers are Marquette's Kameron Jones, Rutgers' Dylan Harper, Jacksonville State's Jaron Pierre Jr., Long Beach State's Devin Askew, and SIU Edwardsville's Ray'Sean Taylor
• John Buggs III is one of 41 Division I players to make at least 50 three-pointers this season … Buggs ranks 21st nationally in made threes (52) and 36th in three-pointers made per game (3.1)
• Jaden Seymour scored his 1,000th career point and 1,000th point as a Buccaneer in the win over USC Upstate on Nov. 22 … Seymour became the 43rd 1,000-point scorer in program history and now is 24th in program history with 1,194 career points … Seymour needs four points to move past Kevin Tiggs (2007-09) for 23rd, 13 to move past T.J. Cromer for 22nd (2015-17) and 24 to pass Charlie Stuart (1974-77) for 21st … Overall, Seymour has 1,205 points with 11 of those coming during his freshman season at Wichita State.
• With ETSU's six made threes on Saturday, the Bucs have made at least one three-pointer in 1,176 straight games – the third-longest streak in the country
• ETSU was picked to finish third in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll … The Bucs picked up two first-place votes, while reigning champion Samford was pegged number one and Chattanooga was selected second
• Jaden Seymour and Quimari Peterson landed SoCon preseason honors
• The Bucs return 10 players from last year's 2023-24 roster
• ETSU only lost 8% of its scoring and 9% of its minutes played from last year's roster to the transfer portal – the fewest amount of production from any SoCon program 
• Coach Savage and his staff brought in five new players to complete the 2024-25 roster … The five newcomers include four transfers – Curt Lewis (Missouri), John Buggs III (North Texas), Davion Bradford (Wake Forest) and Roosevelt Wheeler (VCU) … In addition, true freshman Brandon Crawford is the fifth Buccaneer newcomer

ABOUT FURMAN    
·      Furman enters Wednesday night at 14-3 overall and 2-2 in league play
·      After opening the season, winning 12 of their first 13 games, the Paladins have split their last four contests
·      Furman is coming off an 81-62 setback to Wofford Monday night at home
·      The Paladins are ranked No. 9 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll
·      During this four-game split, Furman has defeated Western Carolina and The Citadel, while falling to UNCG and Wofford
·      Furman is 7-1 at home this season
·      As a team, the Paladins are averaging 77.2 points and allowing 65.8 per contest
·      Furman ranks 16th nationally ins three-point percentage defense (28.4) and three-point attempts per game (30.3), while ranking 18th in win percentage (.824) and 19th in three-pointers made per game (10.5)
·      The Paladins are led by PJay Smith Jr. as he's averaging 16.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game
·      Smith and Nick Anderson have combined for 92 of Furman's 178 made threes, while Smith is hitting at a 44 percent clip from long distance
·      Smith ranks 16th nationally in three-pointers made per game (3.3) and 33rd in total made threes (50)
 
SERIES HISTORY
·      Wednesday marks the 70th all-time meeting
·      Furman holds a slight 35-34 series lead
·      The Paladins have won the last four meetings and eight of the last 11
·      ETSU's last win was a 75-71 victory back on Feb. 7, 2022, inside Freedom Hall
·      The Bucs have dropped their last six games to the Paladins in Greenville by an average of 12.2 points per game
·      ETSU's last win over Furman in Greenville was back on Jan. 18, 2018, when Desonta Bradford hit a game-winning jumper, giving the Bucs a 62-61 victory inside Timmons Arena
 
UP NEXT
ETSU wraps up the two-game road swing on Saturday when the Bucs take on league-leading Samford in a rematch of last year's SoCon title game. Game time is set for 6 p.m. ET inside Pete Hanna Center.
  
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