JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 1, 2025) – The ETSU men's basketball team looks to bounce back into the win column when the Buccaneers open the second half of Southern Conference play against Furman on Sunday afternoon inside Freedom Hall. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
 
GAME INFO
DATE: Sunday, Feb. 2
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Freedom Hall (Johnson City, Tenn.)
TEAMS: ETSU (12-10, 5-4) vs. Furman (15-4, 5-4)
LIVE VIDEO: CBS Sports Network (Dave Friedman/Dean Keener)
LIVE STATS: ETSUBucs.com
RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 (Jay Sandos)
TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB
TICKETS: ETSUTickets.com
GAME SPONSOR: BrightRidge
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is 12-10 overall and 5-4 in SoCon play
• The Bucs have suffered back-to-back road setbacks with losses to Chattanooga last Saturday and at UNCG last Wednesday
• ETSU is playing its second of three nationally televised games this season … The Bucs are 1-0 so far on national television as ETSU knocked off Samford 65-60 back on Jan. 18 on CBS Sports Network
• ETSU is 9-3 at home this season and 109-38 inside Freedom Hall since the start of the 2015-16 season
• Ten of ETSU's 12 wins this year have been by double digits, including six being by 20 points or more … In the 12 wins, ETSU is averaging 77.9 points and holding the opposition to 60.4
• Since the 2015-16 season, ETSU has scored 75 or more points 150 times … The Bucs are 129-21 in those contests, while reaching the century mark in 11 of those games.
• Quimari Peterson, who has totaled seven 20+ point scoring games this season, leads the SoCon in scoring at 18.5 points per game
• With ETSU's nine made threes on Wednesday, the Bucs have made at least one three-pointer in 1,181 straight games – the third-longest streak in the country
• 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 14th in program history with 1,293 career points … Seymour needs 33 points to pass Rashawn Rembert (2011-15) for 13th all-time on the ETSU scoring list … Overall, Seymour has 1,304 points with 11 of those coming during his freshman season at Wichita State
• John Buggs III netted his 200th career three-pointer Wednesday night in Greensboro ... Buggs has made 201 in 86 career games played ... The Buccaneer guard has recorded 61 made threes in the Blue & Gold this season
• 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 

ABOUT FURMAN    

• Furman begins the second wave of conference play with an overall record of 17-5 and a SoCon mark of 5-4
• The Paladins have won back-to-back games and are coming off a 72-70 win over league-leading Samford Wednesday night in Greenville
• Nick Anderson (24 points) and Cooper Bowser (21 points) combined for 45 points on 17-of-21 shooting in the win over the Bulldogs
• As a team, the Paladins are averaging 76.8 points and allowing 68.1 per contest
• Furman is led by PJay Smith Jr. and Anderson … Smith Jr. is averaging 16.1 points and Anderson is at 13.2 per game … The duo has accounted for 120 of Furman's 228 made threes
• Furman's seven road wins are the most by any team in the SoCon

SERIES HISTORY

• Furman holds a slight 36-34 series lead
• The Paladins have won the five meetings and seven of the last 10
• Furman won 73-70 back on Jan. 15 in Greenville
• ETSU's last win in the series was back on Feb. 7, 2022, when the Bucs defeated the Paladins 75-71 inside Freedom Hall
• Overall, the Bucs are 19-14 over the Paladins in Johnson City with ETSU winning eight of the last 11

UP NEXT

ETSU heads back on the road for a Wednesday night SoCon tilt at VMI. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. inside Cameron Hall.
  
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