The Blue Hose (0-2) were led by its most experienced players Walt Allen and Chase Holmes, with Holmes posting 19 points in the game. Redshirt freshman, Jake Troyli, showed a lot of poise and experience throughout the game. He contributed 15 points and had eight rebounds. The freshman starter, Khalid Mutakabbir displayed why he belonged on the court as well. Mutakabbir netted nine points and took six balls off the boards. The shooting guard also had five assists in the game.

This was PC's second game on the road this season, and the young team stunned the Furman crowd by taking a 13 point lead early in the first half. After being tied 2-2 in the first minutes of the game, the Blue Hose began connecting from beyond the arc. The team took a 13-point lead after four huge three pointers made in the first 10 minutes of the half.

The lead was widened due to Ryan Hargrave's effort on the boards and behind the three-point line. He had two of the three pointers , one of which came after he grabbed an offense rebound. PC was able to maintain the lead after heading into intermission, but only before Amu Saaka of the Paladins had led his team back to a three-point ball game with two powerful dunks.

During the first 20 minutes of play, PC drilled 14-of-26 shots for 53.8 percent from the field. The squad also connected on five-of-nine from downtown. Leading in every category, PC had 10 points in the paint and 14 points off turnovers. The Blue Hose were up by three points at the end of the first half, 33-30.

The start of the second half opened up with a heated battle to see who could control the lead. Holmes had a three pointer early in the first half to extend the lead to four and Allen followed with a block on the other side of the court. Furman took the lead for the first time in the game at the 15:17 mark, with a 25-foot three-ball from Saaka. PC answered with a three pointer from the same spot by Allen. Seconds later Saaka tied the ball game at 41 with a dunk in the low post. The lead changed one more time before Furman took control of the game and lead the game for the last 11 minutes of the game.

The Blue Hose fought hard to keep the dominance they had shown in the first half and kept the game close, bringing it to a two point game in the last 39 seconds of the game. Holmes delivered a three point play with an agile layup that was turned into an and-one opportunity. He made the free-throw and brought the game to a two-point margin. Furman took a 30-second timeout and came out of the break by forcing PC to commit a foul. Furman's Darryl Evans made his second free throw after missing the first and allowed the Paladins to go up by three. Furman then extended its lead to five off of two more free-throw shots after Holmes missed a tough layup at the PC end of the court.

Holmes then took control of the ball and sprinted downcourt past an array of Furman players and rattled the backboard with a hard dunk. The game was brought back to a three-point margin. The game ended with one more made free-throw to broaden the home team's lead to four. PC was unable to score again as the clock ran out.  

PC finished the game 24-of-52 from the field for 46.2 percent. The squad also knocked down 8-of-16 three pointers for 50 percent. The Blue Hose were very effective from the foul line, shooting 8-of-9 for 88.9 percent.

PC will return to action in Champaign, Ill. to face the Fighting Illini. It will be there third game in a row on the road. The game is scheduled to start in Assembly Hall at 7:00 pm.