SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: Furman (17-7, 9-2)
Where: Bon Secours Wellness Arena | Greenville, S.C.
When: Saturday, February 5, 2022 | 12 p.m. 
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Game Notes: UNCG | Furman


GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team returns to the road for a pair of games against Furman and Western Carolina.
 
The first stop is Furman on Saturday where the Spartans will encounter a red-hot Paladin squad that leads the Southern Conference. Furman has won five straight contests. The game will be played at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, site of the first two rounds of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
 
By the time UNCG returns home from Cullowhee on early Tuesday morning, it will have finished playing three games in six days and concluded a stretch where four of its five contests were on the road.
 
Last Time Out

• Keyshaun Langley scored 19 points to lead UNCG during its 76-65 loss to VMI on Wednesday.
• Furman defeated The Citadel behind Jalen Slawson's 17 points.

 
A Look At UNCG

• UNCG leads the SoCon in rebounding margin (+5.3) and is second in scoring defense (65.3).
• The Spartans are fourth in field-goal percentage defense (42.3).
• De'Monte Buckingham averages 13.6 points per game to lead the Spartans.
• Buckingham enters the game with 1,494 career collegiate points, which includes his career at Richmond and CSU-Bakersfield.
• Buckingham is seventh in the conference in rebounding (6.8), ninth in 3-pointers made per game (2.2), and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage (42.2).
• Keyshaun Langley (8.4 points per game), Kaleb Hunter (8.3), and Bas Leyte (8.2) all average at least eight points for UNCG.
• Keyshaun Langley has scored in double figures in five of UNCG's last seven games.
• Kobe Langley is fifth in the conference in steals (1.5) and 11th in assists (3.2).
• UNCG has finished with double digit assist totals in nine of its last 10 contests.

 
A Look At Furman

• The Paladins are 11-1 at home.
• Furman shot 21 for 33 from the field and 14 for 20 from 3-point distance in its win over The Citadel.
• It was the second time this season that Furman scored at least 100 points.
• Mike Bothwell and Jalen Slawson leads Furman in scoring.
• Each player averages 15.3 points per game, which is seventh and eighth, respectively in the SoCon.
• Alex Hunter contributes 14.3 points per game, which is 15th in the SoCon.
• Slawson leads the SoCon in steals (2.0).
• Slawson is third in the SoCon in field goal percentage (51.4), third in blocked shots (1.8), and fourth in rebounding (7.5).
• Joe Anderson and Conley Garrison are first and second, respectively, in 3-point field goal percentage in the conference.
• Furman is second in the SoCon in scoring offense (79.1).
• The Paladins are also fourth in scoring defense (68.5).
• Each of Furman's victories during its five-game winning streak have been by double digits.

 
Series History

• UNCG leads the all-time series, 21-20.
• Furman won the first meeting, 58-54, on Wednesday, Jan. 5.
• It was UNCG's first game after a 20-day layoff.
• Buckingham scored 12 of his team-high 14 points in the second half of that contest.
• Bothwell's 20 points led Furman in the victory.

 
Up Next

• UNCG visits Western Carolina on Monday, Feb. 7. The game starts at 7 p.m.