What began so promising turned sour for the purple gang.
They were a mere trey short in falling to Charleston, 54-51, in their conference opener. Two wins out of three later, including a 70-52 drubbing of UNC-G, and the Paladins appeared on their way to a surprisingly quality season. They proceeded to drop four in a row and never recovered.
The triumvirate of Guilherme Da Luz (11.5 ppg, 5.8 apg), Anthony Thomas (11.0 ppg) and Kenny Zeigler (10.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg) will try to recapture the early season magic as they play in their own back yard this week.
Last year, Furman, as a No. 6 seed, rode the close-to-home-court advantage all the way to the semifinals, where they were knocked out by their first-round opponent this year, App. St., 60-56.

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