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Furman Paladins
Furman could be in for long night at Rupp
Chris Bass
'Cats look to vent frustration of 150-95 loss to Kansas
LOCATION: Greenville, SC. FOUNDED: 1826 ENROLLMENT: 2,500 NICKNAME: Paladins MASCOT: Knight on a White Horse COLORS: Purple & White CONFERENCE: Southern LETTERMEN LOST: 3 LETTERMEN RETURNING: 12 STARTERS LOST: 3 STARTERS RETURNING: 2 SERIES RECORD: First meeting 1988-89 RECORDS: 17-12, 9-5 POSTSEASON PLAY: none HEAD COACH: Butch Estes
PROBABLE STARTERS*
SF  Tracy Garrick (10.0 ppg., 2.8 rpg.) PF  Bruce Evans (16.6 ppg., 5.6 rpg.) C  Brent Williams (3.6 ppg., 4.0 rpg.) PG  Hal Henderson (10.8 ppg., 3.2 rpg.) 2G  Chris Bass (13.2 ppg., 1.5 rpg.)
'scoring and rebounding averages through first live games
After playing curly-season road games with No. 14 Indiana and No. 2 Kansas, and before entering back-to-back games at home with North Carolina and Louisville, two teams ranked in the Top Ten. Rick Pitino's Wildcats get a three-game break from their otherwise murderous schedule.
First of the three sotties to enter Rupp Arena before the Christmas holidays is Furmana Southern Conference school that owned a 2-3 record before a road trip to Honolulu that included games with Hawaii and Chaminade followed by the UKIT field, including Portland. Cincinnati and SW Louisiana.
The Paladins from Greenville, S.C.. finished a surprising second in the Southern Conference in '89 and posted their third-straight winning season (17-12). but still figure to be no match for Kentucky, which should be out for blood after being embarrassed 150-95 at Kansas.
Furman started its season with a 78-59 win over Presbyterian College, avenging a 15-point loss from last season, but then lost three in a row92-86 at Dayton. 84-63 at home to Michigan State and 78-77 at Winthrop Collegebefore topping Erskine College 80-73 at home prior to the Hawaii trip.
Kentucky matches up extremely well with Furman, enjoying rare advantages in both size and experience. The Paladins' start three sophomores and two juniors, and have just two regulars taller than 6-foot-5.
Furman's backcourt is led by 6-3 junior Chris Bassnow at guard on a full-time basis after playing some small forward last seasonwhose 13.2 scoring average is second on the club. Bass is joined by point guard Hal Henderson (6-0, So.. 10.8 ppg.). a member of the conference's All-Freshman team last year.
Furman also has a pair of double-figure scorers at forward. Bruce Evans, a 6-7 power forward who was the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year in '89, leads the club with 16.6 ppg. and 5.6 rpg. His partner at forward is 6-5 Tracy Garrick. averaging 10.0 ppg. and 2.8 rpg., a junior who was injured much of last season.
The Paladins are thin in the middle, being forced to start 6-7 sophomore Brent Williams at center. After averaging 3.1 ppg. and 2.3 rpg. in part-time duty last season. Williams has improved those numbers to just 3.6 ppg. and 4.0 rpg. thisT^^^jjjSKs^^
kentucky-furman notes:
 After dropping a 150-95 decision at Kansas Dec. 9, Kentucky has 10 days to get ready for Furman. The Paladins, on the other hand, have a five-day break after returning from Hawaii Dec. 14.
 This will be the first meeting between the two schools.
 Kentucky is 24-2 against Southern Conference teams, losing both two VMI, 32-18 in 1914 and 37-32 in 1922.
 Kentucky is 19-4 against teams from the state of South Carolina.
 Kentucky enters the contest averaging 90.6 points per game and, after seeing Kansas score an opponent-record 150, giving up 93.2 points per game. Prior to its trip to Hawaii, Furman was averaging 76.8 points per game and giving up 75.2 points per game.
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Coach Butch Estes
1989-90 FURMAN ROSTER
No.	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	CI.	Hometown (High School/JC)
3	David Stamey	G	6-3	180	So.	Statesville, N.C. (West Iredel!)
5	Chris Bass	G-F	6-3	190	Jr.	Dayton, Ohio (Chaminade-Julienne)
15	Tracy Garrick	F	6-5	195	Jr.	Hopkins, S.C. (Lower Richland)
20	Neel Garrison	G	6-1	175	Sr.	Morganton, N.C. (Freedom)
22	Bruce Evans	F	6-7	190	So.	Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest)
23	Hal Henderson	G	6-0	165	So.	Simpsonville, S.C. (Hillcrest)
30	Mark Linkesh	F	6-5	213	Sr.	Weirton, W.Va. (Weir)
31	Tom O'Donnell	F	6-7	200	Jr.	Carrollton, Ohio (High)
32	Tim Vorel	C	6-8	228	Jr.	Waynesboro, Va. (Fork Union)
35	Derek Waugh	F	6-7	220	Fr.	Atlanta, Ga. (Marist)
40	Brian Edwards	C	6-9	210	Fr.	Wilmington, N.C. (New Hanover)
42	Jerry Crosby	F	6-7	217	Sr.	Crestwood, Ky. (Oldham Co.)
44	Dean Smith	F	6-8	225	Sr.	Charleston, S.C. (Bishop England)
51	Brent Williams	C	6-7	215	So.	Dunwoody, Ga. (High)
52	Steven Hines	F	6-5	190	Fr.	Marietta, Ga. (Walton.)
'88 results		
68	at Michigan State	89
64	CLEMSON	79
71	at South Carolina State	69
68	LANDER COLLEGE	56
97	NEWBERRY COLLEGE	82
56	at Nebraska	69
74	WINTHROP COLLEGE (OT)	68
71	Stanford (Music City Invitational)	88
63	Colgate (Music City Invitational)	61
56	at Marquette	78
76	The Citadel	80
90	EAST TENNESSEE	86
69	APPALACHIAN STATE	61
82	at VMI (3CT)	82
77	at Marshall	69
68	WESTERN CAROLINA	80
76	UT-CHATTANOOGA	74
87	WOFFORD COLLEGE	76
61	at The Citadel	60
85	PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE	100
95	AUGUSTA COLLEGE	72
75	at Appalachian State	71
81	at East Tennessee	83
62	at UT-Chattanooga	79
94	MARSHALL	86
97	VMI	71
70	at Western Carolina	65
81	VMI (Southern Conf. tourney)	73
68	Marshall (Southern Conf. tourney)	68
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'90 schedule/results
78     PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 59	
86	at Dayton 92
63	MICHIGAN STATE 84
77	at Winthrop College 78
80	ERSKINE COLLEGE 63
Dec. 12	at Hawaii
Dec. 14	at Chaminade
Dec. 19	at Kentucky
Dec. 23	VILLANOVA
Dec. 30	SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
Jan. 2	at Maine
Jan. 6	THE CITADEL
Jan. 11	at Davidson
Jan. 13	at East Tennessee
Jan. 18	WOFFORD COLLEGE
Jan. 20	VMI
Jan. 22	MARSHALL
Jan. 27	at Western Carolina
Jan. 29	at UT-Chattanooga
Feb. 3	at The Citadel
Feb. 8	DAVIDSON
Feb. 10	APPALACHIAN STATE
Feb. 12	EAST TENNESSEE
Feb. 14	at Clemson
Feb. 17	at Marshall
Feb. 19	at VMI
Feb. 24	UT-CHATTANOOGA
Feb. 26	WESTERN CAROLINA
Mar. 2-4	Southern Conference Tourney
Home games in ALL CAPITALS