Safford’s game winner send Wofford past Furman

<p>SPARTANBURG, S.C. &mdash; Morgan Safford scored 12 points and his layup with six seconds left sent Wofford past Furman 74-73 on Saturday.</p>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/WoffordMBB/status/1365842606794698752?s=20">Safford caught the ball on the left wing and beat the defense down the lane for a floater that ricocheted off the back iron before he gathered his miss and banked it in for the lead.</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/WoffordMBB/status/1365842606794698752?s=20">The Paladins inbounded the ball and pushed it to Noah Gurley but his leaning 3-pointer from the left wing with two seconds left drew iron and bounced out of bounds to end it.</a>
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<p>Messiah Jones scored 19 points on 9-for-11 shooting with seven rebounds for the Terriers (15-8, 12-5 Southern Conference). Storm Murphy added 15 points and Tray Hollowell 13.</p>
<p>Gurley tied a career high with 29 points and had seven rebounds for the Paladins (16-8, 10-5), whose four-game winning streak ended. Mike Bothwell and Clay Mounce each scored 12 and combined to grab 13 rebounds.</p>
<p>Wofford also beat Furman 75-67 on Feb. 6.</p>
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