ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The No. 6 Wofford men's basketball team (19-15, 10-8) defeated the No. 5 Furman Paladins 92-85 in the SoCon Championship on Monday night at Harrah's Cherokee Center. The Terriers earned their sixth SoCon Tournament championship with the win.
 
"This is an amazing feeling," said head coach Dwight Perry. "There's not a program more deserving of this than this group that we have. I couldn't be more proud of the group of people we have in our program, and I mean it's not just players. It's the people, players, managers, coaches, and trainers. This is for everybody associated with Wofford College."
 
Five Terriers scored in double-digits on the night with Jackson Sivills scoring a career-high 20 points. The senior guard hit four threes en route to his career night. Justin Bailey followed behind with 19 points and eight free throws. Dillon Bailey scored 15 points, including three big deep balls in the second half. Kyler Filewich scored 13 points while Corey Tripp rounded out the group with 11 points.
 
"I was just trying to do my best to win," said Jackson Sivills on his career night. "My goal when I came here was to put another banner up in Jerry Richardson (Indoor Stadium), and I'm blessed to be able to say that we did it."
 
Wofford outrebounded Furman 30-26 and had seven offensive rebounds. Justin Bailey paced the team with seven rebounds, and Kyler Filewich grabbed six. Corey Tripp finished with six rebounds along with a career-high eight assists.
 
"This is the reason I wanted to come here," said Kyler Filewich. "The pedigree of the program – five championships since 2010. Now we have made it six. I'm so glad to be a part of it. That's the reason I came here – go dancing. And I'm so happy, so proud of all my guys for making it happen."
 
The Terriers came out hot as the team started out the game on an 8-0 run. Furman responded with a couple of quick buckets, but Wofford furthered the lead out to 10, 15-5 with 11:54 left in the first stanza. Wofford would go up by as many as 13 points in the half.
 
Furman rallied back in the latter part of the half, going on a 13-3 run to cut the deficit to three points. Furman would eventually take its first lead of the game, 37-35, after a huge three-pointer. The Terriers could not regain the lead and would head into the break trailing the Paladins 39-37.
 
Furman opened the half with a three-pointer, but it was Dillon Bailey answering with what was one of three second half deep balls. Despite the hot shooting, Furman answered every rally Wofford came up with over the next several minutes.
 
It was not until under 10 minutes left in the game that the Terriers were able to get back in front of the Paladins, and it was Justin Bailey hitting a pair of free throws to do so. The Paladins regained the lead the next possession down. Wofford embarked on an 11-2 run to take a 77-69 lead with 6:53 remaining in the contest.
 
The Paladins did not quit, taking their own 83-79 advantage with just over two minutes of game time left. Corey Tripp found Kyler Filewich the next play down to shorten the deficit to two and then Jackson Sivills hit the go-ahead three to give the team a one-point lead. The Terriers got a stop the next play down and held on for the win. Wofford converted on its last eight free throws to seal the game in a 92-85 win in the SoCon Championship.
 
The Terriers have now won their sixth SoCon Tournament in program history. The last one came in the historic 2018-19 season. Wofford will await Selection Sunday on March 16 to find its next destination.