Sept. 30, 2000

Box Score

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Louis Ivory rushed for 187 yards and three touchdowns to lead Furman to a 38-14 win over Western Carolina in a Southern Conference matchup Saturday.

Ivory scored on runs of 65 and 25 yards in the first quarter and Danny Marshall kicked a 24-yard field goal in the second to give the Paladins a 17-7 lead at the half.

Western Carolina (2-3, 1-2) got on the scoreboard when Fred Boateng got a 14-yard touchdown run with 2:25 left in the half.

But Ivory and Bear Rinehart each scored on runs of 14 yards in the third quarter for the NCAA I-AA sixth-ranked Paladins (5-0, 2-0) to put them up 31-7.

Furman's Toreico O'Neal scored on an 11-yard run at the top of the fourth quarter.

Western Carolina answered with a touchdown when David Rivers connected a 5-yard pass with Tracy Biggs for the game.