BOONE, N.C. (AP) - Nathan Healy finished with a double-double, 14 points and 12 rebounds, to lift Appalachian State over Furman 72-66 Monday night in Southern Conference play.
Michael Obacha, Jay Canty and Mike Neal each scored 14 points to help Appalachian State (11-13, 7-6) win for the third time in four games.
Trailing 64-60 at the 2:30 mark, Larry Wideman made a 3-pointer for Furman (6-17, 3-9) to cut the lead to one, 64-63 with 1:31 left to play. That was the closest the Paladins would get.
Canty converted a three-point play for the Mountaineers on the ensuing possession to extend the lead to 67-63 with 1:07 remaining.
Appalachian state made 5 of its last 6 free throws to close out Furman.
The Mountaineers led by as many as 18 points, while the Paladins never led.
Furman, which has lost four in a row, was led by Stephen Croone with 20 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Furman (6-17) | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Appalachian State (11-13) « | 34 | 38 | 72 |
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| Furman Paladins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Reddick, F | 35 | 2-7 | 3-6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Ferrara, F | 32 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| L. Wideman, G | 34 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| S. Croone, G | 31 | 5-10 | 10-13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| C. Reddick, G | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Austin | 34 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Irwin | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Brown | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. O'Neill | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Chuisseu | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-51 | 16-23 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 66 | |
| 43.1% | 69.6% | ||||||
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Healy, F | 38 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Canty, F | 32 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| M. Obacha, F | 25 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| M. Neal, G | 32 | 3-7 | 5-5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| T. Hamilton, G | 27 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Trice | 21 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Baskin | 15 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| C. Burgess | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Okam | 2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-51 | 19-25 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 72 | |
| 47.1% | 76% | ||||||
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