With Plymouth sophomore sensation Brook Turson slowed by a leg injury and foul trouble, Furr pumped in 27 points and pulled down nine rebounds before fouling out with 2:45 left in the fourth quarter.
"Brook stepped up big for us Tuesday night (scoring a school-record 51 points). I knew it was bad because he couldn't even practice this week. I knew I had to step up tonight," Furr said.
When Turson went to the bench with his own fourth foul late in the third quarter, Plymouth trailed the Trojans, 43-34. Furr turned it on inside, scoring 11 of his points in the next eight minutes before earning his fifth foul. His efforts kept the Big Red (10-2, 7-2) in the game and set the stage for Turson to score 17 points in overtime.
South Central coach Pat Durham's defensive gameplan worked well on Turson, the leading scorer in north central Ohio. Turson had just three points in the first half and eight in regulation. "In this conference, no one is going to play Brook straight up," Durham said. "We wanted to limit his touches, keep him from getting the ball and make him give it up when he got it. We played a 1-3 zone with a chaser and it did what it was supposed to do with Brook.
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