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McGhee leads Chattanooga past Furman 83-49

The Columbian
Published: February 13, 2013, 4:00pm

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Gee McGhee scored 16 points, Eric Robertson had 14 off the bench and Chattanooga pulled away in the second half to beat Furman 83-49 on Thursday night.

Farad Cobb had 12 points for the Mocs (11-16, 6-7 Southern Conference), who have won three of their past four after four-game losing streak.

Colin Reddick and Stephen Croone scored 12 points each, with Croone grabbing nine rebounds, and Bryant Irwin had 10 points for the Paladins (6-18, 3-10), who have lost four in a row, six of their past seven and are 1-11 on the road.

Chattanooga shot 34 of 77 from the field, while Furman was 19 of 51.

Chattanooga led 15-7 on Martynas Bareika’s jumper with 13:03 left on the way to a 39-27 advantage at halftime.

The Mocs pushed their lead to 48-30 only 2:04 into the second half and pulled away for the easy victory.

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