Sydney James (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Furman wasn’t perfect by any means, but it was tough in the clutch during the waning stages of Thursday night’s 84-69 victory over Western Carolina. Western Carolina scored the game’s first six points, but once the Paladins took a 15-13 edge, they never trailed again, though they …
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Greenwood teams invade to mixed results
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges A heap of basketball teams crossed the lake on Wednesday as Greenwood visited Laurens and Cambridge Academy took a trip to Laurens Academy. Greenwood swept the Raiders for the second time, and once again the girls took on more lake water than the boys. The Crusaders were water tight across the …
PC can’t get home fires burning
Christina Kline (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The Presbyterian College basketball teams are both undefeated on the Big South Conference road. On the down side, neither Alaura Sharp’s women nor Quinton Ferrell’s men has prevailed in a league game within the dark, cozy confines of Templeton Center. Home has been where the hard is. In Rock …
The Paladins can shoot again
By MONTE DUTTON Alex William drives on The Citadel's Madison Durr. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Good news from Timmons Arena: Furman is Furman again. The Paladins emerged from their shooting funk with a vengeance against The Citadel, an ancestral Southern Conference rival, and banished the Bulldogs, 82-68, in front of a Wednesday-night Timmons Arena crowd of …
Furman to greet The Citadel with hungry eyes
Alex Williams (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ In the yawning epic known as the Southern Conference men’s basketball season, Furman played the first act against type. The reigning champion and preseason pick is 6-9 and 0-2, the latter being the SoCon schedule to date. The injury-plagued Paladins need a victory in the worst way at Timmons Arena …
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Once there was no raining in basketball
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants School was rained out Tuesday. Basketball games were rained out. They’re contested inside. This is an e-learning day, which I suppose anyone who e-learns could do by reading this. I’d humbly recommend John Steinbeck. They’ll e-learn more from the late great. The obvious choice for a basketball game …
Paladins, who can actually spell Valkyries, rout them
Kate Johnson (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ In Norse mythology, a Valkyrie is one of a host of women who accompany deceased souls to Valhalla, which is almost near Seneca. Its original meaning is “chooser of the slain.” Converse (5-7) got it backwards on Sunday women’s basketball at Timmons Arena. Furman (10-6) routed the Valkyries, 93-40, in …
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Mainly thinking again about what might’ve been
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I would have liked to be in Frisco. I’ve got a lot of friends in the area, and at least one who would have let me sleep on his couch. All I would have needed was some gas and spending money. I could’ve not paid my taxes for …
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Paladins ransacked at foot of Lookout Mountain
J.P. Pegues (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Furman got run out of the Roundhouse on Saturday night, and the Roundhouse is a fairly large place. J.D. Pegues and Alex Williams returned, both looked rusty, and Chattanooga led from start to finish to win, 73-58, at the facility now known as McKinley Arena, with …
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Away is where the Blue Hose’ heart is
By MONTE DUTTON PC's Kaleb Scott, UNCA's Drew Pember collide. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants For the second time in three days – and for almost all of the full Big South Conference schedule -- Presbyterian College’s basketball teams played the same opponents, one at Templeton Center and the other on the road. Once again, the …
Nightrider's Lament 