By MONTE DUTTON Tushawan Richardson fueled a Clinton comeback with 37 points against Union County. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges The basketball played by boys and girls is not the same. There are small differences. No games, played back to back, ever differed more than the ones played at the varsity level on Friday night at …
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Men wander, women stay home (hoops, anyway)
Pjay Smith (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The men are off to a railroad center on the Tennessee River while the women come off a week’s rest to play at home on Sunday afternoon. The basketball wars are fully operational. Furman (6-8, 0-1) seeks its first Southern Conference win of the season on Saturday at McKenzie …
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Paladins stay the course and hope for health
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ On Thursday night, I watched the replay of the Furman-UNCG game. I only saw the last few minutes live because I was at another game. When I got home, my reaction was: What? Now three starters are out? Foster, Pegues and Williams? Jumpin’ Jehosaphat! (Not the real words, but …
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Blue Hose come home to Pember
Drew Pember guards PC's Owen McCormack last season (PC photo). https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Drew Pember will look familiar to Presbyterian College’s returning players when he trots onto the Templeton Center court on Saturday for the 2 p.m. game between the Blue Hose and Pember’s UNC Asheville Bulldogs. The last time they saw him, Pember dropped 48 points …
High schools get back to work
Martineze Shaw (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Laurens County’s high schools resumed play after the holidays on Wednesday night to a mixed bag of results. Clinton and Laurens Academy split their boys’ and girls’ games with the local girls coming out on top both times. Laurens District dropped both games at Greenwood. Oddly, but significantly, Clinton …
Depleted Paladins fall at UNCG, 79-68
Carter Whitt (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ GREENSBORO, N.C. – Not to be outdone after falling to Anderson with its two leading scorers sidelined, Furman played its Southern Conference debut with the top three unavailable for duty on Wednesday night. Not surprisingly, UNC Greensboro, the team picked to finish second to the Paladins in preseason coaches’ rankings, …
Road rules in PC league openers
Tilda Sjokvist fueled a rally. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Tilda Sjokvist spurred a furious fourth-quarter comeback in Presbyterian College’s Big South opener at Templeton Center on Wednesday night. It wasn’t enough. Catherine Alben, Charleston Southern’s sophomore guard from Snellville, Ga., buried the Blue Hose with 24 points – and six triples in nine tries – …
Paladins aim for surge in SoCon
By MONTE DUTTON Ben VanderWal (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s been a while now since Furman was picked by media and coaches to defend successfully the Southern Conference men’s basketball championship it won last season. The Paladins likely wouldn’t win those polls now. It’s been a rough-and-tumble ride for the Paladins, who lost to Division II …
Blue Hose shake Koalas in 2nd half
Bryanna Belton (PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Presbyterian College restored order in the second half and, led by 27 points from Bryanna Belton, defeated Columbia College, 63-52, in a Sunday-afternoon women’s basketball game at Templeton Center. Belton, a sixth-year center from Goodyear, Ariz., buried 11/15 shots with nary a three-pointer and 5/8 free throws as the Blue …
Firm of Sydney & Sydney prosecutes NCCU case
Sydney Ryan (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Led by the Sydneys – Ryan scored 16 and James 14 -- Furman dominated the second half and dispatched North Carolina Central, 73-63, at Timmons Arena in a Sunday women’s basketball matinee. It took a third-quarter surge – Furman outscored the Eagles, 24-11 -- for the Paladins to close out …
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Nightrider's Lament 