Zoe Young led the Raiders with 15 points. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges What happened at LDHS on Tuesday night wasn’t surprising. Riverside had already swept the Raiders in Greer. Region 2-4A is a tough track. The basketball games were similar other than the former being contested by girls and the latter by boys. Riverside won …
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Both teams need turnarounds in a hurry
Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Two teams whose seasons are slip-sliding away face each other at Templeton Center on Wednesday night at 7. Presbyterian (9-13, 1-6 Big South) has lost six Big South men's games in a row. USC Upstate (6-14, 1-6) has, like the Blue Hose, lost an inordinate number of close games. …
Paladins need a pick-me-up in Charleston
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. gives PJay a hand. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Life was but a dream until Furman happened upon Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. As it relates to the Napoleonic palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba. A 10-point loss to the Terriers did not negate the five victories that preceded it. It …
Raiders fall, Devils off, LA girls streaking
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants At Presbyterian College and Laurens District High School, basketball season to date has been a matter of being better but not better enough. Both Blue Hose teams dropped Big South games on Saturday at Radford. Those are detailed under separate cover. USC Upstate (6-14, 1-6) is tied with Presbyterian (9-13, 1-6) …
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Good news in Greenville for Furman women
Paraskevi Koilia (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It would be a dank night in Spartanburg, but at least joy reigned in Greenville on Saturday afternoon. Sydney James came through for the Paladins in an exciting Southern Conference victory, 58-56, over Mercer at Timmons Arena. The 6-foot senior from Ocala, Fla., scored 10 of her 12 points in …
Radford turns Blue Hose red
Marquis Barnett (PC photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges RADFORD, Va. – For the first time this season, Presbyterian played men’s and women’s basketball games on the same day at the same place. Radford University lives in infamy at least until the Blue Hose and Highlanders play again in Clinton on Feb. 10. Quenton Ferrell’s men fell by 15 …
Terriers back up the bark, 77-67
By MONTE DUTTON Furman couldn't get the crucial stops. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ SPARTANBURG – When Furman plays Wofford, basketball is like a box of chocolates. One never knows what one is going to get. Oh, wait, it’s more than basketball. A football game comes to mind. The Terriers made a gooey mess of the …
PC hoops teams to play twice at Radford
Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College men’s basketball is doubly frustrating. It’s not enough that the Blue Hose have lost five consecutive Big South Conference games. They’re close. They’re excruciating. They are stress-related. Four points to UNC Asheville. Ten to Winthrop. Three to High Point. Ten to Longwood. If the Blue Hose are …
Paladins head to Wofford with joyful identity
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Bob Richey and his band of Dins are playing Spartanburg on Saturday at 6 p.m. It’s a one-night stand at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Thrills! Chills! Gangs of screaming lads wearing khakis and light-blue button-downs! And tastefully dressed lasses, tossing all decorum aside. But I stereotype. …
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Samford women win at Timmons
Niveya Henley (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Samford women’s basketball team gained a measure of recovery at Timmons Arena from its men’s misadventures the night before by claiming a 66-60 victory over Furman on Thursday night. Kennedy Langham scored 26 points for the Bulldogs. The freshman guard connected on 9/17 shots, which she combined with nine …
Nightrider's Lament 