Bryanna Brady (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Ever since Presbyterian College began playing Big South Conference basketball games this season, the problem has been winning at home until Saturday. The Blue Hose fell to Gardner-Webb at both Templeton Center (women) and Paul Porter Arena (men). Gardner-Webb bettered the Blue Hose, 72-58, in Clinton, and, 76-60, in …
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Paladins let the good times roll
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Whitt was all over the floor. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Maybe it’s the gray uniforms. Maybe it’s the coaching staff dressed casually at home. Or maybe, just maybe, Furman has regained its health, wealth and Southern Conference men’s basketball groove. That’s how it looked in Saturday’s 82-73 conquest of East Tennessee …
Beating ETSU crucial for Paladins’ rise
J.P. Pegues (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ One game does not turn a season around. It takes more to qualify as a turnaround. Perhaps one began at Timmons Arena on Wednesday when The Citadel was satisfactorily repulsed. An encore is important. Furman gets a chance to make another action louder than words when East Tennessee State visits …
Young women step up on court
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges In basketball season to date, results favor the fairer sex. In every instance in Laurens County and at Furman University – i.e., all the teams about which I write – the girls’/women’s team is better so far. The only exception is Thornwell Charter School, whether neither of its fledgling varsity teams …
Furman balance too much for Catamounts
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 …
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 …
Nightrider's Lament 