By MONTE DUTTON Alex Williams launches. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A season ago, Furman really started rolling when head coach Bob Richey started talking about joy. The Paladins started talking about how it was important to have fun, and sure enough, nothing was more fun than winning, and off they went to see the Wizard …
The wild, mild world of sports
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The National Football League is fantastic at playoff time. Early in the season, the best players look rusty, as if they didn’t play in exhibition games. In most cases, this is because they didn’t. To summarize, at the beginning of the regular season, most all the teams looked like …
Spartans end Paladin women’s streak
Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The team ranked best defensively in the Southern Conference lived up its billing on Saturday afternoon as UNC Greensboro ended Furman’s four-game, women’s basketball winning streak, 70-55, at Fleming Gym. Jayde Gamble scored 13 points to lead UNCG (13-4, 2-0 SoCon) past the Paladins, who got 19 points and eight …
Blue Hose toppled, home and away
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 …
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 …
Nightrider's Lament 