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 …
More than one way to topple Union
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 …
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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Nightrider's Lament 