(Furman photo) Click here. Sunday afternoon’s basketball game at Timmons Arena was an affair of fits and starts, streaks and slumps. The second half was, anyway. Redshirt sophomore Asa Thomas scored a career-best 25 points and freshman Alex Wilkins added 23 and a career-high eight rebounds to lead Furman to its fifth consecutive victory with …
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This time CSU takes on Furman men
Cooper Bowser (21), Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman’s basketball teams appear to be coming together at the same. They’re jelling. They’re coalescing. They’re bonding. They’re thickening. On Friday night at Buccaneer Fieldhouse, Pierre Curtis’s women won for the fourth time in five games. The night before, Bob Richey’s men won its …
Paladins solve free-throw distance when it counts
Charles Johnston has seven double-doubles in 12 games (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Alex Wilkins calmly popped a pair of free throws to nail down Furman’s 75-68 victory over Manhattan on Thursday night in Riverdale, N.Y. This would not have seemed so impressive had not the Paladins missed nine of the 12 free throws that …
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Next up for Blue Hose? A ‘nationwide search’
By MONTE DUTTON Steve Englehart's Blue Hose won all six home games this season (PC photo). After an afternoon of cutting a cake, raising a banner and looking nervously at one another, Presbyterian College conceded that, yes, as everyone expected ever since the football team became nationally ranked, the head coach and gosh knows who …
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Paladins hope to cash in versus Jaspers
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. While Furman’s Thursday-night men’s basketball opponent is known as Manhattan, the Paladins are actually playing in the Bronx. The game at Draddy Gymnasium on the Manhattan University campus is set for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+. Furman (7-4) has won three …
Paladins went a long way
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. The last time I cultivated a passion for soccer was in an Ann Arbor bar during the World Cup while I was writing about NASCAR in Michigan. My job was writing about cars going ‘round and ‘round during the time Doug Allison was raising the roof on Furman …
Gardner’s girls keep on rolling
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. So far, so good. Girls’ basketball at Clinton High School is first in war, first in peace and first in Class 2A, according to the S.C. Basketball Coaches Association. The Red Devils, led by head coach John Gardner, improved to 9-0 with victories over Belton-Honea Path, 46-34, …
Bill Anderson … in my dreams
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Bill Anderson is one of the great songwriters in country-music history. I dreamed I had a conversation with “Whispering Bill” last night. Back in the NASCAR days, I bumped into well-known figures – Michael Jordan, John Prine, Dick Riley, Dick Vitale, Jay Bilas, Barney Frank – at airports. This is …
Paladins check all the boxes
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. On Tuesday night at Timmons Arena, Furman exceeded 100 points for the first time, outscored Bob Jones, 60-12 inside and won for the sixth time in its last seven men’s basketball games. No surprise there. The Bruins didn’t start shooting hoops until 2002. They’ve done …
Proximity but not prestige
By MONTE DUTTON 'New' Timmons Arena (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman University and Bob Jones University have little in common as basketball rivals, other than both being in Greenville. They may be rival institutions but not athletics rivals. Last season, the Paladins played a couple games at BJU’s Davis Fieldhouse while Timmons Arena was …
Nightrider's Lament 