Laurens Academy's Olivia Huck (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. When I get up in the morning, brew some coffee while I’m taking some meds, turn on the TV and see what awful happened last night, my set (remember when a TV was a set?) recommends what I want to see. Then I commence translating sports …
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Ruminations on what makes Furman special and PC not
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Bothwell, the man of a thousand expressions (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. It’s Saturday morning, and somehow it’s nearly 11, and I’ve been up since 8:30 after getting as much as I could on last night’s one-point loss to Gardner-Webb by Presbyterian and inserting more details. I updated it this morning. …
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Which Paladins are going to show up in Asheville?
By MONTE DUTTON Furman still has its eyes on the prize. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman could win the Ingles Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. The Paladins could also exit in the quarterfinal round against Western Carolina at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. Furman (16-15, 10-8 SoCon) have …
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Furmanology: Women to open tourney Thursday; Pegues, Foster earn men’s plaudits
Jada Session (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s been an uphill climb all season for first-year head coach Pierre Curtis, but the Furman women’s basketball team advanced modestly toward the summit in the regular season. The Paladins tip off the Ingles Southern Conference Tournament as the seventh seed, meaning that their 1:15 p.m. quarterfinal pits them …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Big South tourney straight ahead
Trevon Reddish-Rhone (left) and Kory Mincy sweep the weekly Big South honors. (PC photo) Click here. Both Presbyterian College basketball teams enter the Hercules Tires Big South Conference Basketball Championship as long shots. Pretty dangerous long shots. Presbyterian (17-14, 8-8 BSC) is the fifth seed in the women’s bracket and opens on Thursday at 2 …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Teel, Reddish-Rhone lead PC into tourney
Samage Teel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian men’s basketball considerably improved its seeding for the Big South Basketball Tournament by finishing off a season sweep – in its first and last conference games – of Charleston Southern. Baseball won in extra innings over Saint Bonaventure, but women’s basketball dropped its game in North Charleston against …
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Furmanology: Furman women take Timmons’ final game (for now)
Kate Johnson jostles for position against ETSU's Meghan Downing. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ While the crowds gathered for two final regular-season basketball games, Friday rain made sports activity prevalent on campus Saturday. As it turned out, Timmons Arena, as now configured, did, in fact, go out with a victory. The final game, until the fall …
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Paladin women can’t stop Mocs’ reign, softball delayed by rain
Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Southern Conference champion apparent, Chattanooga, had too much for a game Furman team in a 60-53 victory over the Paladins on Thursday night at Timmons Arena. Raven Thompson scored 11 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to power the Mocs. Chattanooga (24-4, 12-1 SoCon), the regular-season champion, used a strong …
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County Signs: Blue Hose teams in tight race to Big South Tournament
Jonah Pierce jockeys for position against UNC Asheville earlier this season. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The final games Saturday are crucial to Presbyterian College’s seedings in next week’s Big South Basketball Tournament in High Point, N.C. For Quinton Ferrell’s men’s team, a victory over Charleston Southern on Saturday at Templeton Center is particularly important. …
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My kinds of places
By MONTE DUTTON Timmons Arena, as we now know it, will soon be no more. (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I was at Furman on Monday for Bob Richey’s biweekly media availability. I am one of journalism’s more absurdly punctual practitioners. When I drive from Clinton to Furman, I factor in the possibility of a flat …
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