(Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman’s two-game, women’s basketball win streak ended in Macon, Ga., with a thud but not without a fight. Mercer (12-16, 6-6 SoCon) escaped with a 55-50 win after building a 42-22 three minutes into the second half. The Paladins executed a persistent comeback in spite of a flawed performance. Five Furman players …
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Furman women tame Catamounts late
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A three-point play in the final minute led Furman to a 58-53 victory over Western Carolina and an end to a three-game losing skein. The game, originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, was played instead on Sunday at Timmons Arena. Session's fast break layup, assisted by Tate Walters off a steal by Sydney …
Prep hoops teams taking games to next level
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges As apt a description of my life as I’ve heard are the words of the songwriter Steven Fromholz: Me and my friends are getting long in the tooth / From three or four decades of seeking the truth / Trying to recover from a misspent youth / And gradually giving in …
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PC men, women both at home
Samage Teel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants The Super Bowl is Sunday. Nothing else matters much … on Sunday. I’ve seen every Super Bowl on TV. The first one was when I was eight. For most of two decades, I watched it while I was at Daytona Beach for the 500. The closest was when the …
Furman gets lost in Mercer’s cave
Tyrese Hughey (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Inexplicably, the Paladins have lost their way. Jalyn McCreary scored 28 points and Mercer defeated Furman, 78-69, dropping the Paladins to their third loss in the last four games on Wednesday night, ending an 18-game mastery of the Bears and seven in a row at University Center in Macon, Ga. …
Balls still bouncing, just not as many
(Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Thank goodness I was a spelling champion as a kid. I’m still pretty sharp on normal words, but names confuse me regularly. Laurens has a TyJ and a Ty. The latter is a girl. Both are Joneses, famously hard to keep up with. Furman has J.P and PJay. Those are the …
Paladins ambushed in 2nd half at ETSU
Sydney Ryan (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ East Tennessee State utterly dominated the second half and put Furman away, 79-54, in women’s basketball on Thursday evening at the Bucs’ Brooks Gym in Johnson City. It took a three-pointer by ETSU’s Courtney Moore to give the Buccaneers a 34-30 halftime advantage. The façade of competitiveness ended in the …
Raiders fall, Devils off, LA girls streaking
(Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants At Presbyterian College and Laurens District High School, basketball season to date has been a matter of being better but not better enough. Both Blue Hose teams dropped Big South games on Saturday at Radford. Those are detailed under separate cover. USC Upstate (6-14, 1-6) is tied with Presbyterian (9-13, 1-6) …
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Laurens hires Porter to lead Raider football
Greg Porter takes over a Laurens team that went 2-9 last season. (Monte Dutton photo) Greg Porter It’s been rumored not just for weeks but for years, dating back to when Greg Porter had just left Hillcrest for Greenville. Mark my words. Greg Porter’s going to be at Laurens next year. That was in 2019. …
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Blue Hose to face challenge at High Point
Kory Mincy is Big South Freshman of the Week for the third time. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College must nip a sinking feeling in the bud, particularly in men’s basketball. The Blue Hose have lost three Big South Conference games in a row after winning at Charleston Southern in their opener. A year ago, …
Nightrider's Lament 