"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
Kate Johnson returns from injury Thursday night. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s a tough test at Timmons on Thursday at 7 p.m. when Chattanooga, already the Southern Conference’s regular-season titlist, takes on Furman. The Paladins conclude the regular season on Saturday, playing host to East Tennessee State in a 7 p.m. women’s basketball contest that represents …
Continue reading Furmanology: Chattanooga women visit Timmons
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Whitt whips a pass. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I sure missed being at Timmons Arena on Sunday. Undoubtedly some friends figured I stayed home so I could watch the Daytona 500 since I spent 20 of the seasons in my life at the Daytona 500, but that’s not true. If I’d …
J.P. Pegues and his teammates were at their best. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman may have exposed its destiny on Sunday afternoon. The Paladins may have previewed a glorious future. Or, maybe not. Oh, Doctor, as Dan Scott likes to say and Red Barber used to. J.P. Pegues was brilliant, and no one was bad, and …
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman, tied for fourth in the Southern Conference men’s basketball standings, has five more games before the tournament begins in Asheville, N.C., on March 8. None is likely to be easy. Against their remaining opponents – Chattanooga at home on Sunday, at Samford on Feb. …
Continue reading Season’s crucial stretch straight ahead for Paladins
PJay Smith (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ After a couple raucous road games, Furman returns to Timmons Arena with righting an old wrong in mind. The Paladins have won six of their last seven games leading up to Sunday’s nationally televised game against UNC Greensboro at 2 p.m. on ESPNU. Furman (12-10, 6-3 SoCon) won a thrilling …
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 …
Continue reading Paladins ransacked at foot of Lookout Mountain
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 …
Continue reading Men wander, women stay home (hoops, anyway)
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 …
Continue reading Paladins stay the course and hope for health
By MONTE DUTTON Furman defense captures a would be Moc(kingbird). (Furman photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The University of Saint Thomas is in Saint Paul. Charleston Southern University is in North Charleston. A student attends the University of North Carolina Charlotte, but an athlete plays for Charlotte alone, as is true of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. The …
By MONTE DUTTON Travis Blackshear steps up. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s inevitable. A team in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs must get a seed and a first-round bye. Then once that open week is used, observers wonder if the team will be flat and rusty from inaction. It’s always something. Goodness, gracious. To borrow the …
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