"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)
(Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CHARLESTON – For a half, Furman died by the three-point shot. For another half plus, the Paladins lived by it. The result? An 82-79, overtime victory Wednesday night over The Citadel that was ripped from the jaws of defeat in front of the kind of raucous McAlister Fieldhouse crowd (4,117) that …
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Kaleb Scott (PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Two men’s basketball teams that began the Big South season with high hopes played at Templeton Center on Wednesday night trying to pick up some pieces. Marquis Barnett picked up his share. The 6-4 junior guard from Saginaw, Mich., hit 8/10 (3/5 from three-point range) shots, scored 20 points, handed …
Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Two teams whose seasons are slip-sliding away face each other at Templeton Center on Wednesday night at 7. Presbyterian (9-13, 1-6 Big South) has lost six Big South men's games in a row. USC Upstate (6-14, 1-6) has, like the Blue Hose, lost an inordinate number of close games. …
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. gives PJay a hand. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Life was but a dream until Furman happened upon Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. As it relates to the Napoleonic palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba. A 10-point loss to the Terriers did not negate the five victories that preceded it. It …
Paraskevi Koilia (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It would be a dank night in Spartanburg, but at least joy reigned in Greenville on Saturday afternoon. Sydney James came through for the Paladins in an exciting Southern Conference victory, 58-56, over Mercer at Timmons Arena. The 6-foot senior from Ocala, Fla., scored 10 of her 12 points in …
Marquis Barnett (PC photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges RADFORD, Va. – For the first time this season, Presbyterian played men’s and women’s basketball games on the same day at the same place. Radford University lives in infamy at least until the Blue Hose and Highlanders play again in Clinton on Feb. 10. Quenton Ferrell’s men fell by 15 …
By MONTE DUTTON Furman couldn't get the crucial stops. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ SPARTANBURG – When Furman plays Wofford, basketball is like a box of chocolates. One never knows what one is going to get. Oh, wait, it’s more than basketball. A football game comes to mind. The Terriers made a gooey mess of the …
Marquis Barnett (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College men’s basketball is doubly frustrating. It’s not enough that the Blue Hose have lost five consecutive Big South Conference games. They’re close. They’re excruciating. They are stress-related. Four points to UNC Asheville. Ten to Winthrop. Three to High Point. Ten to Longwood. If the Blue Hose are …
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Bob Richey and his band of Dins are playing Spartanburg on Saturday at 6 p.m. It’s a one-night stand at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Thrills! Chills! Gangs of screaming lads wearing khakis and light-blue button-downs! And tastefully dressed lasses, tossing all decorum aside. But I stereotype. …
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By MONTE DUTTON Garrett Hien was clean behind the scenes. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Had you attended Wednesday night’s men’s basketball game at Timmons Arena and known that one team had the nation’s longest winning streak without knowing which one it was, you likely would have picked the one wearing gray. You would have been …
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