"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)
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal, PJay Smith, Carter Whitt, Garrett Hien and Alex Williams are bracing for another big one. (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ When a sports team wins 17 games in a row, it naturally develops an aura of invincibility. If we won’t be beat, we can’t be beat. Forgive the grammar. That’s …
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By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues made the difference ... literally. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman and Western Carolina played so hard on Saturday that the crowd was sweating … and crying tears of joy when J.P. Pegues buried Western Carolina with a pristine triple with 0.8 seconds on the clock, 65-62. Pegues hit it, but …
Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The schools playing women’s basketball at Richardson Indoor Stadium on Saturday at 2 p.m. are similar. The Furman Paladins (11-7, 1-1 SoCon) and the Wofford Terriers (9-7, 1-1) do, too. Both have thus far defeated Western Carolina and lost to UNC Greensboro. Furman hasn’t played a home conference game. This …
By MONTE DUTTON Marcus Foster -- and Paladins -- running free again. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Last night I thought of what Gen. George S. Patton – no, wait, it was George C. Scott portraying Patton – said: “I was nearly sent home in disgrace. Now I have precisely the right instrument, at precisely the …
Samage Teel (2) (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Once again, Presbyterian’s basketball teams lost, the men’s team in a close affair at Templeton Center, the women in a dismal showing in High Point. The men’s team, which began its season with a shocking upset of Vanderbilt, lost its fourth straight Big South Conference game and third …
Continue reading Blue Hose can’t climb High Point … from either side
Marcus Foster is baaaaaaack. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ LEXINGTON, Va. – Furman arrived at Virginia Military Institute on Wednesday evening poised to flex its muscles. Everyone who had been missing arrived at Cameron Hall ready to rock and roll. And so they did, decimating the Keydets, 100-60. Marcus Foster, J.P. Pegues and Alex Williams all …
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Williams launches. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A season ago, Furman really started rolling when head coach Bob Richey started talking about joy. The Paladins started talking about how it was important to have fun, and sure enough, nothing was more fun than winning, and off they went to see the Wizard …
Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The team ranked best defensively in the Southern Conference lived up its billing on Saturday afternoon as UNC Greensboro ended Furman’s four-game, women’s basketball winning streak, 70-55, at Fleming Gym. Jayde Gamble scored 13 points to lead UNCG (13-4, 2-0 SoCon) past the Paladins, who got 19 points and eight …
Bryanna Brady (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Ever since Presbyterian College began playing Big South Conference basketball games this season, the problem has been winning at home until Saturday. The Blue Hose fell to Gardner-Webb at both Templeton Center (women) and Paul Porter Arena (men). Gardner-Webb bettered the Blue Hose, 72-58, in Clinton, and, 76-60, in …
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Whitt was all over the floor. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Maybe it’s the gray uniforms. Maybe it’s the coaching staff dressed casually at home. Or maybe, just maybe, Furman has regained its health, wealth and Southern Conference men’s basketball groove. That’s how it looked in Saturday’s 82-73 conquest of East Tennessee …
Nightrider's Lament 