(PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College continued to pick up momentum, capturing its third women’s basketball victory in a row, 76-58 over North Carolina Central in a Wednesday matinee at Templeton Center. Tilda Sjokvist led the Blue Hose with 21 points. Bryanna Brady added 15 and Nuria Cunill 10. https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants "[I’m] really happy to get the …
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Smith leads Furman’s slog past S.C. State
PJay Smith (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ South Carolina State was just what the doctor ordered – the doctor being Bob Richey – for Furman on its return to Timmons Arena on Tuesday night. Led by junior PJay Smith’s 20 points, the Paladins returned from a four-game road trip for a 86-78 victory over the Bulldogs. "We've …
Last-second trey ruins PC comeback
(PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants ELON, N.C. – Rob Higgins’ frantic three-pointer, off a fast break at the buzzer, lifted Elon to an 82-79 victory over luckless Presbyterian at Schar Center on Monday night. The Blue Hose, down 19 points in the second half, tied the score with four seconds to play on Jonah Pierce’s third-chance bucket …
Blazers track Furman’s trail
J.P. Pegues had eight assists. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – UAB slipped free of Furman at the end of both halves, and the rallies made a difference in the Blazers’ 92-86 victory over the Paladins on Saturday night. UAB is one of those schools that requests it be referred to by an initialism, but …
Blue Hose hang on at home
(PC photos) Tilda Sjokvist led Presbyterian with 26 points in a 65-59 victory over Morehead State on Saturday afternoon, but it took two free throws by the sophomore from Huskvarna, Sweden, with seven seconds remaining to settle the verdict. The Blue Hose, who led 45-33 at halftime, went nearly seven minutes without a field goal …
Same time, different results
Marquis Barnett (PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College played basketball twice, at the same time, 264 miles apart as the highways fall, on Wednesday. The men were at Templeton Center, playing Tennessee Tech. The women were at Trask Coliseum, playing UNC Wilmington. Tips at both places went up a minute or so after 2 p.m. The …
Wyoming inexplicably prospers near the ocean
CONWAY – It takes a crowded weekend to draw attention away from Bob Richey’s Furman basketball team. It takes a bit of shock and awe, the kind that spreads from a stunning football upset at Wofford and the release of seedings for the FCS playoffs. For the second year in a row, the Furman men …
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Ferrell’s Blue Hose continue to surprise
Kory Mincy (PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Presbyterian lost any sense of infallibility but kept rolling along by winning two of three games at the First Coast Classic. The Blue Hose cashed in Saturday’s final game, 78-75, over Northwestern (La.) State after falling, 80-66, to Maine on Friday. Presbyterian (5-1) began the North Florida-hosted tournament …
The Ospreys aren’t biting (back) in Florida
Jamahri Harvey (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Let’s see. Commodores. Rams. Bulldogs. Ospreys. The Presbyterian College men’s basketball team has beaten them all. Not that 4-0 by itself is that impressive. The Blue Hose defeated North Florida, 81-69, in the first round of the First Coast Classic in Jacksonville, Fla. PC has won the first four games …
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Too much Liberty at the beach
Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CONWAY – Furman’s debut at the Myrtle Beach Invitational turned into a bit of a conflagration. Liberty kept the Paladins comfortably at bay in the second half. Once Furman felt the Flames’ burn, it dutifully took its medicine, 88-74. The Paladins take on host Coastal Carolina on Friday evening at …
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