PJay Smith Jr. (Furman photo) Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- When Furman takes on Samford on Saturday night in the Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships, this much is certain.It’s going to be aggressive.The Bulldogs are the reigning champions. They are seeded fourth, the Paladins fifth. Furman (23-8) won both regular-season games. Both were testy. In both, …
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Free throws were few and far between for Blue Hose
By MONTE DUTTON Kaleb Scott works the paint (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- It wasn’t the shot selection. That was excellent. It was inaccuracy at the free-throw line that ran Presbyterian College’s Hose out of the Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships.Shooting was where the rubber met the road. Or didn’t. …
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Smith finds nothing but net at Wofford
By MONTE DUTTON The Terriers couldn't contain PJay Smith (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. A trip to Spartanburg is seldom easy for the Furman Paladins, whether it’s basketball, football or club rugby.As head men’s basketball coach Bob Richey said later, “We knew [Wofford wasn’t] going away.”The final 1.1 seconds of the Paladins’ 78-75 victory over …
Furman women pull overtime upset at Chattanooga
Tate Walters (Furman photo) Click here. If Furman is to make an unlikely run in the women’s basketball bracket at the Ingles SoCon Championship, the Paladins will need to put together more performances like Thursday evening’s 74-70 road upset at Chattanooga.Tate Walters converted two free throws to tie the game and followed it up with …
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Paladins dig a little deeper in The Well, 85-42
By MONTE DUTTON Tom House perfectly splashed The Well (Furman photo). Click here. Many years ago, a broadcaster who wasn’t occupied with play by play at the time was holding court on a baseball press row when he proclaimed, regarding a certain football team, that it was “the best 0-9-2 team in the country.”’A nearby …
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Paladins round into tournament shape
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. As the stretch drive unwinds toward the Southern Conference tournament, Furman may be its most dangerous underdog, and Virginia Military could be its greatest overachiever. The most significant item on the agenda at The Well on Saturday was a first-round bye for one of the two.Furman can wrap that …
Smith, Paladins shoot Samford rapids
PJay Smith Jr. (Furman photo) Click here. What happened on Wednesday night at Pete Hanna Center and (technically) Homewood, Ala., gave Furman an injection of optimism as the Southern Conference tournament nears.Senior PJay Smith Jr. matched a career-high with 32 points, and Furman completed a regular-season sweep over the reigning SoCon champ, winning, 80-72, in …
Hard times around the rims
Garrett Hien (Furman photo) Click here. Yes, Furman could win the Southern Conference tournament next month in Asheville, N.C.On occasion, the Paladins are the best team in the league.Not many occasions, though. The championship may not go to the SoCon’s most consistent teams – UNC Greensboro, Chattanooga and Samford – but that’s the way to …
Furmanology: Paladins enjoy happy night against Mercer
Tom House (Furman photo) Click here. For a night, Mercer arrived at Bon Secours Wellness Arena to wash Furman’s sins away. The Paladins led by 23 points in the first half. Then the Bears got as close as seven in the second. The final margin was 24, 96-72.The word for the way Furman opened was …
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For once, weekend belongs to Furman women
(Furman photo) Click here. I became violently ill during the Super Bowl. I’ve been ill a lot lately, and precious little has been in my mind. Most of it’s been in my abdomen.If there was anything psychosomatic on Sunday, it was probably the Furman game in Chattanooga the day before. I had my hopes up …
Nightrider's Lament 