Lauralee Scott (Furman photo) Click here. Away from the bright lights of Harrah’s Cherokee Center, the ecstasy and the agony, a lot more was going on in Furman athletics. Nowhere, as best I know, did anyone have a fight, injure an official or taunt the opposition afterward. Miami (Ohio) and Georgia used big first innings …
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Samford makes its seeding stick, 84-77
Carter Whitt hit 4/5 three pointers and scored 20 points. (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Advancing to the SoCon finals proved too much of an Achor. Achor Achor, 6-9, from Australia, led Samford to an 84-77 victory on Sunday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center. The Melbourne product scored 28 points and grabbed 14 …
Furmanology: Softball falls again in Athens
(Furman photo) Click here. Away from the bright lights of Harrah’s Cherokee Arena, a great runner made second-team All-America status, and Furman lost a one-run softball game and a tennis match at home to Wake Forest. Furman rallied for two runs in the seventh inning but came up short in a 3-2 defeat versus Jacksonville …
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Paladins win best (and biggest) of three
(Furman photo) Click here. ASHEVILLE, N.C. – They’re at wit’s end in nearby Cullowhee. Furman eliminated Western Carolina in overtime at the Ingles Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championships for the second season in a row, 79-76, on Saturday night. Once again, J.P. Pegues was the culprit for the Catamounts and Braveheart for the Paladins. The …
Ruminations on what makes Furman special and PC not
By MONTE DUTTON Mike Bothwell, the man of a thousand expressions (Elena Davidson photo) Click here. It’s Saturday morning, and somehow it’s nearly 11, and I’ve been up since 8:30 after getting as much as I could on last night’s one-point loss to Gardner-Webb by Presbyterian and inserting more details. I updated it this morning. …
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Which Paladins are going to show up in Asheville?
By MONTE DUTTON Furman still has its eyes on the prize. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman could win the Ingles Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. The Paladins could also exit in the quarterfinal round against Western Carolina at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C. Furman (16-15, 10-8 SoCon) have …
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Furmanology: UNCG takes down Paladin women
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The women's basketball bracket at the Southern Conference tournament in Asheville, N.C., was a brief encounter for Furman. The Paladins won their women's tennis match over North Florida in Jacksonville. A Furman runner is competing at the NCAA Meet in Boston. The start was moved up a day for women's …
Furmanology: Women to open tourney Thursday; Pegues, Foster earn men’s plaudits
Jada Session (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s been an uphill climb all season for first-year head coach Pierre Curtis, but the Furman women’s basketball team advanced modestly toward the summit in the regular season. The Paladins tip off the Ingles Southern Conference Tournament as the seventh seed, meaning that their 1:15 p.m. quarterfinal pits them …
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Furmanology: Four Furman women earn SoCon hoops recognition
(Furman graphic) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Tuesday was a busy day in the Furman athletics department. The Paladins earned All-Southern Conference decorations in women’s basketball, produced quality performances in men’s and women’s golf, North Carolina overpowered Furman in softball, and women’s tennis lost the first match in its spring-break trip to Florida. Four Furman women’s basketball players, three …
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Furmanology: One-run losses stymie Paladins
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ While the Furman basketball teams prepare for the Southern Conference in Asheville, N.C., other sports take the spotlight. Furman concluded its Paladins Softball Classic with a pair of excruciating losses, 3-2 to South Dakota and 4-3 to Akron. A comeback fell short against the Coyotes, whom the Paladins trailed, 3-1, after Rylie …
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Nightrider's Lament 