(Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman’s two-game, women’s basketball win streak ended in Macon, Ga., with a thud but not without a fight. Mercer (12-16, 6-6 SoCon) escaped with a 55-50 win after building a 42-22 three minutes into the second half. The Paladins executed a persistent comeback in spite of a flawed performance. Five Furman players …
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Bulldogs pull it out on a bark and a prayer, 74-72
J.P. Pegues played a dazzling second half. (Elena Davidson photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ HOMEWOOD, Ala. – J.P. Pegues almost stole a game for Furman at Samford on Wednesday night. In fact, he did steal it. It’s just that the Bulldogs’ Jermaine Marshall stole it right back. After Pegues, who scored a career-best 33 points, gave the Paladins …
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Softball off to 7-2 start
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Men’s basketball is off to Alabama for an important Southern Conference game against Samford, and women’s basketball is off till Saturday. Spring sports are sallying forth. Freshmen Christina McCoy and Ansley Chiang combined to go 5/5 with three runs batted in to propel Furman to a 9-3 victory over Lipscomb in the …
Furman takes hot hand to Samford for rematch
Samford's Achor Achor (left) and Furman's Marcus Foster (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Bob Richey’s resurgent Furman Paladins are off to another stern men’s basketball test in the abode of the Southern Conference leader. The last time Furman (15-12, 9-5 SoCon) and Samford (23-4, 12-2) played, the Paladins ended the Bulldogs’ 17-game winning streak with a …
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A brand-new Timmons Arena is straight ahead
(Furman depiction) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Timmons Arena is leaving as a caterpillar and returning as a butterfly. While Furman’s basketball home of nearly three decades is metamorphosing in 2024-25, the Paladins’ men’s team is playing mostly at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville. The women are to play at nearby North Greenville University. Then, by the …
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No need for rash decisions
By MONTE DUTTON Carter Whitt whips a pass. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I sure missed being at Timmons Arena on Sunday. Undoubtedly some friends figured I stayed home so I could watch the Daytona 500 since I spent 20 of the seasons in my life at the Daytona 500, but that’s not true. If I’d …
Paladins get their groove back
J.P. Pegues and his teammates were at their best. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman may have exposed its destiny on Sunday afternoon. The Paladins may have previewed a glorious future. Or, maybe not. Oh, Doctor, as Dan Scott likes to say and Red Barber used to. J.P. Pegues was brilliant, and no one was bad, and …
Season’s crucial stretch straight ahead for Paladins
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman, tied for fourth in the Southern Conference men’s basketball standings, has five more games before the tournament begins in Asheville, N.C., on March 8. None is likely to be easy. Against their remaining opponents – Chattanooga at home on Sunday, at Samford on Feb. …
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Paladins scatter Terriers in disarray
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman beat Wofford in something. That is an inaccurate and overwrought observation, particularly from the possessor of a Furman degree, but the Paladins’ 64-51 women’s basketball upset of the Terriers at Timmons Arena sure came in handy, given recent Wofford victories in football and women’s basketball. In point of fact, Furman leads …
Vander Wal steps up for Paladins
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal had his first double-double. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ When I was a kid, I thought Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium had the best marketing link in history going. The tarpaulin rolled out over the field by the grounds crew was sponsored by Morton Salt. When it rains, it pours. That was …
Nightrider's Lament 