Cole Bowser (Furman photo) Click here. This is the time of basketball season Furman is supposed to be getting better. It is not. Ravaged by injuries, the Paladins are healthy again. Their freshman point guard, Alex Wilkins, is a splendid talent who has had three off games in a row. There’s no need to single …
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Things are tough all over
By MONTE DUTTON Asa Thomas (Furman photo) Click here. This Furman men’s basketball team is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum. To borrow from a nursery rhyme, when it is good, it is very, very good, and when it is bad, it is horrid. The Paladins have mostly weathered their injuries, but the reassembly is …
Paladins can’t shake a 2nd-half lead
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Furman photo) Click here. Unfortunately, the week-in and week-out progress of the Furman men’s basketball program has carried with it a disquieting pattern. The Paladins have been unable to hold leads in the latter halves of Southern Conference games. They win some. They lose some. East Tennessee State rallied from …
High noon is 7 p.m. in Johnson City
By MONTE DUTTON Charles Johnston (Furman photo) Click here. Furman entered the weekend tied for third in the Southern Conference and exited it tied for second. A win in Johnson City Wednesday night and the Paladins are tied for tops. Currently in a three-way tie for second place, Furman (16-7, 7-3) visits league-leading East Tennessee …
Furman weathers second-half storm
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser is back (Furman photo). Click here. What if they played a basketball game and no one came? What if it wasn’t allowed? The Furman men’s basketball game against Chattanooga was on Sunday at 1 p.m. The game was on national TV on ESPN2. Furman University is currently closed to the …
Paladins finish off sweep of Samford
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. One thing about Alex Wilkins. You’ve got to use him as much as you can. Furman’s fantastic freshman was in foul trouble all night long. He fouled out with 3:59 to play. Ben Vander Wall followed with 33.5 seconds left. Tom House scored 21 points …
Furman women withstand Samford, 70-62
By MONTE DUTTON Fourth straight SoCon win (Furman photo) Click here. Under Pierre Curtis's direction, Furman women's basketball is flexing its Southern Conference muscles. Lauren Bailey scored 15 points to lead a balanced Furman attack, and the Paladins rode a strong second-half defensive effort to beat Samford, 70-62, in women’s basketball Saturday afternoon at Pete …
Furman gets its 2nd-half groove back
Tom House (Furman photo) Click here. In Greensboro, N.C., on Friday afternoon, Furman regained its mastery of the latter half. Alex Wilkins scored 27 points and Tom House added 25 to lead Furman to an 89-66 road victory over UNC Greensboro at Bodford Arena. The hustled-up matchup was moved from Saturday ahead of impending weather …
Paladins suffering rival envy
By MONTE DUTTON Charles Johnston (Furman photo) Click here. The Citadel’s 77-75 victory over Furman wasn’t a matter of the last man standing on Wednesday night in Charleston. For the second time in four days, it was a matter of the most men left. For the third season in a row, the Paladins and Bulldogs …
Paladins’ injuries pile up
By MONTE DUTTON Bob Richey (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It’s funny how everything changes overnight. Wofford erased a 13-point deficit in the final 10 minutes to edge Furman, 74-70, in the first of two regular-season meetings between the teams Saturday at Timmons Arena. The “bottomless injuries” special haunted the Paladins, who gave up a …
Nightrider's Lament 