Paraskevi Koilia (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It would be a dank night in Spartanburg, but at least joy reigned in Greenville on Saturday afternoon. Sydney James came through for the Paladins in an exciting Southern Conference victory, 58-56, over Mercer at Timmons Arena. The 6-foot senior from Ocala, Fla., scored 10 of her 12 points in …
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Terriers back up the bark, 77-67
By MONTE DUTTON Furman couldn't get the crucial stops. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ SPARTANBURG – When Furman plays Wofford, basketball is like a box of chocolates. One never knows what one is going to get. Oh, wait, it’s more than basketball. A football game comes to mind. The Terriers made a gooey mess of the …
Paladins head to Wofford with joyful identity
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Bob Richey and his band of Dins are playing Spartanburg on Saturday at 6 p.m. It’s a one-night stand at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Thrills! Chills! Gangs of screaming lads wearing khakis and light-blue button-downs! And tastefully dressed lasses, tossing all decorum aside. But I stereotype. …
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Samford women win at Timmons
Niveya Henley (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Samford women’s basketball team gained a measure of recovery at Timmons Arena from its men’s misadventures the night before by claiming a 66-60 victory over Furman on Thursday night. Kennedy Langham scored 26 points for the Bulldogs. The freshman guard connected on 9/17 shots, which she combined with nine …
SoCon realigns one way, SCHSL another
Samford's Achor Achor and Furman's Marcus Foster (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wednesday was momentous. I knew the high-school region assignments were imminent, but I was occupied all afternoon and evening. I’m not much of a multi-tasker – the Samford at Furman basketball game had my undivided attention until 2:30 a.m. – but a friend asked …
Samford streaking no more
By MONTE DUTTON Garrett Hien was clean behind the scenes. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Had you attended Wednesday night’s men’s basketball game at Timmons Arena and known that one team had the nation’s longest winning streak without knowing which one it was, you likely would have picked the one wearing gray. You would have been …
SoCon’s top ‘Dogs to test toughness at Timmons
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal, PJay Smith, Carter Whitt, Garrett Hien and Alex Williams are bracing for another big one. (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ When a sports team wins 17 games in a row, it naturally develops an aura of invincibility. If we won’t be beat, we can’t be beat. Forgive the grammar. That’s …
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Paladins distracted by Terriers’ snarls
Head coach Pierre Curtis (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ SPARTANBURG – Wofford and Furman played a women’s basketball game on Saturday that looked like it was played outdoors, whereas, Richardson Indoor Stadium is titularly not. It was cold out there. Wofford was cold. Furman was colder, and the Terriers won, 69-51. The Paladins fired their first 17 …
Pegues buries trey of the day
By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues made the difference ... literally. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman and Western Carolina played so hard on Saturday that the crowd was sweating … and crying tears of joy when J.P. Pegues buried Western Carolina with a pristine triple with 0.8 seconds on the clock, 65-62. Pegues hit it, but …
Furman women to pay Wofford a call
Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The schools playing women’s basketball at Richardson Indoor Stadium on Saturday at 2 p.m. are similar. The Furman Paladins (11-7, 1-1 SoCon) and the Wofford Terriers (9-7, 1-1) do, too. Both have thus far defeated Western Carolina and lost to UNC Greensboro. Furman hasn’t played a home conference game. This …
