PJay Smith (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ South Carolina State was just what the doctor ordered – the doctor being Bob Richey – for Furman on its return to Timmons Arena on Tuesday night. Led by junior PJay Smith’s 20 points, the Paladins returned from a four-game road trip for a 86-78 victory over the Bulldogs. "We've …
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Paladins to face one more shot of Chattanooga
By MONTE DUTTON Matt Sochovka collars Mercer quarterback Carter Peevy. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Surely Saturday’s game between Furman and Chattanooga will not be as, uh, nettlesome as the first one. A lot went wrong that turned out to be so right. The Paladins’ 17-14 victory, at Max Finley Stadium on Nov. 4, was the season’s …
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Blazers track Furman’s trail
J.P. Pegues had eight assists. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – UAB slipped free of Furman at the end of both halves, and the rallies made a difference in the Blazers’ 92-86 victory over the Paladins on Saturday night. UAB is one of those schools that requests it be referred to by an initialism, but …
Sometimes it ain’t your day
By MONTE DUTTON Looking at a long day (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Many years ago, I had been at a (then) Busch Series race at (then) Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and my wise colleague Jim McLaurin and I returned to our lodging in time to see the end of the Furman-Appalachian State game on television. That day …
Wyoming inexplicably prospers near the ocean
CONWAY – It takes a crowded weekend to draw attention away from Bob Richey’s Furman basketball team. It takes a bit of shock and awe, the kind that spreads from a stunning football upset at Wofford and the release of seedings for the FCS playoffs. For the second year in a row, the Furman men …
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Furman seeded 7th with home playoff game Dec. 2
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A shocking Saturday loss to Wofford made it a bit more nervous and cost Furman a few seedings, but the Paladins are safely seeded seventh with a first-round bye in the playoffs of the Football Championship Subdivision. (It’s the same reason one should occasionally say the Pledge of Allegiance, just to make …
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Something so right turns out to be so wrong
By MONTE DUTTON Cally Chizik's fifth interception of the season (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wofford stunned Furman, 19-13, on Saturday. No one knows why. Clay Hendrix doesn’t know. What toll the Terriers took on the Paladin’s post-season prospects remains to be seen. Such upsets happen seldom. Usually they are between rivals. Give Wofford (2-9, 2-6 SoCon) …
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Too much Liberty at the beach
Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CONWAY – Furman’s debut at the Myrtle Beach Invitational turned into a bit of a conflagration. Liberty kept the Paladins comfortably at bay in the second half. Once Furman felt the Flames’ burn, it dutifully took its medicine, 88-74. The Paladins take on host Coastal Carolina on Friday evening at …
Furman to skirt the Coast beginning Thursday
Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Meanwhile, near the Grand Strand, quite the men’s basketball tournament awaits Bob Richey’s Furman Paladins. Liberty figures to provide stiff opposition for Furman (2-0). The Flames members of Conference USA, opened the season with back-to-back wins, over Charlotte (71-59) tand Mid-Atlantic Christian (103-43), which is also located in Lynchburg, Va. …
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …
By MONTE DUTTON Braden Gilby and the Furman defense dominated VMI (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s a football season both wonderful and weird. The best example is on Saturday at Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, where Furman completes the regular season at noon against Wofford. The Paladins have two fierce rivals, the Terriers and the Bulldogs of …
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