By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Imagine a basketball game in which one team, the victorious one, leads for 32 minutes, 45 seconds, but never by more than nine points. Furman’s 74-72 victory over Mercer, the first Southern Conference game for both teams, was a harbinger of what lies ahead. …
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Furman opens SoCon play with Mercer
Eddrin Bronson (Furman photo) Click here. It’s a fitting opponent that will provide a stern test as Furman opens Southern Conference men’s basketball play on Wednesday at Timmons Arena. The Paladins put a five-game winning streak on the line when they take on Mercer in a New Year’s Eve matinee that tips at noon. The …
Furman preps for SoCon on a tear
(Furman photo) Click here. Sunday afternoon’s basketball game at Timmons Arena was an affair of fits and starts, streaks and slumps. The second half was, anyway. Redshirt sophomore Asa Thomas scored a career-best 25 points and freshman Alex Wilkins added 23 and a career-high eight rebounds to lead Furman to its fifth consecutive victory with …
This time CSU takes on Furman men
Cooper Bowser (21), Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman’s basketball teams appear to be coming together at the same. They’re jelling. They’re coalescing. They’re bonding. They’re thickening. On Friday night at Buccaneer Fieldhouse, Pierre Curtis’s women won for the fourth time in five games. The night before, Bob Richey’s men won its …
Paladins solve free-throw distance when it counts
Charles Johnston has seven double-doubles in 12 games (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Alex Wilkins calmly popped a pair of free throws to nail down Furman’s 75-68 victory over Manhattan on Thursday night in Riverdale, N.Y. This would not have seemed so impressive had not the Paladins missed nine of the 12 free throws that …
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Paladins hope to cash in versus Jaspers
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. While Furman’s Thursday-night men’s basketball opponent is known as Manhattan, the Paladins are actually playing in the Bronx. The game at Draddy Gymnasium on the Manhattan University campus is set for 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+. Furman (7-4) has won three …
Paladins went a long way
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. The last time I cultivated a passion for soccer was in an Ann Arbor bar during the World Cup while I was writing about NASCAR in Michigan. My job was writing about cars going ‘round and ‘round during the time Doug Allison was raising the roof on Furman …
Paladins check all the boxes
By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. On Tuesday night at Timmons Arena, Furman exceeded 100 points for the first time, outscored Bob Jones, 60-12 inside and won for the sixth time in its last seven men’s basketball games. No surprise there. The Bruins didn’t start shooting hoops until 2002. They’ve done …
Proximity but not prestige
By MONTE DUTTON 'New' Timmons Arena (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman University and Bob Jones University have little in common as basketball rivals, other than both being in Greenville. They may be rival institutions but not athletics rivals. Last season, the Paladins played a couple games at BJU’s Davis Fieldhouse while Timmons Arena was …
The shot heard from the West Coast
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Doug Allison is not retiring without a fight. In his 31st and final season as men’s soccer coach at Furman, he has taken the Paladins where they have never been before. And they are taking him. It’s not often that a men’s soccer team gets higher billing than …
Nightrider's Lament 