Furmanology: Close call at Bob Jones’ gym

Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. The Furman Paladins are 10-2 at home and the same in games decided by one possession. They are 2-0 in overtime and 6-4 in games decided by less than 10 points. Once 14-1, they are now 18-6.Anything can happen.On Wednesday night at, of all places, Bob Jones University, the …

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Furmanology: Smith returns with a vengeance

(Furman photo) Click here. One of the best aspects of being a sportswriter is learning to appreciate a good game even when one doesn’t have a rooting interest.It is also one of the worst aspects.Dimes are important in football. Receivers stop on one and catch one from the quarterback.A lot of teams enjoy boat racing. …

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Furmanology: Sometimes a fellow can go too far

By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. A nice man working the Columbia College-Presbyterian men’s basketball game – noon on Education Day at Clinton’s Templeton Center on Wednesday – befriended me. We had a chat in the parking lot, where he was guarding the staff lot near the back door.I usually like the men and …

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Furmanology: Bowser, Paladins cash in

By MONTE DUTTON Cooper Bowser (Furman photo) Click here. In Las Vegas, Nev., late, late on Tuesday night, led by 6-11 Cooper Bowser, Furman won its seventh consecutive men’s basketball game, 61-56, over Seattle University in the Terry’s Chocolate Vegas Showdown at T-Mobile Arena.A sophomore from Woodbridge, Va., Bowser scored a career-high 17 points and …

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Furmanology: Paladins return to the Well triumphant

By MONTE DUTTON PJay Smith Jr. (Furman photo) Click here. In Music City, Furman picked up a spine-tingling men’s basketball victory on Friday night.Home fires were burning – burning down, figuratively, in Saturday’s football loss to Wofford – and the women’s basketball team endured a hopeless task in Athens, Ga., but all else was well.Men’s …

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Furmanology: Paladins look fine, but it’s early

By MONTE DUTTON Garrett Hien (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. As these words are written, it’s hard to make much out of Furman men’s basketball, but help is on the way.Auburn won an exhibition game against the Paladins by 21 points. No surprise there.Furman plastered Columbia International, 104-46. Nothing to see.On Friday night, Bob Richey’s …

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