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By MONTE DUTTON J.P. Pegues against Mercer a season ago (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Alas, old Timmons, we knew her well. This is no Hamlet. Timmons Arena is just going away as the home of the Furman Paladins for a season. After Furman (16-14, 10-7 SoCon) closes its men’s basketball regular season against Mercer (14-16, …
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Kate Johnson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Southern Conference champion apparent, Chattanooga, had too much for a game Furman team in a 60-53 victory over the Paladins on Thursday night at Timmons Arena. Raven Thompson scored 11 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to power the Mocs. Chattanooga (24-4, 12-1 SoCon), the regular-season champion, used a strong …
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J.P. Pegues scored 35 points and surpassed 1,000 career points. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Furman could not win on J.P. Pegues alone. That’s a bit unfair. Pegues scored a career-best 35 points on Wednesday night in Western Carolina’s 85-77 victory over the Paladins, which raised the Catamounts into a fourth-place tie with …
Kate Johnson returns from injury Thursday night. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s a tough test at Timmons on Thursday at 7 p.m. when Chattanooga, already the Southern Conference’s regular-season titlist, takes on Furman. The Paladins conclude the regular season on Saturday, playing host to East Tennessee State in a 7 p.m. women’s basketball contest that represents …
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By MONTE DUTTON Furman took a hardfought, 65-62, victory over Western Carolina on Jan. 20. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The Furman Paladins have had their ups and downs, highs and lows, and wins and losses in an exciting, if erratic, ongoing defense of their Southern Conference championship in men’s basketball. Knock on wood. Or, at …
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By MONTE DUTTON Timmons Arena, as we now know it, will soon be no more. (Monte Dutton photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I was at Furman on Monday for Bob Richey’s biweekly media availability. I am one of journalism’s more absurdly punctual practitioners. When I drive from Clinton to Furman, I factor in the possibility of a flat …
Sydney James (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I’m getting soft. I’m sitting here watching a replay of Saturday’s Chattanooga-Citadel game, and I find myself rooting for the Bulldogs. I fear that an important consequence of a Furman education is fading away. I know how it’s going to turn out. It’ll pass. Not everyone was at Timmons Arena, …
Continue reading Knight errantry: Latter half dooms women’s hoops
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal launches a three. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Gosh, it was glorious. Packed house. Timmons Arena rocking. Band playing. Young women dancing about. The Paladins gallantly resisted the onslaught of Terriers yapping about and dispatched them, 82-67, on Saturday afternoon. If you want to go literal, the neighboring rivals, Furman …
Marcus Foster scores over Wofford's Kyle Filewich. (Elena Davidson photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wofford College is a pesky rival. The Southern Conference’s remarkably similar Upstate members warily eye each other as if they are gunfighters squaring off at high noon in a town not big enough for the both of them. In truth, Furman (15-13, 9-6 SoCon) …
J.P. Pegues played a dazzling second half. (Elena Davidson photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ HOMEWOOD, Ala. – J.P. Pegues almost stole a game for Furman at Samford on Wednesday night. In fact, he did steal it. It’s just that the Bulldogs’ Jermaine Marshall stole it right back. After Pegues, who scored a career-best 33 points, gave the Paladins …
Continue reading Bulldogs pull it out on a bark and a prayer, 74-72
Nightrider's Lament 