By MONTE DUTTON Click here. In a week of moping around, dealing with things that would not work and dreaming impossible dreams, life gets back to normal, or didn’t I write that last week? Notes from watching too many basketball games: Gunfighters shoot from the hip. Politicians shoot from the lip. Basketball players shoot from …
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Anatomy of an upset
By MONTE DUTTON Alex Wilkins (Furman photo) Click here. Furman must go into Friday night’s game against Connecticut with illogical expectations. A cynic would call it delusions of grandeur. The Paladins must believe they are going to win. Period. There’s no other way. When Furman hits the Xfinity Mobile Arena floor, every corner of the …
Hose have hope for Johnson City
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce had 20 points and 10 rebounds (Monte Dutton photo). Would’ve. Could’ve. Should’ve. Presbyterian (14-17, 7-9 Big South) outshot the Eagles (.463-.368) and outrebounded them (39-36). Presbyterian went cold down the stretch and fell, 74-70, to Winthrop (21-10, 13-3) in the final regular-season men’s basketball game on Saturday at Winthrop Coliseum. …
Cats claw Paladins on boards, 86-67
By MONTE DUTTON Eddrin Bronson led Furman with 16 points (Furman photo). Click here. Cullowhee was awful on Saturday. Instead of rounding into shape for the Ingles SoCon Men’s Basketball Champions, Furman fell into a latter-half trap that was unexpected but common of the regular season’s final day. Four of the top seven schools lost, …
Road game at Western Carolina looms large
Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman concludes the regular season and looks to improve its seeding for next week’s Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Championship when the Paladins travel to Cullowhee, N.C., to battle Western Carolina on Saturday. Tipoff between the Paladins and Catamounts is slated for 5:30 p.m. at the Liston B. Ramsey …
The Bulldogs come to town
Cooper Bowser (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Furman hasn’t lost twice to The Citadel in the same season since 2012-13. The Bulldogs haven’t won in Greenville since 2014-15. The Paladins conclude their 2025-26 home schedule and celebrate their senior class on Wednesday night when they entertain Southern Conference and rival in general The Citadel (9-20, …
Clinton boys ousted by ALA
Nyterian Smith (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. American Leadership Academy showed Clinton the door to the Class 2A boys’ basketball playoffs on Monday night. The door was at Lakeside Middle School in Lexington, where the Patriots won, 80-56, in the Upstate semifinals. There are worse things. Had the Red Devils lost on a tip-in at …
Clinton is by far the more Devilish
By MONTE DUTTON Mylayja Thompson breaks to the basket (Monte Dutton photos) Clinton established clear Red Devil superiority in the first round of the Class 2A girls basketball playoff, blasting away at the Liberty version, 49-18, on Tuesday night for its 14th straight victory. The second and fourth quarters were unkind to the visiting Devils, …
Furman women coast past Catamounts
Pierre Curtis (Furman photo) Click here. At the moment, in basketball, the Furman women are outshining the men. Alyssa Ervin scored 20 points and Furman used strong work in the second and third quarters to forge a big lead en route to a 60-51 win over Western Carolina in at Ramsey Center in Cullowhee on Thursday …
Another one bites the dust
Cole Bowser (Furman photo) Click here. This is the time of basketball season Furman is supposed to be getting better. It is not. Ravaged by injuries, the Paladins are healthy again. Their freshman point guard, Alex Wilkins, is a splendid talent who has had three off games in a row. There’s no need to single …
Nightrider's Lament 