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 …
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Raiders headed back to Daniel after Saturday win
Coleman Coker (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Laurens remains alive in the Class 4A baseball as a result of Saturday’s 7-4 victory versus Daniel (20-8) in Central, thus atoning fo a 3-2 loss to the Lions on May 6. In between, the Raiders defeated Blue Ridge on May 8. Monday finds Laurens visiting Daniel for …
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Furmanology: From BJU to Puget Sound
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Man, the Clemson-Carolina game, won by the Gamecocks in overtime, was the first of many I expect see this season.n One never knows, but neither of the ones today is likely to be one. Presbyterian's playing Virginia University of Lynchburg this afternoon in Clinton. …
Furmanology: Football was a long, hard road
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Thank God it’s over.Furman head football coach Clay Hendrix knew the numbers. Few were the starters returning from consecutive 10-3 season. He thought a decent season was possible if the Paladins stayed relatively healthy.They didn’t. The thinness will thicken next year, but this was a rough one.Elsewhere among …
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County Signs: Gamecocks, Tigers really love each other
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The South Carolina-Clemson meeting of the Laurens County Touchdown Club – it’s held a week early because next Thursday is some holiday or something – was a civil, sportsmanlike affair at The Ridge.No one made reference to Chickens and Kittycats. Mascots didn’t square off and threaten to scuffle. No one …
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Furmanology: A late win means a lot
By MONTE DUTTON Freshman Trey Hedden stepped back into the starting lineup and led the Paladins to victory (Furman photo). Click here. I spent the first half of Sunday catching up on this site, that and watching an old film noir titled “The Big Combo,” with Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte.As a measure of how …
Furmanology: It’s darkest before dawn
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix stays the course in the face of adversity (Furman photo). Click here. Clay Hendrix keeps his head up. Furman football, after consecutive 10-3 records, is in danger of having its worst season in 52 years.The Paladins’ precipitous slump is rooted in inexperience and injuries, which have ravaged the defense, in …
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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Furmanology: It gets no better at VMI
Colton Hinton (Furman photo) Click here. In their football uniforms, Furman and Virginia Military looked as if it was 1970. That year the Keydets blanked the Paladins, 13-0, in Lexington, Va.On Saturday, the score was 21-17 as VMI won its first game and Furman lost its third straight. It was a throwback in the worst …
Furmanology: Auburn lessons don’t count
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. Auburn is ranked 11th in the country entering men’s basketball season. The Tigers’ 83-62 victory over Furman was no surprise. It was, however, a charity exhibition at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Sunday afternoon, so it didn’t matter much. J.P. Pegues returned. That mattered. In 11 first-half minutes, he …
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