Chattanooga’s Double Defeats Throw North Division Into Chaos
From time to time, you will hear the term “lost weekend,” an expression used to describe a truly terrible turn of events in the course of one’s existence. This turn of phrase is most centrally reserved for genuinely momentous calamities that involve love and loss and tragedy. Sports really doesn’t enter into the equation. The results of athletic contests really don’t matter all that much in the bigger picture.
Yet, with that having been said, if there ever was an occasion in which the …
Furman 54, Georgia Southern 45
Given their place in the Southern Conference pecking order, the Furman Paladins are in many ways just biding their time until the league tournament during Championship Week in the early stages of March.
Based on the way they played on Thursday night on their home floor, the Paladin people really are engaged in the equivalent of twiddling their thumbs until the spotlight shines brightly in SoCon Country.
On a night when another SoCon game (Western Carolina-Chattanooga) was postponed due to the illnesses of several players, Furman shuffled …
College of Charleston 73, Furman 54
It’s only the first week of February, but at least one mid-major conference is beginning to take shape. The quirks of the schedule maker have put Charleston in charge of its postseason fate.
The College of Charleston Cougars defeated the Furman Paladins in a Southern Conference showdown from the Carolina First Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The win improved the Cougars to 10-2 in conference play and kept them in sole possession of first place in the SoCon’s South Division. Furman fell to 9-4 in conference …
College of Charleston 79, Wofford 54
The College of Charleston Cougars took control of the South Division of the Southern Conference after a dominating performance over the Wofford Terriers on Thursday night at the Carolina First Center in Charleston South Carolina. The Cougars moved into sole possession of first place, a full game in the loss column ahead of both Wofford and Furman. The Terriers are now 9-3 on the season and no longer control their own destiny.
The first half looked much the two squads first meeting which saw the Cougars …
Wofford 75, Western Carolina 66
Saturday was a very positive day for the team that’s intent on defending its own little neck of the college basketball woods. In the span of one afternoon in the Carolinas, the team that made its first NCAA Tournament appearance last year moved closer to a repeat of the same feat.
The Wofford Terriers moved atop their Southern Conference division with a victory over the Western Carolina Catamounts at Benjamin Johnson Arena in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Head coach Mike Young’s Terriers moved to 9-2 in the conference; …